The role of information for energy efficiency in the residential sector

Energy Economics

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages S17-S29

  Ramos, A ^a   Gago, A ^a   Labandeira, X ^a,b   Linares, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c Universidad Pontificia Comillas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavior; Energy efficiency; Information

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; HOUSING;

BEHAVIOR; ENERGY AUDIT; FOSTER ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INFORMATION; MARKET FAILURES; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; POLICY STRATEGY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

EID: 84952648527     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.08.022     Document Type: Article

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