Commercial office plug load energy consumption trends and the role of occupant behavior

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 125, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-8

  Gandhi, Priya ^a   Brager, Gail S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamification; Occupant behavior; Plug loads

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

COMMERCIAL BUILDING; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; GAMIFICATION; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR; ONLINE SUSTAINABILITY; PLUG LOADS; RESOURCE SAVINGS; TECHNOLOGY-BASED;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84966397883     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.04.057     Document Type: Article

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