The evolution of electricity efficiency policy, the importance of behaviour, and implications for climate change intervention

Current Affairs: Perspectives on Electricity Policy for Ontario

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 158-193

  Lutzenhiser, Loren ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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