Environmental and behavioral factors affecting residential air conditioning use in athens and London

Springer Optimization and Its Applications

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-141

  Chatzidiakou, Lia ^a   Pathan, Ayub ^a   Summerfield, Alex ^a   Mumovic, Dejan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84976416435     PISSN: 19316828     EISSN: 19316836     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0745-5_7     Document Type: Chapter

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