The importance of instrumental, symbolic, and environmental attributes for the adoption of smart energy systems

Energy Policy

Volumn 98, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-18

  Noppers, Ernst H ^a   Keizer, Kees ^a   Milovanovic, Marko ^a   Steg, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adoption of innovations; Smart energy systems; Symbolic attributes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOPTION OF INNOVATIONS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMART ENERGY SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY USE; SYMBOLIC ATTRIBUTES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; INNOVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 84982165934     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.08.007     Document Type: Article

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