Characteristics of innovation in adopting a renewable residential energy system

Journal of Systems and Information Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-366

  Karjaluoto, Heikki ^a   Tapaninen, Aija ^a   Seppanen, Marko ^a   Makinen, Saku ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Heating; Innovation; Renewable energy; Wood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992944823     PISSN: 13287265     EISSN: 17588847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13287260911002495     Document Type: Article

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