Barriers to domestic retrofit: Learning from past home improvement experiences

Retrofitting the Built Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 184-199

  Mallaband, Becky ^a   Haines, Victoria ^a   Mitchell, Val ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Energy efficiency; Energy saving; Home improvement; Retrofit; Solid walled houses; User centred design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016366621     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118273463.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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