A systematic review of strategies for overcoming the barriers to energy-efficient technologies in buildings

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 32, Issue , 2017, Pages 76-85

  Yeatts, Dale E ^a   Auden, Dana ^a   Cooksey, Christy ^a   Chen, Chien Fei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to energy efficient technologies; Building energy; Environmental health; Reduction of fossil fuels

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018915008     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.03.010     Document Type: Article

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