Mental models: Exploring how people think about heat flows in the home

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 145-157

  Goodhew, J ^a   Pahl, S ^a   Goodhew, S ^b   Boomsma, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Domestic energy; Heat; Mental models

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020768297     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.06.012     Document Type: Article

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