Human Scale Energy Services: Untangling a ‘golden thread’

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 38, Issue , 2018, Pages 178-187

  Brand Correa, Lina I ^a   Martin Ortega, Julia ^a   Steinberger, Julia K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Efficiency; Energy use; Participatory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042371641     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2018.01.008     Document Type: Article

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