Who Is Behaving? Consequences for Energy Policy of Concept Confusion
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
3. Overview of Earlier Research on Household-Targeted Energy Policy
Household or Household’s Members as Targets of Information?
4. Basic Information Concerning Energy Use in Sweden
5. Results and Discussion
5.1. Individual or Household: Relevance to Scheduled Control Indoor Temperature
5.2. Individual or Household: Division of Labor in Household Projects
5.3. Gender Aspects of Policies Promoting Household Sector Energy Conservation
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Ellegård, K.; Palm, J. Who Is Behaving? Consequences for Energy Policy of Concept Confusion. Energies 2015, 8, 7618-7637. https://doi.org/10.3390/en8087618
Ellegård K, Palm J. Who Is Behaving? Consequences for Energy Policy of Concept Confusion. Energies. 2015; 8(8):7618-7637. https://doi.org/10.3390/en8087618
Chicago/Turabian StyleEllegård, Kajsa, and Jenny Palm. 2015. "Who Is Behaving? Consequences for Energy Policy of Concept Confusion" Energies 8, no. 8: 7618-7637. https://doi.org/10.3390/en8087618