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17 - Understanding Residential Sustainable Energy Behaviour and Policy Preferences

from Part V - Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2018

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Goda Perlaviciute ,
Linda Steg  and
Ellen van der Werff
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Alan Lewis
Alan Lewis
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University of Bath
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Save book to Google Drive

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