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Socio-cultural context and building energy efficiency
Journal Title: SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE 
Author/s: Jessica Balest, Natalia Magnani 
Year:  2021 Issue: 124 Language: Italian 
Pages:  17 Pg. 83-99 FullText PDF:  235 KB
DOI:  10.3280/SUR2021-124005
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Social practices of energy savings and efficiency are favoured by some socio-cultural con-texts. This paper synthetizes the results deriving from 10 interviews out of 23 households liv-ing in a high energy efficient and new building (Bolzano - IT). The results define the socio-cultural context and the main elements that affect the change of social practices and energy be-haviours for ensuring a reduction of energy consumptions.
Keywords: Energy efficiency, energy, gender, living, social practice, socio-cultural context

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Jessica Balest, Natalia Magnani, Socio-cultural context and building energy efficiency in "SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE" 124/2021, pp. 83-99, DOI:10.3280/SUR2021-124005

   

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