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Home comfort and “peak household”: implications for energy demand. / Ellsworth-Krebs, Katherine; Reid, Louise; Hunter, Colin J.
In: Housing, Theory and Society, Vol. 38, No. 1, 01.01.2021, p. 1-20.

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Ellsworth-Krebs, K, Reid, L & Hunter, CJ 2021, 'Home comfort and “peak household”: implications for energy demand', Housing, Theory and Society, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2019.1694579

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Ellsworth-Krebs K, Reid L, Hunter CJ. Home comfort and “peak household”: implications for energy demand. Housing, Theory and Society. 2021 Jan 1;38(1):1-20. Epub 2019 Nov 27. doi: 10.1080/14036096.2019.1694579

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Ellsworth-Krebs, Katherine ; Reid, Louise ; Hunter, Colin J. / Home comfort and “peak household” : implications for energy demand. In: Housing, Theory and Society. 2021 ; Vol. 38, No. 1. pp. 1-20.

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