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Pre-payment meters and energy efficiency in Indigenous households

Details:

Title

Pre-payment meters and energy efficiency in Indigenous households,

Creator

McKenzie, Marteena,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT,

Date

2013-02,

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)., "Use of pre-payment meters for residential electricity is widespread in the Northern Territory. The purpose of this project is to examine the relationship between pre-payment meter use and energy efficiency outcomes in Indigenous households. Findings from this research help illustrate the unique challenges facing Indigenous households in the Northern Territory in relation to home energy consumption, costs and energy efficiency." Executive summary.,

Notes

A research project undertaken by Bushlight, the Centre for Appropriate Technology. This project was also funded through the support of the Northern Territory Government’s 2011-2012 Community Climate Change grant program, administered through the Environment Protection Department (formally NRETAS; the Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport).,

Table of contents

Executive summary -- Introduction -- Background -- Methodology -- Results and discussion -- Conclusion and recommendations -- References -- Appendix 1-3,

Language

English,

Subject

Rural public utilities, Electric utilities, Aboriginal Australians, Social aspects,

Publisher name

Centre for Appropriate Technology and Bushlight,

Place of publication

Alice Springs,

Format

41 pages : colour illustrations, tables ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf.,

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.,

Related links

http://cfat.org.au/energy-resources,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/299608,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/382710