Editorial: Heating and Cooling No Longer Majority of U.S. Home Energy Use

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Editorial: Heating and Cooling No Longer Majority of U.S. Home Energy Use

Since 2010, residential electricity consumption has been almost constant, but were technical efficiency improvements or the recession the principal cause?

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