Adoption of Energy Efficient New Technologies from the Point of View of Malaysian Experts and Consumers: A Qualitative Analysis

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Abstract-This paper presents the result from interviews about consumers' reasons for adopting or not adopting energy-efficient technologies, specifically LED lamps, in Malaysia. Data were gathered via 18 in-depth semi-structured interviews. The interviewees were chosen from two groups: energy and environment professionals and normal electricity consumers. The respondents were mainly environmentally concerned. They believed that typical reasons, which could encourage consumers to adopt new technologies, are energy efficiency, money savings or environmental conciousness. It was also concluded by this study that consumers might not favor adopting new technologies due to price barriers, lack of knowledge and not effective policies.

Opportunities and constraints for cleaner production policy in the developing world: a case study of Sindh Region, Pakistan

“…Through the use of questionnaires, the current study utilized a descriptive assessment (Maciej Serda et al, 2013 ; Severo et al, 2015 ), which provided a more accurate assessment of the traits of the subject being studied (Khorasanizadeh et al, 2016 ). The questionnaire was developed as a result of a comprehensive literature analysis (Khorasanizadeh & Parkkinen, 2015 ) and an interview (Khorasanizadeh et al, 2016 ) was done to find out what people and experts thought about the cleaner production policy well as environmental sustainability. Eight study questions were developed to determine factors of the cleaner production application, policy development, and dissemination associated with each work: What is the role of Cleaner Production?…”

“…This exercise created much overlap, but such overlap helps to ensure that all related work are taken into account (Briner & Denyer, 2012 ; Tranfield et al, 2003 ; Webster & Watson, 2002 ; Yang et al, 2012 ). Articles were identified by conducting a search strategy with keywords (Khorasanizadeh & Parkkinen, 2015 ; Khorasanizadeh et al, 2016 ) cleaner production policy, cleaner production practices, pollution prevention, sustainable development, circular economy, green development, environmentally friendly production, environmental management, cleaner production policies in developed and developing countries, and assessment of the impacts of cleaner production implementation. Mendeley bibliographic software was used for organizing the literature review and it assisted in preventing the repetition of publications included.…”