Energy efficiency awareness and preparedness among students

Twumasi, Elvis; Frimpong, Emmanuel Asuming; Kemausuor, Francis; Appiah, Divine Odame; Okyere, Philip Yaw

doi:10.1109/powerafrica.2017.7991268

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“…This supports the finding of Black et al (2009) which provided evidence that the facilitation of intrinsically motivated behaviors of students can result in reduced energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. This finding also agrees with the findings of Twumasi et al (2017) who out of 872 students, 68.46% were of the view that incentives have to be provided to students for them to engage in energy-saving awareness. However, 31.54% did not find the provision of incentives necessary.…”

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Effectiveness of energy conservation awareness package on energy conservation behaviors of off-campus students in Nigerian universities

Ogbuanya

Nungse

2020

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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Poor energy conservation behaviors among off-campus students are a form of irrational behavior that often results in erratic power supply within the students' village. The present study, therefore, explored the effectiveness of energy conservation awareness package (ECAP) on energy conservation behaviors of off-campus students residing within students' villages of Nigerian Universities. A pretest-posttest experimental and waitlist control group which involved 328 participants were quantitatively assessed. Findings of the posttest depict that poor energy conservation behavior of off-campus students momentously weaken compared to a waitlist control group. This is evident where the mean difference of 33.35 on level of engaging in energy conservation behavior for students exposed to ECAP is greater than 1.20 for those not exposed to the therapy. Also, 27.97 mean difference on likelihood of engaging in energy conservation behavior is greater than 0.54 for those not exposed to the therapy. In extension, results of 2 and 4-months follow-up appraisal proved that the momentous decline in negative energy conservation behavior of ECAP participants was upheld. By implication, when off-campus students subscribe to the use of energy-saving bulbs instead of incandescent bulbs and switching off the unnecessary lightings among others as evident in this study would go a long way in conserving energy.

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Effectiveness of energy conservation awareness package on energy conservation behaviors of off-campus students in Nigerian universities

Ogbuanya

Nungse

2020

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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“…In a related study, Zhao et al (2019) revealed that the majority of the students thought that is very necessary to save energy. A similar study also divulged that students have appreciable levels of energy efficiency awareness and are willing to support energy wastage reduction (Twumasi et al, 2017).…”

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Determinants of Environmental Sustainability among Tertiary Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Asio

2021

AQUADEMIA

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This study aims to assess the determinants of environmental sustainability among students from a tertiary education institution in Central Luzon, Philippines, during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study used a descriptive-correlational research design with the online survey as the primary data gathering tool. A total of 136 students participated in the online survey using the convenience sampling technique due to restriction protocols implemented by the government authority. For the instrument of the study, the researcher adopted and modified a previous instrument to fit with the study's objectives. With the help of SPSS 23, the researcher computed and analyzed the gathered data using weighted mean, Pearson-r, and regression analysis as statistical tools. In general, the students were "very aware" of environmental sustainability. In addition, students "often" do waste and recycling activities, consume consciously, and save energy. Furthermore, statistical inferences revealed a weak -moderate positive correlation between waste and recycling activities, conscious consumption, energysaving awareness, and environmental sustainability. For the determinants, waste and recycling activities and energy-saving awareness provided substantial evidence to influence the students' environmental sustainability in the study. This study becomes a reference and basis for future research in the field of environmental sustainability.

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“…These companies were selected due to their location, diversity of energy usage, and high production levels that demanded a higher consumption of energy as well as the urgency to ensure energy efficiency. A sample size of 260 was sampled for the study (Twumasi et al, 2017). The distribution of the sample is shown in Table 1.…”

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Drivers to energy efficiency development in lighting and air-conditioning systems in manufacturing industries in Ghana for 2018

Arthur¹,

Fianu²

2019

J. Geogr. Reg. Plann.

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The increase in electricity demand, coupled with drastic deficit in energy generation and depleting conventional energy resources continues to create complex challenges for the energy market in Ghana. But Energy Efficiency (EE) in lighting and airconditioning has been considered as a green area for reducing energy consumption. The manufacturing sector has been considered as a key area for the implementation of energy efficiency practices. This paper presents a survey to assess the drivers to energy efficiency in lighting and airconditioning systems from the perspective of two manufacturing industries. Questionnaires were distributed to 260 employees in two manufacturing industries in Ghana. Key informant interviews were carried with four respondents. The impact of employee gender, department of work and job position in mediating the drivers of EE was also assessed using correlation analysis. The results showed that the staff of manufacturing industries sees the availability of information on energy efficiency measures, staff awareness and knowledge and the availability of funds as leading driversto energy efficiency development. Also providing incentives in the form of awards to employees for energy efficiency participation was shown to be effective in the implementation of EE measures.The inferential statistics showed that employees' gender, department and job position predict the barriers to energy efficiency in the manufacturing industries. However, few of the drivers of energy efficiency are not dependent on gender, department of work and job position.

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Energy efficiency awareness and preparedness among students

Cited by 8 publications

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Effectiveness of energy conservation awareness package on energy conservation behaviors of off-campus students in Nigerian universities

Effectiveness of energy conservation awareness package on energy conservation behaviors of off-campus students in Nigerian universities

Determinants of Environmental Sustainability among Tertiary Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Drivers to energy efficiency development in lighting and air-conditioning systems in manufacturing industries in Ghana for 2018

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