Energy use and appliance ownership in Ireland

Leahy, Eimear; Lyons, Seán

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.056

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“…attitudes, values) factors, which affect an individual's decision-making regarding appliance ownership and use (e.g. Efstathiou et al 2004;Leahy and Lyons 2010;Mansouri et al 1996;O'Doherty et al 2008;Zimmermann et al 2012). Direct cause-effect relationships are thus typically sought.…”

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How moving home influences appliance ownership: a Passivhaus case study

2015

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Low carbon dwellings shift the focus to electricity consumption and appliances by significantly lowering space heating energy consumption. Using a UK Passivhaus (low carbon) case study, interviews and pre/ post-move-in appliance audits were employed to investigate how moving home can change the appliance requirements of appliance-using practices. Changes in appliance ownership were due to differences in how appliance-using practices (e.g. cooking, laundering, homemaking) were being performed. Existing/new appliances complemented/conflicted with a new home on the basis of whether the social meanings of specific appliance-using practices (e.g. stylishness, convenience, thermal comfort, cleanliness) could be met. This was evident, when moving home more generally, by households buying new modern appliances and managing spatial constraints. More specifically, regarding Passivhaus, hosting and homemaking practices were performed in ways that met thermal comfort expectations, in addition to appliance purchasing also being influenced by a fear that the Passivhaus technologies could fail. Whilst skills and competences were needed to perform appliance-using practices, these were less prominent in influencing appliance ownership changes.Conclusions include reflections on how the elements of appliance-using practices change when moving home, as well as what adhering to building standards could mean for the standardisation of appliance-using practices and domestic life more generally.

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“…We also include the type of cooker present in the household. The year the accommodation was built proved significant in explaining household energy use and electricity demand in Ireland (Leahy and Lyons, 2010), thus we feel it may also play a role in explaining gross margin. The annual income earned by the household is also included as a control variable.…”

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“…We also include the education level of the CES. Many of these socio-economic characteristics were found to be statistically significant in studies of household energy demand (Leahy and Lyons, 2010, Druckman and Jackson, 2008and O'Doherty et al, 2008.…”

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“…The household characteristics include the type of accommodation because different accommodation types have very different patterns of electricity demand (Leahy andLyons, 2010, O'Doherty et al, 2008). We control for the number of bedrooms and the number of household members because these are positively associated with electricity demand (Leahy and Lyons, 2010).…”

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“…We control for the number of bedrooms and the number of household members because these are positively associated with electricity demand (Leahy and Lyons, 2010). We also control for the number of household members that are at home during the day.…”

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Energy use and appliance ownership in Ireland

Cited by 147 publications

References 10 publications

How moving home influences appliance ownership: a Passivhaus case study

How moving home influences appliance ownership: a Passivhaus case study

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