Policy implications of the purchasing intentions towards energy-efficient appliances among China’s urban residents: Do subsidies work?

Wang, Zhaohua; Wang, Xiaomeng; Guo, Dongxue

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2016.12.049

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“…In terms of subjective norms, the results of this study show that the impact of subjective norms on residents' willingness to purchase energy-efficient appliances is not significant, which is consistent with the findings of Tan et al [5]. However, some studies reported that subjective norms have a significant impact on residents' willingness to purchase energy-efficient appliances [1,28]. This is mainly due to regional economic conditions and cultural atmosphere.…”

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“…This is mainly due to regional economic conditions and cultural atmosphere. For example, the research results from Beijing [1] demonstrated that subjective norms have an impact on the willingness of residents to purchase energy-efficient appliances. Beijing has high levels of economic, social, and cultural development, and residents' awareness of energy conservation and environmental protection has been incorporated into their behavioral norms, which, in turn, helps to improve their willingness to purchase energy-efficient appliances.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Increasing the willingness to purchase energy-efficient appliances is crucial for reducing household energy consumption and carbon emissions resulting from everyday consumption [1][2][3]. Appliances have become the main source of household energy consumption and carbon emissions, and their usage is growing rapidly.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In China, household electric energy consumption increased by 468 billion kWh from 2005 to 2015, an increase of 162%. Studies have reported that household energy carbon emissions increased by 5.8% from 2014 to 2015, and household carbon emissions accounted for 11.6% of the total domestic carbon emissions, where about 70% of household carbon emissions are produced by household appliances [1]. The use of energy-efficient appliances has an important positive impact on reducing household energy consumption and household carbon emissions.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Influence of Environmental Concern and Knowledge on Households’ Willingness to Purchase Energy-Efficient Appliances: A Case Study in Shanxi, China

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With the increases in residents’ household energy consumption and carbon emissions, to conserve regional energy and reduce emissions, studying the factors affecting residents’ willingness to purchase energy-efficient appliances and their mechanisms of action is necessary. In this research, based on the theory of extended planned behavior and combined with environmental concern variables and environmental knowledge variables, a model of the factors influencing residents’ willingness to purchase energy-efficient appliances was constructed and an empirical study of urban residents in Shanxi Province, China was conducted. The research indicates that environmental concern, environmental knowledge, attitude, and perceived behavioral control are significantly positively correlated with residents’ willingness to purchase energy-efficient appliances. The influence of subjective norms on the willingness of residents to purchase energy-efficient appliances is not significant; environmental concern and environmental knowledge have a positive impact on attitudes and indirectly affect residents’ willingness to purchase energy-efficient appliances. This study focuses on improvement and research from the perspectives of theoretical expansion, indirect impact test, and analysis of typical underdeveloped energy-rich regions. This study provides corresponding policy suggestions from the perspectives of education and guidance, sales and marketing, and independent improvement for the government, sellers, and residents, to improve the residents’ willingness to purchase energy-efficient appliances.

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“…In the previous research about the energy saving or environmental friendly behaviors, perceived behavioral control has been widely adopted into the theoretical model, and confirmed as a significant factor influencing the behavioral intention, including [18,20,[62][63][64]. Saqib Ali [19] verified that PBC is positively related to resident's purchase intention of household energy efficient appliances through a questionnaire survey in Pakistan.…”

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Critical Factors Influencing the Adoption of Smart Home Energy Technology in China: A Guangdong Province Case Study

Chan

2019

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Smart home energy technology has been verified to be successful for energy reduction in the residential sector. However, the current penetration rate of smart home energy technology is at a low level. Considering the factors of economy, policy, and demographics, Guangdong Province in China is a suitable region as an exemplary case to promote smart home energy technology through the urban residents. Therefore, using Guangdong as the targeting area, this research examined the factors influencing residents’ intention to adopt smart home energy technology. A theoretical model based on the theory of planned behavior and Norm Activation Model theory was developed, with special consideration of the complex technical features. A questionnaire survey was performed in Guangdong Province and the data was analyzed by PLS-SEM. The analysis results indicated that residents’ attitude towards technical performance, social norm, perceived behavioral control, and personal norm all have positive influence on the adoption intention, of which, attitude towards technical performance had the strongest effect. On the other hand, the attitude towards economic performance was found not to lead adoption intention. To explain this consequence, the discussion based on behavioral economics was proposed.

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Exploring EKCs in Urban Water and Energy Use Patterns and Its Interconnections: A Case Study in Southern Spain

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Gil-Delgado

Sánchez-Braza

2019

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Policy implications of the purchasing intentions towards energy-efficient appliances among China’s urban residents: Do subsidies work?

Cited by 155 publications

References 21 publications

Influence of Environmental Concern and Knowledge on Households’ Willingness to Purchase Energy-Efficient Appliances: A Case Study in Shanxi, China

Influence of Environmental Concern and Knowledge on Households’ Willingness to Purchase Energy-Efficient Appliances: A Case Study in Shanxi, China

Critical Factors Influencing the Adoption of Smart Home Energy Technology in China: A Guangdong Province Case Study

Exploring EKCs in Urban Water and Energy Use Patterns and Its Interconnections: A Case Study in Southern Spain

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