The impact of socioeconomic and behavioural factors for purchasing energy efficient household appliances: A case study for Denmark

Baldini, Mattia; Trivella, Alessio; Wente, Jordan

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2018.05.048

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

Jin

et al. 2019

Sustainability

115

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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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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Jin

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“…To them, financial incentives nudge them to make more aggressive choice. Numerous evidences indicate that economic 14 incentives raises the homeowners' likelihood of purchasing energy efficient household appliances in Denmark [86], replacing heating system in Italy families [87], and adoption of renewable energy products in US home [85].…”

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A systematic review of occupant behavior in building energy policy

Yan

Azar

et al. 2020

Building and Environment

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Buildings play a dominant role in global efforts towards energy consumption reduction, greenhouse gas (GHG) emission mitigation, as well as global clean energy transition. Building Energy Policies (BEP) improved globally and quickly with a growing number of building codes implemented over the past decade. Occupant Behavior (OB) has significant impacts on building energy performance and occupant comfort, despite often being not well understood and oversimplified in BEPs. This paper highlighted the research needs of properly integrating OB in building energy polices by presenting a literature review to identify the key questions and challenges related to building technical standards and regulations, building information policies, building energy incentives, and policy evaluations and way forward. Challenges and opportunities of OB in BEP are also discussed with respect to technical innovation and digitalization, as well as concerns related to energy efficiency and fairness. There has been growing interests, research and applications in this field, but significant challenges and opportunities still lie ahead. Keywords: Occupant behavior; building energy policy; climate change policy; building energy efficiency;HVAC system 1. Introduction Occupant behavior in building energy policyBuildings play a dominant role in global efforts towards energy consumption reduction, greenhouse gas (GHG) emission mitigation, as well as global clean energy transition. Facing global climate change and national energy security challenges, international agreements, initiatives, and building sector energy policies are providing 2 promising alternatives to the status quo. In recent years, Building Energy Policies (BEP) improved globally and quickly with a growing number of building codes implemented over the past decade. In contrast, global final energy consumption in buildings increased by more than 5% between 2010 and 2017, as energy efficiency gains were outpaced by continued growth in the building sector size and resulting energy service demands [1]. Among various factors, Occupant Behavior (OB) plays an essential role in building energy demand increases and activity growth. In addition, OB has significant impacts on building energy performance and occupant comfort, despite often being not well understood and oversimplified in BEPs due to its stochastic, diverse, complex and interdisciplinary nature [2]. Definition, estimation and intervention of OB become essential research challenges during building energy policy making, implementation and evaluation processes. Real OB US OB China OB EU OB EU regulation China regulation OB in regulation US regulation Country X OB Country X regulation Gap 2 Gap 1 Gap 3

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“…Independent surveys agree that socioeconomic characteristics such as income level and ownership are significant drivers for energy consumption [298,299]. Low-income level is one of the factors negatively influencing the overall energy efficiency of consumers, and these consumers are also at risk of energy poverty [260].…”

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A Healthy, Energy-Efficient and Comfortable Indoor Environment, a Review

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Design strategies for sustainable buildings, that improve building performance and avoid extensive resource utilization, should also promote healthy indoor environments. The following paper contains a review of the couplings between (1) building design, (2) indoor environmental quality and (3) occupant behavior. The paper focuses on defining the limits of adaptation on the three aforementioned levels to ensure the energy efficiency of the whole system and healthy environments. The adaptation limits are described for measurable physical parameters and the relevant responsible human sensory systems, evaluating thermal comfort, visual comfort, indoor air quality and acoustical quality. The goal is to describe the interactions between the three levels where none is a passive participant, but rather an active agent of a wider human-built environment system. The conclusions are drawn in regard to the comfort of the occupant. The study reviews more than 300 sources, ranging from journals, books, conference proceedings, and reports complemented by a review of standards and directives.

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The impact of socioeconomic and behavioural factors for purchasing energy efficient household appliances: A case study for Denmark

Cited by 72 publications

References 45 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

A systematic review of occupant behavior in building energy policy

A Healthy, Energy-Efficient and Comfortable Indoor Environment, a Review

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