The value of adding ambient energy feedback to conservation tips and goal-setting in a dormitory

Karp, Abigail; McCauley, Michelle R.; Byrne, Jack

doi:10.1108/ijshe-02-2015-0028

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“…Ohler and Billger (2014) consider that policies aimed at reducing electricity consumption can be more efficient when they focus more on individual interests -such as prices, discounts, subsidies and taxes -and less on social interests. Karp, Mccauley & Byrne (2016) show that by giving feedback to the students, reducing apathy, it was possible to get a greater involvement in energy reduction programs. As a teaching strategy for the analyzed students, focus on the economic aspects of the energy consumption may be more effective because the financial issues have a greater impact on their personal budget.…”

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“…The first point to consider is that a way to increase energy efficiency would be to reduce apathy. This can be achieved by focusing on personal interests (OHLER & BILLGER, 2014) or giving more feedback to students involved in specific consumer reduction programs (KARP, MCCAULEY & BYRNE, 2016). Ohler and Billger (2014) consider that policies aimed at reducing electricity consumption can be more efficient when they focus more on individual interests -such as prices, discounts, subsidies and taxes -and less on social interests.…”

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Analysis of Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors: An Exploratory Study With a Sample of Brazilian University Students

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Models based on a multidimensional structure of environmental attitudes are more appropriate than one-dimensional or dichotomic approaches when assessing the complex relationships people have with the natural environment. This work explores a model of environmental concern composed of four attitudinal dimensions (apathy, anthropocentrism, connectivity and emotional affinity), analyzing their relationships with pro-environmental behaviors. The sample consisted of 250 students from a university that represents the most popular strata of the population, being people more susceptible to financial problems and more easily affected by adverse economic situations. The results obtained with Partial Least Square (PLS) show the validity and reliability of the proposed model, and reveal that this group believes it is possible to reconcile economic growth with environmental preservation. The results show, in addition, which strategies can be worked to increase environmental awareness related to energy saving, waste management and green consumption.

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Analysis of Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors: An Exploratory Study With a Sample of Brazilian University Students

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“…Higher education systems around the world need to have a role in the environment, responding to ever-changing economic changes and adapting to rapidly changing global markets (Karp et al , 2016; Sintov et al , 2016; Erlene et al , 2012). This is particularly important in poor countries in terms of university spending allocation on scientific research; more importantly, these expenditures will be reflected in the expected gross domestic product (Bull et al , 2018).…”

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Analysis of financial sustainability indicators of higher education institutions on foreign direct investment

Alshubiri

2020

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of financial sustainability indicators of higher education on foreign direct investment (FDI) using empirical evidence from 26 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The basic criterion for determining the financial sustainability of higher education institutions included indicators of income generated by higher education institutions being greater than the operational costs. However, this requires financial sustainability, which depends on financial self-sufficiency without seeking external financial assistance. This situation is affected by investment attractiveness. Design/methodology/approach Three quantitative proxies were used in this study to explain the financial sustainability indicators in higher education institutions of OECD countries: financial expenditures proxy measured by current tertiary education expenditure (CE); efficiency proxy measured by university-life expectancy (ULE) and endogenous growth proxy measured by gross enrolment tertiary ratio (GETR) to show the effect on FDI. Also, this study used six control variables considered an important part of experimental design and refers to contributing factors that were eliminated to clarify the independent variable and a dependent variable nexus. The quantitative data was collected from World Development Indicators (WDI). This study applied a STATA version using panel data techniques for over 15 years from 2001 to 2015 and also used fixed effect (FE) and random effect (RE) estimations to address problems of heterogeneity. To mitigate the endogeneity problem, the generalized method of moments (GMM) was also used. Findings The results of this study were derived from the adoption of financial models applied in higher education institutions to test the financial sustainability indicators. Based on the RE and FE results, a one per cent increase in the current tertiary education expenditure caused about 0.19 and 0.18 per cent increase in FDI in the OECD economies. This positive and significant impact was higher when considering the problem of endogeneity by applying the GMM estimations. FDI grew by about 0.22 per cent when the CE increased by one percent. Meanwhile, there was a significant and negative relationship between FDI and the GETR variable for the FE results but this previous relationship was insignificant for RE estimations. The FDI in OECD economies decreased by about 0.0006 per cent when the GETR increased by 1 per cent. This negative effect became larger when applying the GMM estimations. Finally, the ULE results showed there was a positive and insignificant relationship between ULE and FDI for all estimators. Practical implications The management and analysis of the financial health indicators is necessary to evaluate educational activities but is not sufficient to achieve financial sustainability, which extends beyond the indicators of financial health to encompass factors such as student achievements; research and scientific output; community engagement; productive capacity; quality inputs; risk and infrastructure; and systems. Originality/value This study is considered one of the few existing studies examining the ways in which to achieve financial sustainability in higher education institutions using quantitative financial methods. Specifically, this study adopted Pecking order theory in its analysis of the financial sustainability indicators to clarify whether the financial sustainability indicators of higher education institutions lead to an improvement in the attractiveness of foreign investment in OECD countries in the long run. The findings contribute to the necessity of adopting internal financing sources in accordance with the Pecking Order theory to help achieve financial sustainability growth.

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“…A range of literature studies exists on behaviour change interventions aimed at encouraging university students to save energy when living in dormitories and on the relative impact of different types of interventions (Bekker et al , 2010; Erlene Parece et al , 2012; Karp et al , 2016; Konis et al , 2016; Sintov et al , 2016). Such studies have often focussed on interventions in one geographic location (typically a number of dormitories/flats in one university) or over a relatively short timescale (a week/month).…”

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Competing priorities: lessons in engaging students to achieve energy savings in universities

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Purpose This paper aims to present findings from an EU-funded international student-led energy saving competition (SAVES) on a scale previously unseen. There are multiple accounts of short-term projects and energy saving competitions encouraging pro-environmental behaviour change amongst students in university dormitories, but the purpose of this research is to provide evidence of consistent and sustained energy savings from student-led energy savings competitions, underpinned by practical action. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-methods approach (pre- and post-intervention surveys, focus groups and analysis of energy meter data) was used to determine the level of energy savings and quantifiable behaviour change delivered by students across participating university dormitories. Findings This research has provided further insight into the potential for savings and behaviour change in university dormitories through relatively simple actions. Whilst other interventions have shown greater savings, this project provided consistent savings over two years of 7 per cent across a large number of university dormitories in five countries through simple behaviour changes. Research limitations/implications An energy dashboard displaying near a real-time leaderboard was added to the engagement in the second year of the project. Whilst students were optimistic about the role that energy dashboards could play, the evidence is not here to quantify the impact of dashboards. Further research is required to understand the potential of dashboards to contribute to behavioural change savings and in constructing competitions between people and dormitories that are known to each other. Social implications SAVES provided engagement with students, enabling, empowering and motivating them to save energy – focusing specifically on the last stage of the “Awareness, Interest, Desire, Action” framework. Automated meter reading data was used in the majority of participating dormitories to run near real-time energy challenges through an energy dashboard that informed students how much energy they saved compared to a target, and encouraged peer-to-peer learning and international cooperation through a virtual twinning scheme. Originality/value Findings from energy saving competitions in universities are typically from small-scale and short-term interventions. SAVES was an energy-saving competition in university dormitories facilitated by the UK National Union of Students in five countries reaching over 50,000 students over two academic years (incorporating dormitories at 17 universities). As such it provides clear and important evidence of the real-world long-term potential efficiency savings of such interventions.

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The value of adding ambient energy feedback to conservation tips and goal-setting in a dormitory

Cited by 18 publications

References 30 publications

Analysis of Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors: An Exploratory Study With a Sample of Brazilian University Students

Analysis of Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors: An Exploratory Study With a Sample of Brazilian University Students

Analysis of financial sustainability indicators of higher education institutions on foreign direct investment

Competing priorities: lessons in engaging students to achieve energy savings in universities

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