Does environmental concern fail to predict energy-saving behavior? A study on the office energy-saving behavior of employees of Chinese Internet companies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingjun Ru ◽  
Min Chen ◽  
Shanyong Wang ◽  
Zhenling Chen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Saving Behavior ◽  
Internet Companies

scholarly journals Nature-like economy as a sphere of energy-saving behavior of households

2021 ◽  
Vol 1089 (1) ◽  
pp. 012026
Author(s):  
R A Burganov ◽  
E A Dolonina ◽  
L R Urazbakhtina
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Saving Behavior

scholarly journals Renewable Energy Perception by Rural Residents of a Peripheral EU Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozgur Kaya ◽  
Wojciech Florkowski ◽  
Anna Us ◽  
Anna Klepacka
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Coal Combustion ◽  
Empirical Relationship ◽  
Rural Residents ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Graphic Depiction ◽  
Saving Behavior ◽  
Local Opposition

Renewable energy (RE) sources are often locally available and have the potential to lessen the rural dependence on the national power grid, reducing disruptions in power supplies and the heavy dependence on coal combustion. Poland faces an EU mandate of a 15% share of renewables in energy generation by 2020. However, the installations intended to supply several types of RE encountered local opposition, forcing a cancellation of the planned investments and stressing a need for understanding rural residents’ attitudes towards RE in general. Using survey data, this paper examines the perception of RE importance among rural residents in eastern Poland. The specified empirical relationship includes the sociodemographic and economic characteristics of residents. Perceptions of the links between health and specific sources of environmental pollution and actions demonstrating energy-saving behavior serve as explanatory variables. The performance of the estimated logit equation was rigorously tested. The probability of attaching importance to RE by rural residents increases most if a respondent displayed an energy-saving behavior, has certain demographic characteristics, and links health to environmental pollution caused by coal combustion. The graphic depiction of the effects of selected variables succinctly communicates possible future programs aimed at strengthening the rural population support of RE.

Factors affecting heating energy-saving behavior of residents in hot summer and cold winter regions

2018 ◽  
Vol 95 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 193-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. H. Ding ◽  
Y. Q. Li ◽  
C. Zhao ◽  
Y. Liu ◽  
R. Li
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Cold Winter ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Saving Behavior

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning (Theme: Limited Natural Resources) to Increase Intention to Save Energy in Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sugeng Hariyadi ◽  
Nuke Martiarini ◽  
Anna Undarwati
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Group Process ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Behavior Intention ◽  
High Category ◽  
Saving Behavior ◽  
Save Energy ◽  
Experimental Group

Some of the natural disaster occurred caused by people using natural resources unwisely. Before analyzing about that behavior, first will be analyzed is behavioral intention. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of cooperative learning group investigation type with the theme of “limited natural resources” to improve intention to save energy. The study used an experimental design Post-test-Only Design With Equivalent Groups, involving 66 people, divided into two groups, each 33 in the experimental group and 33 control group. Process experiments were conducted in a way, dividing the experimental group in 5 small groups, having given the matter of limited natural resources, then each group discussion, and sharing ideas with other groups in the jigsaw. The results showed that there are differences in energy-saving behavior intention significantly between the experimental group (KE) and the control group (KK) with t value of 3.192 with 0.002 significance (p <0.05). Differences KE and KK with a positive t value indicates that the energy-saving behavior intention at KE has a higher value than the families who were not given the manipulation. In general score KE and KK if joined at the high category, but if sorted, KE scores at the high category and score KK in middle category.

Understanding intentions to reduce energy consumption at the workplace by the employees: case of a developing country

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amna Akhound ◽  
Aseem Majeed Rizvi ◽  
Waqar Ahmed ◽  
Muhammad Nadeem Khan
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Saving Behavior ◽  
Save Energy

PurposeEnergy-saving behavior of individuals is essential to minimize energy use and reduce the emission of toxic gases. This study's actual focus is to find out the determinants of the energy-saving behavior of individuals in the workplace.Design/methodology/approachAs a theoretical research model, the extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) has been used to analyze the determinants of energy-saving intentions. A survey method is used to collect 289 valid data, and structural equation modeling (SEM) is used to analyze the data.FindingsThe final result shows that the variables attitude at home, subjective norm (SN) and descriptive norms positively impact intention to save energy at the workplace. In contrast, the construct attitude and perceived behavior control is insignificant in this research. On the other hand, the personal moral norm (PMN) is a powerful predictor of individual energy-saving intentions at the workplace.Originality/valueThis research provides insights that will help the organizations understand the behavior of individuals at the workplace for energy-saving intentions to formulate such policies that will enhance individuals' practice for energy savings.

Effect of Comparative Feedback on Consumers’ Energy-Saving Behavior: A College Dormitory Example

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Manzhi Liu ◽  
Liyuan Liu ◽  
Mengqian Shi ◽  
Gang He ◽  
Shiru Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Saving Behavior ◽  
Comparative Feedback

Parameter Analysis on Energy-Saving Behavior of a Steel Residential Building

2013 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 235-238
Author(s):  
Chen Lin ◽  
Qiu Xia Wang ◽  
Xiao Tong Peng
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Thermal Design ◽  
Parameter Analysis ◽  
Different Seasons ◽  
Saving Behavior ◽  
Site Test

The steel residential building has been widely used for its good seismic performances. In order to study the energy-saving behavior of the existing steel residential building, an on-site test on envelope structure of a typical steel building in cold region is conducted. Based on that, a simplified numerical model is established in which dynamic energy theories, solar radiations and indoor thermal disturbances are considered. The model is verified through testing data. Parameter analyses including 6 series sum up to 38 models are carried out on 6 main influential factors. The results show that improving thermal behavior of building envelope, adopting flexible sunshade schemes in different seasons, using even and simple building configuration and adopting different window-wall ratios for windows with different orientation are effective ways to decrease the energy consumption of buildings. The thermal design recommendations for steel residential buildings are also produced.

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