Energy use in Hong Kong: Part IV. Socioeconomic distribution, patterns of personal energy use, and the energy slave syndrome

Urban Ecology ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Newcombe
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Personal Energy

Energy use in commercial buildings in Hong Kong

2002 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 294
Author(s):  
P.C.H. Yu ◽  
W.K. Chow
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Commercial Buildings

scholarly journals Outcome expectancies moderate the association between worry about climate change and personal energy-saving behaviors

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. e0252105
Author(s):  
Thea Gregersen ◽  
Rouven Doran ◽  
Gisela Böhm ◽  
Wouter Poortinga
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Outcome Expectancies ◽  
Outcome Expectancy ◽  
Change Communication ◽  
Change Beliefs ◽  
Personal Energy

This paper explores whether efficacy beliefs can alter the relationship between worry about climate change and personal energy-saving behaviors, controlling for climate change beliefs and socio-demographics. For this purpose, we used data from 23 countries that participated in the European Social Survey Round 8 (N = 44 387). Worry about climate change, personal efficacy, personal outcome expectancy, and collective outcome expectancy were each associated with personal energy-saving behaviors concerning either energy curtailment or energy efficiency. The results further show that outcome expectancies moderate the association between worry about climate change and both types of energy behaviors. Worry was more strongly related to energy curtailment behaviors among those with high levels of personal and collective outcome expectancy. A similar pattern was found for energy efficiency behaviors, which were more strongly predicted by worry about climate change when combined with high levels of collective outcome expectancy. These findings are relevant for climate change communication, especially informational campaigns aiming to lower overall household energy use.

scholarly journals Climate Change Helplessness and the (De)moralization of Individual Energy Behavior.

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Salomon ◽  
Jesse Preston ◽  
Melanie B. Tannenbaum
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Conservation Behavior ◽  
Energy Behavior ◽  
Individual Actions ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Personal Energy

Although most people understand the threat of climate change, they do little to modify their own energy conservation behavior. One reason for this gap between belief and behavior may be that individual actions seem un-impactful and therefore are not morally relevant. This research investigates how climate change helplessness—belief that one’s actions cannot affect climate change—can undermine the moralization of climate change and personal energy conservation. In Study 1, climate change efficacy predicted both moralization of energy use and energy conservation intentions beyond individual belief in climate change. In Studies 2 and 3, participants read information about climate change that varied in efficacy message, that is, whether individual actions (e.g., using less water, turning down heat) make a difference in the environment. Participants who read that their behavior made no meaningful impact reported weaker moralization and intentions (Study 2), and reported more energy consumption one week later (Study 3). Moreover, effects on intentions and actions were mediated by changes in moralization. We discuss ways to improve climate change messages to foster environmental efficacy and moralization of personal energy use.

Simulation of energy use for single-compartment buildings in Hong Kong

1997 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.K. Chow ◽  
S.K. Fong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Single Compartment

An analysis of residential sector energy use in Hong Kong

Energy ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph C. Lam
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Residential Sector

Analysis of embodied energy use in the residential building of Hong Kong

Energy ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.Y Chen ◽  
J Burnett ◽  
C.K Chau
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Embodied Energy
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