Household energy conservation attitudes and behaviors in the Northwest: Tracking changes between 1983 and 1985

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6376945· OSTI ID:6376945

Fang, J M; Hattrup, M P; Nordi, R T; Shankle, S A; Ivey, D L

Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) has analyzed the changes in consumer energy conservation attitudes and behaviors in the Pacific Northwest between 1983 and 1985. The information was collected through stratified random telephone surveys on 2000 and 1058 households, respectively, for 1983 and 1985 in the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) service area in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Western Montana. This report covers four topic areas and tests two hypotheses. The topics are as follows: consumer perceptions and attitudes of energy use and conservation in the home; consumer perceptions of energy institutions and other entities; past and intended conservation actions and investments; and segmentation of homeowners into market prospect groups. The hypotheses tested are as follows: (1) There has been no change in the size and psychographic make-up of the original three market segments found in the 1983 survey analysis; and (2) image profiles of institutions with respect to familiarity, overall impression, and believability as sources of energy conservation information remain unchanged since 1983.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6376945
• Report Number(s): PNL-5892; ON: DE87010612
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320105* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Building Services-- (1987-)
ATTITUDES
BATTELLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABORATORIES
BEHAVIOR
BUILDINGS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
HOUSES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SURVEYS
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS