Individual energy conservation behaviors

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6591696

Beck, P; Doctors, S I; Hammond, P Y

One important basis for sound energy policy is an understanding of how American consumers view and practice energy conservation. This volume reports the results of Project Monitor, a study of consumers' energy attitudes and behaviour. More than 1000 household consumers were interviewed to determine individual attributes, situational factors, attitudes, and perceptions that influence (or fail to influence) energy conservation. Using these data, the authors related specific types of energy conservation-general, winterization, heating, cooling, appliance, transportation, and electricity reductions-to twenty-four demographic, situational, attitudinal, and perceptual variables in the household sample. To determine the characteristics that differentiate conservers from nonconservers, simple correlations are made between each of the ''independent'' variables and the ''dependent'' measures of conservation and the results of multivariate regression analyses are used to estimate the effects of the independent variables simultaneously.

• OSTI ID: 6591696
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290200 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Economics & Sociology
291000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Conservation
293000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Policy
Legislation
& Regulation
ATTITUDES
DEMOGRAPHY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY POLICY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HOUSEHOLDS
PSYCHOLOGY
PUBLIC OPINION
RECOMMENDATIONS
SURVEYS