Linking life-styles and energy use; A matter of time

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Annual Review of Energy; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.eg.14.110189.001421· OSTI ID:7261191

Schipper, L; Bartlett, S; Hawk, D; Vine, E ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA). Applied Science Div.

In this paper, the authors explore the links between life-styles and energy use. While they focus on the United States, they illustrate some points using examples from other countries, particularly where these countries differ significantly from the United States. They focus on changes in an individual's or household's activities that are not motivated per se by a desire to save energy. They study observed behavior. To understand the relationship between life-styles and energy use, they review the structure of energy use by end-use sector. They propose a scheme for measuring consumer activities, which leads to a new description of consumers' energy use. The authors review demographic and social factors that may constrain activity choices, then return to the activity-based description of energy use to speculate on how changes in consumer activities could cause important changes in sectoral demand in the future.

• OSTI ID: 7261191
• Journal Information: Annual Review of Energy; (USA), Journal Name: Annual Review of Energy; (USA) Vol. 14; ISSN 0362-1626; ISSN AREND
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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