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Factors influencing energy efficiency investments in existing Swedish residential buildings

Abstract

We used the data from a survey conducted in 2008 of 3,000 owners of detached houses to analyse the factors that influence the adoption of investment measures to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings. For the majority of Swedish homeowners, it was important to reduce their household energy use, and most of them undertook no-cost measures as compared to investment measures. Personal attributes such as income, education, age and contextual factors, including age of the house, thermal discomfort, past investment, and perceived energy cost, influence homeowners' preference for a particular type of energy efficiency measure. The implications for promoting the implementation of energy efficiency investment measures are discussed. (author)
Authors:
Nair, Gireesh; Gustavsson, Leif; Mahapatra, Krushna [1] 
  1. Ecotechnology, Mid Sweden University, SE-83125 Oestersund (Sweden)
Publication Date:
Jun 15, 2010
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Energy Policy; Journal Volume: 38; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSES; SWEDEN; INVESTMENT; ENERGY ACCOUNTING; ROOFS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; COST; EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLDS; IMPLEMENTATION; INCOME; WALLS
OSTI ID:
21328349
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0301-4215; ENPYAC; TRN: GB10V1736
Availability:
Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2010.01.033
Submitting Site:
GB
Size:
page(s) 2956-2963
Announcement Date:
Jul 29, 2010

Citation Formats

Nair, Gireesh, Gustavsson, Leif, and Mahapatra, Krushna. Factors influencing energy efficiency investments in existing Swedish residential buildings. United Kingdom: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.1016/J.ENPOL.2010.01.033.
Nair, Gireesh, Gustavsson, Leif, & Mahapatra, Krushna. Factors influencing energy efficiency investments in existing Swedish residential buildings. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENPOL.2010.01.033
Nair, Gireesh, Gustavsson, Leif, and Mahapatra, Krushna. 2010. "Factors influencing energy efficiency investments in existing Swedish residential buildings." United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENPOL.2010.01.033.
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title = {Factors influencing energy efficiency investments in existing Swedish residential buildings}
author = {Nair, Gireesh, Gustavsson, Leif, and Mahapatra, Krushna}
abstractNote = {We used the data from a survey conducted in 2008 of 3,000 owners of detached houses to analyse the factors that influence the adoption of investment measures to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings. For the majority of Swedish homeowners, it was important to reduce their household energy use, and most of them undertook no-cost measures as compared to investment measures. Personal attributes such as income, education, age and contextual factors, including age of the house, thermal discomfort, past investment, and perceived energy cost, influence homeowners' preference for a particular type of energy efficiency measure. The implications for promoting the implementation of energy efficiency investment measures are discussed. (author)}
doi = {10.1016/J.ENPOL.2010.01.033}
journal = []
issue = {6}
volume = {38}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {2010}
month = {Jun}
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