期刊
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
卷 92, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2022.102805
关键词
Energy efficiency; Energy curtailment; Energy conservation; Moral obligation; Identity; Awareness; Behavior
资金
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- [1639342]
This study examines the influence of social-psychological and behavioral factors on electricity consumption in suburban households with similar socio-economic, demographic, and geographic profiles. The analysis reveals that pro-environmental identity, values, and awareness play a significant role in explaining energy conservation behaviors, while annual income mediates conservation behaviors by negatively affecting energy curtailment behaviors and positively affecting energy efficiency behaviors.
In this study, we compare electricity consumption of the suburban households with similar socio-economic, demographic, and geographic profiles to assess possible roles of social-psychological and behavioral factors. We examine the extent to which these factors influence self-reported energy curtailment (EC) and energy efficiency (EE) behaviors. We also analyze their distinct yet combined roles-often lumped together in the literature-in explaining the total household's electricity consumption. Our study uses a mix of survey responses and monthly utility data from 155 households in a suburban county in the US Midwest. Our two-part empirical analysis using structural equation modeling and multi-linear regression methods suggests a significant role of pro-environmental identity, values, and awareness in explaining households' energy conservation behaviors, while controlling for socio-economic and demographic profiles. Our analysis also suggests a unique role of annual income in mediating conservation behaviors- negatively related to EC behaviors but positively related to EE behaviors. We believe that this is the first study in the US context to empirically test the direction, extent, and combined role of the reported EC and EE behaviors using actual electricity consumption data. With better insight on the role of factors underlying the reported EC and EE behaviors, this study not only adds to the current literature on residential energy conservation but also provides empirical support for the design of targeted and effective energy conservation policies.
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