کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
6464067 1422575 2017 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Thermal comfort or money saving? Exploring intentions to conserve energy among low-income households in the United States
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
راحتی حرارتی یا صرفه جویی در پول؟ بررسی اهداف برای حفظ انرژی در میان خانواده های کم درآمد در ایالات متحده
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی انرژی انرژی (عمومی)
چکیده انگلیسی

Low-income households comprise an important, but often-neglected, target population for energy reduction in the U.S. residential sector. Previous research of this population tends to emphasize demographic and economic factors with little consideration of social-psychological variables. This paper utilized the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to investigate how demographics, climate zones, and a set of social-psychological variables, including energy concern, bill consciousness, frugality attitude, and thermal comfort (needs for coolness and warmness) influenced energy conservation intentions among 248 low-income households across the U.S. Results indicated that the three TPB variables alone (attitudes toward energy- conservation, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control) had positive effects on energy conservation intentions. Attitudes toward energy-conservation and perceived behavioral control remained as the strongest predictors after accounting for other variables. Meanwhile, bill consciousness positively predicted energy conservation intentions, whereas needs for warmness and coolness negatively predicted intentions. Gender and climate zones predicted intentions when other variables were not included in the model. This study provides important insights on low-income households' energy-conservation intentions, as well as the antecedents and potential barriers, which provide useful recommendations for future energy policy initiatives.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Energy Research & Social Science - Volume 26, April 2017, Pages 61-71
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