Search Result

Srl

Item

ID: 166324

Domestic thermal upgrades, community action and energy saving: a three-year experimental study of prosperous households / Bardsley, Nicholas

Bardsley, Nicholas	Journal Article
	0 Rating(s) & 0 Review(s)

Summary/Abstract

A three-year field experiment was conducted with 185 prosperous households to assess whether behavioural interventions by a community environmental group during and after thermal upgrades (cavity wall and/or loft insulation) can achieve reductions in households’ energy use, including reductions in direct and indirect rebound. The engineering interventions on the thermal efficiency of dwellings appear effective in reducing energy use in both treatment and control groups: a direct rebound effect is estimated to be at most 40 per cent from the engineering interventions. However, across a range of measures of energy use, we observe no significant effect of the community behavioural intervention across the total lifetime of the project. Qualitative data collected on similar community groups suggests substantial constraints on their capacity to realise reductions in energy use amongst households.

Key Words

Behaviour Change ; Field Experiment ; Household Energy Saving ; ReboundThermal ; Upgrade ; Community Group

In Basket

Export

ID: 109373

Energy saving in Swedish households. the (relative) importance / Martinsson, Johan; Lundqvist, Lennart J; Sundstrom, Aksel

Martinsson, Johan	Journal Article
	0 Rating(s) & 0 Review(s)

Publication

2011.

Summary/Abstract

The objectives for energy saving in the housing sector set by recent Swedish energy and climate policies are quite demanding. This article uses nation-wide Swedish survey data from 2004 to 2007 to explore the potential for achieving those targets. Earlier findings that socio-economic characteristics such as age, housing type and income are strongly linked to higher propensities to save on heating and hot water usage are confirmed by ordered logistic regression models. However, general environmental attitudes are also found to play a crucial role. When assessing the relative importance of socio-economic factors and environmental attitudes, the effect on energy saving is generally greater for the former than the latter. In addition, important interaction effects are identified. In relative terms, the effect of environmental attitudes is clearly stronger among households in apartment blocks than among those in detached housing, and stronger among households with higher income than among those with lower income. We end by discussing the implications for the selection and targeting of policy measures to tap the energy savings potential in the population.

Key Words

Household Energy Saving ; Socio - Economic Characteristics ; Environmental Attitudes

In Basket

Export