An application of TPB constructs on energy-saving behavioural intention among university office building occupants: a pilot study in Malaysian tropical climate

Obaidellah, Unaizah; Danaee, Mahmoud; Mamun, Mohammad Abdullah Al; Hasanuzzaman, M.; Rahim, N.A.

doi:10.1007/s10901-018-9637-y

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“…Increase in the resources and understanding of energy conservation advantages will increase the intention for energy conservation. This outcome is consistent with previous studies (de Leeuw et al, 2015;Obaidellah et al, 2019). On the other hand, both do not possess a direct effect on ECB.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…(de Leeuw et al, 2015) highlighted the significant impact of PEB on intention and behavior. (Obaidellah et al, 2019) noted that PBC is significantly related to the intention of university users.…”

Section: Subjective Normsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…the behaviors of individuals and organizations in decreasing their impacts on the environment, which have been defined as "behaviors that consciously seeks to minimize the negative impact of one's actions on the natural and built world" (Kollmuss and Agyeman, 2002). PEB takes many forms, for example, energy conservation, recycling (Mtutu and Thondhlana, 2016;Oliver et al, 2019) and energy consumption (Kaiser, 2006;Wang et al, 2014;de Leeuw et al, 2015;Tan et al, 2017;Obaidellah et al, 2019). The user behavior in buildings has a substantial role in the total building's energy usage (Darby, 2006;Gilani et al, 2018;Guerra et al, 2009;Hong et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Analysis of Energy Conservation Behavior at the Kuwaiti Academic Buildings

Alomari

El-Kanj

Topal

2020

IJEEP

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Understanding user's behavior in buildings is crucial since user behavior significantly contributes to the overall building's energy consumption. Therefore, this study aims to identify a user's pro-environmental behavior, in particular, the energy conservation behavior (ECB) of university users in Kuwait. For this reason, this study creates a model whereby two variables, namely, environmental knowledge and awareness of consequences, are introduced and incorporated into the existing theory of planned behavior (TPB). The research data is acquired through questionnaires in keeping with Kuwait's social norms and culture. The extended TPB model is tested using numerical analysis problems in partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to investigate the following variables: energy conservation behavior, intention, subjective norm, attitude, perceived behavioral control, environmental knowledge, and awareness. Results show the indirect effects of the two above mentioned variables on conservation behavior. The results also reveal that societal pressure and cultures significantly affect the users' intention to engage in energy conservation behavior. The outcomes of this research suggest that there is a need to encourage energy conservation behavior changes in Kuwaiti academics' buildings by supporting the antecedents, as well as eliminating barriers to pro-environmental actions.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Analysis of Energy Conservation Behavior at the Kuwaiti Academic Buildings

Alomari

El-Kanj

Topal

2020

IJEEP

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Section: Underlying Theories and Influencing Techniquesmentioning

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“…Furthermore, studies have discovered that applying concepts from the TPB on behavioral intentions of energy regarding policy recommendations and suggestions is useful in energy conservation [25,26] . A link between the identity of the environmental issues and behaviors for energy conservation due to the test on account of the expanded TPB model is shown in Hu et al [25] . Under this expanded model, the proenvironmental identity variable is considered an independent cause that allows building designers to adopt energy conservation practices with high significance levels observed in the link.…”

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A review on motivational nudges for enhancing building energy conservation behavior

Soomro¹,

Bharathy²,

Biloria³

et al. 2021

JSEGC

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This paper explores energy use interventions and their influence on human behavior in commercial and institutional buildings. The main objectives of this paper are to identify the importance of nudges in reducing building energy usage and the implementation methods that can influence users to conserve energy in buildings through context specific interventions. A qualitative research method is used to elicit existing energy saving techniques, and a rigorous literature review is conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of nudges. The investigation shows that combining multiple influencing options and interactive technological interventions can result in an effective nudging mechanism at a larger scale. Widely adopted technological tools identified in energy conservation in buildings included eco-feedback systems, IoT engagement systems, and recommendation systems that shared clear information to enable users to change their behavior. Besides, non-technological tools, such as posters and moral appeal by word of mouth, are highlighted as influencing user behavior to conserve energy in buildings. The use of nudges in commercial and institutional buildings has been studied in this review, and it has been demonstrated that the combination of influencing techniques is more effective than deploying a particular technique. It is concluded that energy conservation can be predicated in agent-based environments by modeling integrated nudges in future work.

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The Impacts of Big Five Personality Traits on Household Energy Conservation Behavior: A Preliminary Study in Xi’an China

Liu

Wang

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Resource Sustainability: Sustainable Urbanisation in the BRI Era (icRS Urba

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An application of TPB constructs on energy-saving behavioural intention among university office building occupants: a pilot study in Malaysian tropical climate

Cited by 24 publications

References 58 publications

Analysis of Energy Conservation Behavior at the Kuwaiti Academic Buildings

Analysis of Energy Conservation Behavior at the Kuwaiti Academic Buildings

A review on motivational nudges for enhancing building energy conservation behavior

The Impacts of Big Five Personality Traits on Household Energy Conservation Behavior: A Preliminary Study in Xi’an China

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