Social and engineering determinants and their equity implications in residential electricity use

Cramer, James C.; Miller, Nancy A.; Craig, Paul; Hackett, Bruce; Dietz, Thomas; Vine, Edward; Levine, Mark; Kowalczyk, Dan

doi:10.1016/0360-5442(85)90139-2

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“…This finding is consistent with some previously published results [9,41], but the general impact of the HRP's education level is unclear, as an equal number of previous studies have identified a significant effect [18,23].…”

Section: Socio-economic Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 94%

“…This outcome is consistent with the findings of Leahy and Lyons [23], but contrary to McLoughlin et al [9] and Cramer et al [41], who found that the HRP's socio-economic classification had a negative effect on total electricity consumption, with higher professionals consuming more electricity. This current finding is therefore perhaps unexpected, as the HRPs' socio-economic classification could be indicative of the annual household income, which was shown in this study to affect the likelihood of being a high electrical energy consumer.…”

Section: Socio-economic Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 77%

“…The review also identified that dwellings with an electric space heating system [11][12][13][14]23,24,34,36], airconditioning [13,18,29,41,43,46] or electric water heating system [9,11,13,23,29,34,43] had greater electricity demand. The dwelling type (level of detachment) was also seen to have an significant effect on the electricity consumption of domestic buildings Fig.…”

Section: Socio-economic and Dwelling Factors Affecting Domestic Electmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In relation to the socio-economic factors, the review identified that more occupants [11,13,14,18,19,22,23,25,27,29-31,33,36-38, 41,43,44], the presence of teenagers [12,30,33,45], increased household income [6,14,17,18,22,[26][27][28]30,31,33,37,38,41,42,[44][45][46] and increased disposable income [3,19,23,25,36] lead to a significant increase (positive effect) in domestic electricity consumption. The number of studies that confirmed a positive effect was higher (at least three studies more) than the number indicating a significant negative or non-significant effect.…”

Section: Socio-economic and Dwelling Factors Affecting Domestic Electmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Determinants of high electrical energy demand in UK homes: Socio-economic and dwelling characteristics

Jones

Lomas

2015

Energy and Buildings

102

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a b s t r a c tThis paper provides an analysis of the socio-economic and dwelling factors contributing to high electrical energy demand in UK domestic buildings. The socio-economic, dwelling and electricity consumption data were collected during a large-scale, city-wide survey, carried out in Leicester, UK, in 2009-2010. Annual electrical energy demand was estimated for 315 dwellings and an odds ratio analysis used to identify the socio-economic and dwelling factors that led to high electricity consumption. The effects of a number of socio-economic and dwelling factors which have not previously been studied for the UK domestic sector are included. Thus, for the first time, presence of teenagers, having electric space heating as the primary form of heating, portable electric heating and electric water heating were identified as significant drivers of high electricity demand in UK homes. The employment status and education level of the Household Representative Person, the number of floors in a dwelling, presence of fixed electric heating, and the proportion of low-energy lighting were shown to have no effect on high electricity consumption in UK homes. Given the impetus to reduce electricity consumption and CO 2 emissions from the domestic sector, these observations can help shape energy saving campaigns and future energy policy.

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Section: Socio-economic Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 94%

Section: Socio-economic Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 77%

Section: Socio-economic and Dwelling Factors Affecting Domestic Electmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Socio-economic and Dwelling Factors Affecting Domestic Electmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Determinants of high electrical energy demand in UK homes: Socio-economic and dwelling characteristics

Jones

Lomas

2015

Energy and Buildings

102

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“…Previous studies [15][16][17][18] have shown that income and similar socio-economic criteria are of fundamental importance in determining behaviour related to the use of energy. Stern et al [16] observed that the relationship between income and behaviours related to energy use was highly dependent on the income group, rather than income alone.…”

Section: Structure and Rationale Of The Questionnairementioning

confidence: 99%

Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy: Implications for UK Green Tariff Offerings

Batley¹,

Fleming²,

Urwin

2000

Indoor Built Environ

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Although financial support for renewable electricity sources has existed via the non-fossil fuel obligation since 1990, the UK ‘green power’ market is still in its infancy. This paper looks at attitudes to tariffs for ‘green power’ in light of the proposed phase-out of the non-fossil fuel obligation. The hypothesis tested was the consumers’ willingness to pay for electricity generated from renewable energy sources and to see if this was related to income and attitude. Data for analysis were taken from replies to a questionnaire sent to an energy-aware sub-population of Leicester which were analysed by a variety of statistical tests. Results of multiple regression analysis indicated that whether someone was willing to pay more was significantly correlated with attitude, experience (whether they had visited an environmental centre) and the purchasing power placed on £5. This finding has implications for the methods by which support for green tariffs can be increased. Education and raising people’s awareness through experience should be able to change attitudes and so increase their willingness to pay.

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The Legacy of Twenty Years of Energy Demand Management: we know more about Individual Behaviour but next to Nothing about Demand

Wilhite¹,

Shove²,

Lutzenhiser³

et al.

Advances in Global Change Research

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Social and engineering determinants and their equity implications in residential electricity use

Cited by 59 publications

References 7 publications

Determinants of high electrical energy demand in UK homes: Socio-economic and dwelling characteristics

Determinants of high electrical energy demand in UK homes: Socio-economic and dwelling characteristics

Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy: Implications for UK Green Tariff Offerings

The Legacy of Twenty Years of Energy Demand Management: we know more about Individual Behaviour but next to Nothing about Demand

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