Survey of Homeowners’ Motivations for the Adoption of Energy Efficiency Measures: Evaluating a Holistic Energy Assessment Program

Ketchman, Kevin J.; Riley, David R.; Khanna, Vikas; Bilec, Melissa M.

doi:10.1061/(asce)ae.1943-5568.0000310

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“…This is still the case even with the presence of incentives and rebates for purchasing Energy Star certified appliances. Previous research has been conducted to assess what influences the household behavior or the intention to purchase or install sustainable features, and some of these determinants are the influence of policies and incentive programs, benefits of using energy-efficient appliances, household consumer attitude, environmental concern, and demographic factors like level of education, household income influences energy-saving behavior in a household (Ketchman et al, 2018;Ohler, Loomis, & Ilves, 2020). However, studies indicate that the transition of the purchasing intention to actual purchasing behavior as the transition is not perfect and since most of these studies are based on consumer theories, it is important to get factual data to back these theories.…”

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Recent Energy Consumption Trends in American Homes

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EPiC Series in Built Environment

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Given the growing environmental awareness, this paper intends to provide an updated picture on the relationships between 1) demographic factors and number of residential sustainable features (mainly appliances), 2) demographic factors and energy consumption (for all fuels), and 3) house size and energy consumption in American households. Using data from the 2015 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), this study applies descriptive and inferential statistics (poisson regression, spearman correlation and analysis of variance) to evaluate those relationships. The results indicate that income influences the number of sustainable appliances in a home, while education does not; on the other hand, the findings also indicate that education has a significant relationship to energy consumption (measured in thousand BTUs) per area of home, while income does not. Additionally, a significant moderate correlation between size of home and energy consumption was confirmed. This information is important given the steady but constant rise in home sizes in the U.S. since 1970s. Outcomes of this study can help understand the impact of demographic factors have on sustainable housing choices and on energy consumption while using a recent data set with large sample size.

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confidence: 99%