Authors: Guo Li Wenling Liu Zhaohua Wang Mengqi Liu
Publish Date: 2016/04/22
Volume: 255, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 507-524
Abstract
With the increase in energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions promoting an energysaving lifestyle among residents has become an urgent environmental and social need Studying factors that influence household daily energysaving behaviors may help the government draft policies for reducing the energy consumption and promoting the sustainable development of the human economic society In this study we investigate the features of energyrelated situational factors individual/household energy consumption behavioral norms and energysaving behavioral intentions by performing a questionnaire survey in Beijing We examine the relationships among the mentioned aspects by applying factor analysis and structural equation modeling Results show that among the three aspects assessed situational factors most significantly and effectively influence the residents to assume energysaving behaviors Energysaving behavioral norms partly mediate the relationship between situational factors and behavioral intention We propose practice policy implications on the basis of the results In particular the positive influences of situational factors should be strengthened and relevant policy measures should be emphasized to establish a situational background beneficial for accelerating the formation or transformation of energysaving behaviorsThis work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation Grant Nos 71521002 71403141 71372019 71573016 and 71471057 Beijing Higher Education Young Elite Teacher Project YETP1173 and Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Foundation of China 11JGC106
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