Evaluation of lifestyle factors including people's values affecting electricity consumption in homes

Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2019 Tokyo Built Environment in an era of climate change: how can cities and buildings adapt?

生态环境科学

Otsuka, A.^1 ; Narumi, D.^2

School of Social Sciences, Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo

169-8050, Japan^1

Graduate School of Environmental and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-shi

240-8501, Japan^2

关键词: Behavioral intention;    Conceptual frameworks;    Electricity-consumption;    Human values;    Lifestyle choices;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/294/1/012081/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/294/1/012081

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

A critical view holds that people's values are integral to lifestyle choices. This study investigated the effects of these values, energy-attitudes, and cognition on home electricity consumption through a case study on an all-electric apartment with HEMS in Yokohama. The conceptual framework assumed that "socially oriented values are related to factors that form energy-attitudes leading to a higher level of behavioral intentions and actual behaviors (and vice versa)" according to Schwartz's basic human value theory and several other sociopsychological models. Results suggest the importance of fostering self-transcendent values in linking people's behavioral intentions to actual actions. This study was one of the first to include people's values when considering energy-saving lifestyles in Japan. The fact that people's values have a certain level of influence on energy consumption has implications on future policy. This sheds light on the need for further research in this area, and thus in realizing energy-saving lifestyles.