The role of income in energy efficiency and curtailment behaviours: Findings from 22 European countries

Umit, Resul, Poortinga, Wouter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6926-8545, Jokinen, Pekka and Pohjolainen, Pasi 2019. The role of income in energy efficiency and curtailment behaviours: Findings from 22 European countries. Energy Research and Social Science 53 , pp. 206-214. 10.1016/j.erss.2019.02.025

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Abstract

Reducing consumers’ demand for energy is on the agenda of various energy and climate policies. Although these policies are increasingly internationalised in Europe, our understanding of consumers’ energy saving behaviour remains fragmented with often contradicting findings from single case studies. Drawing on the latest round of the European Social Survey across 22 countries (n = 41,830), we find that many variables have the same relationship with different energy saving behaviours, except household income. While income correlates positively with the likelihood of buying energy efficient appliances, it correlates negatively with the frequency of engaging in energy curtailments. If income has a differentiating effect on consumers’ energy saving behaviour, then the demand reduction policies that take this difference into account will be more successful.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Architecture
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	2214-6296
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 April 2019
Date of Acceptance:	28 February 2019
Last Modified:	04 Dec 2024 01:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/121997

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