A Study on the Factors Characterizing Willingness to Conserve Energy Among Urbanites

Rutwik Gandhe, Sheeba Joseph

2023

Abstract

This study attempts to analyse the willingness to conserve electricity among urbanites of Bhopal city in central India. Willingness to conserve electricity is one of the core aspects of adopting a sustainable and energy-efficient lifestyle. Five hundred and fifty (n=550) energy-sufficient households having valid electricity meters were surveyed from different locations in Bhopal city. Data on energy conservation behaviour were analysed using binary logistic regression. Findings suggest that energy conservation willingness was higher among individuals who were educated, had high power and fuel expenditure with larger house space and size, with a high degree of interaction about energy conservation in the neighbourhood, demonstrating higher orientation of individual values, greater belief for energy conversation, higher subjective norms, sharper energy conservation attitude, higher perceived behaviour control and stronger behaviour intention. Psycho-social factors outweigh the socio-economic factors in predicting the willingness to conserve electricity. Policy implications of the findings have been discussed

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Gandhe R. and Joseph S. (2023). A Study on the Factors Characterizing Willingness to Conserve Energy Among Urbanites. In Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR; ISBN 978-989-758-687-3, SciTePress, pages 712-717. DOI: 10.5220/0012502100003792

in Bibtex Style

@conference{pamir23,
author={Rutwik Gandhe and Sheeba Joseph},
title={A Study on the Factors Characterizing Willingness to Conserve Energy Among Urbanites},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR},
year={2023},
pages={712-717},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012502100003792},
isbn={978-989-758-687-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR
TI - A Study on the Factors Characterizing Willingness to Conserve Energy Among Urbanites
SN - 978-989-758-687-3
AU - Gandhe R.
AU - Joseph S.
PY - 2023
SP - 712
EP - 717
DO - 10.5220/0012502100003792
PB - SciTePress