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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3570| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Navigating behavioral energy sufficiency : results from a survey in Swiss cities on potential behavior change |
| Authors: | Seidl, Roman Moser, Corinne Blumer, Yann |
| DOI: | 10.21256/zhaw-3570 10.1371/journal.pone.0185963 |
| Published in: | PLOS ONE |
| Volume(Issue): | 12 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| Page(s): | e0185963 |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Public Library of Science |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 1932-6203 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Carbon Dioxide; Citiy; Fossil Fuel; Human; Nuclear Energy; Surveys and Questionnaire; Switzerland; Behavior; Climate Change |
| Subject (DDC): | 333.79: Energy |
| Abstract: | Many countries have some kind of energy-system transformation either planned or ongoing for various reasons, such as to curb carbon emissions or to compensate for the phasing out of nuclear energy. One important component of these transformations is the overall reduction in energy demand. It is generally acknowledged that the domestic sector represents a large share of total energy consumption in many countries. Increased energy efficiency is one factor that reduces energy demand, but behavioral approaches (known as "sufficiency") and their respective interventions also play important roles. In this paper, we address citizens' heterogeneity regarding both their current behaviors and their willingness to realize their sufficiency potentials-that is, to reduce their energy consumption through behavioral change. We collaborated with three Swiss cities for this study. A survey conducted in the three cities yielded thematic sets of energy-consumption behavior that various groups of participants rated differently. Using this data, we identified four groups of participants with different patterns of both current behaviors and sufficiency potentials. The paper discusses intervention types and addresses citizens' heterogeneity and behaviors from a city-based perspective. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/4649 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | School of Engineering |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Seidl, R., Moser, C., & Blumer, Y. (2017). Navigating behavioral energy sufficiency : results from a survey in Swiss cities on potential behavior change. Plos One, 12(10), e0185963. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3570
Seidl, R., Moser, C. and Blumer, Y. (2017) ‘Navigating behavioral energy sufficiency : results from a survey in Swiss cities on potential behavior change’, PLOS ONE, 12(10), p. e0185963. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3570.
R. Seidl, C. Moser, and Y. Blumer, “Navigating behavioral energy sufficiency : results from a survey in Swiss cities on potential behavior change,” PLOS ONE, vol. 12, no. 10, p. e0185963, 2017, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3570.
SEIDL, Roman, Corinne MOSER und Yann BLUMER, 2017. Navigating behavioral energy sufficiency : results from a survey in Swiss cities on potential behavior change. PLOS ONE. 2017. Bd. 12, Nr. 10, S. e0185963. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-3570
Seidl, Roman, Corinne Moser, and Yann Blumer. 2017. “Navigating Behavioral Energy Sufficiency : Results from a Survey in Swiss Cities on Potential Behavior Change.” Plos One 12 (10): e0185963. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3570.
Seidl, Roman, et al. “Navigating Behavioral Energy Sufficiency : Results from a Survey in Swiss Cities on Potential Behavior Change.” Plos One, vol. 12, no. 10, 2017, p. e0185963, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3570.
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