Annual review of energy and the environment. Social and behavioral aspects of energy use.

Lutzenhiser, Loren.

1993

1993
107
CIENA

0-8243-2318-1

BEHAVIOR AND ENERGY USE:CHANCHING CONDITIONS AND COMPETING VIEWS. Homogeneity or variability?. PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION ATTITUDES. Public opinion and energy. From opinion to attitudes. INFORMATION AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES. Mass information. Direct information. Financial incentives for conservation investment. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF ENERGY PRICING. Billing system. BEYONG PRICE AND ATTITUDE:ENERGY USE AS SOCIAL PROCESS. Limits to knowledge. Limits to simple models. Households and communities as units of analysis. MICRO-BEHAVIOR IN CONSUMPTION EVIRONMENTS. Patterning of behavior and energy use. Interactions of actors, buildings, and equipment. THE MICRO-SOCIAL PATTERNING OF CONSUMPTION. Energy demographics. Perspectives on life-style and energy use. Organizational behavior and energy use. Linking institutions and consumers. NEEDED RESEARCH. Policy research. Programmatic research. Barriers to the expansion of energy social science.

ESTADOS UNIDOS; USO DE LA ENERGIA; GENERAL; USO RACIONAL DE LA ENERGIA; CONSUMO DE ENERGIA; SECTOR RESIDENCIAL; DEMANDA DE ENERGIA; COMPORTAMIENTO SOCIAL; OPINION PUBLICA; INCENTIVOS; PRECIOS DE LA ENERGIA; ADMINISTRACION DE LA DEMANDA;