Advances in understanding energy consumption behavior and the governance of its change - Outline of an integrated framework
Transforming today’s energy systems in industrialized countries requires a substantial reduction of the total energy consumption at the individual level. Selected instruments have been found to be effective in changing people’s behavior in single domains. However, the so far weak success story on re...
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| author | Paul eBurger Valéry eBezençon Basil eBornemann Tobias eBrosch Vicente eCarabias-Hütter Mehdi eFarsi Stefanie Lena Hille Céline eRamseier Corinne eMoser Robin eSamuel Robin eSamuel David eSander Stephan eSchmidt Annika eSohre Benjamin eVolland |
| author_facet | Paul eBurger Valéry eBezençon Basil eBornemann Tobias eBrosch Vicente eCarabias-Hütter Mehdi eFarsi Stefanie Lena Hille Céline eRamseier Corinne eMoser Robin eSamuel Robin eSamuel David eSander Stephan eSchmidt Annika eSohre Benjamin eVolland |
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| description | Transforming today’s energy systems in industrialized countries requires a substantial reduction of the total energy consumption at the individual level. Selected instruments have been found to be effective in changing people’s behavior in single domains. However, the so far weak success story on reducing overall energy consumption indicates that our understanding of the determining factors of individual energy consumption as well as of its change is far from being conclusive. Among others, the scientific state of the art is dominated by analyzing single domains of consumption and by neglecting embodied energy. It also displays strong disciplinary splits and the literature often fails to distinguish between explaining behavior and explaining change of behavior. Moreover, there are knowledge gaps regarding the legitimacy and effectiveness of the governance of individual consumption behavior and its change. Against this backdrop, the aim of this paper is to establish an integrated interdisciplinary framework that offers a systematic basis for linking the different aspects in research on energy related consumption behavior, thus paving the way for establishing a better evidence base to inform societal actions. The framework connects the three relevant analytical aspects of the topic in question: (1) It systematically and conceptually frames the objects, i.e. the energy consumption behavior and its change (explananda); (2) it structures the factors that potentially explain the energy consumption behavior and its change (explanantia); (3) it provides a differentiated understanding of change inducing interventions in terms of governance. Based on the existing states of the art approaches from different disciplines within the social sciences the proposed framework is supposed to guide interdisciplinary empirical research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a8365e8dae094b4a8d3b1e3aa9ebc2f52022-12-21T22:23:42ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Energy Research2296-598X2015-06-01310.3389/fenrg.2015.00029137948Advances in understanding energy consumption behavior and the governance of its change - Outline of an integrated frameworkPaul eBurger0Valéry eBezençon1Basil eBornemann2Tobias eBrosch3Vicente eCarabias-Hütter4Mehdi eFarsi5Stefanie Lena Hille6Céline eRamseier7Corinne eMoser8Robin eSamuel9Robin eSamuel10David eSander11Stephan eSchmidt12Annika eSohre13Benjamin eVolland14University of BaselUniversity of NeuchatelUniversity of BaselUniversity of GenevaZurich University of Applied ScienceUniversity of NeuchatelUniversity of St. GallenETH ZurichZurich University of Applied ScienceUniversity of BerneUniversity of BaselUniversity of GenevaUniversity of BaselUniversity of BaselUniversity of NeuchatelTransforming today’s energy systems in industrialized countries requires a substantial reduction of the total energy consumption at the individual level. Selected instruments have been found to be effective in changing people’s behavior in single domains. However, the so far weak success story on reducing overall energy consumption indicates that our understanding of the determining factors of individual energy consumption as well as of its change is far from being conclusive. Among others, the scientific state of the art is dominated by analyzing single domains of consumption and by neglecting embodied energy. It also displays strong disciplinary splits and the literature often fails to distinguish between explaining behavior and explaining change of behavior. Moreover, there are knowledge gaps regarding the legitimacy and effectiveness of the governance of individual consumption behavior and its change. Against this backdrop, the aim of this paper is to establish an integrated interdisciplinary framework that offers a systematic basis for linking the different aspects in research on energy related consumption behavior, thus paving the way for establishing a better evidence base to inform societal actions. The framework connects the three relevant analytical aspects of the topic in question: (1) It systematically and conceptually frames the objects, i.e. the energy consumption behavior and its change (explananda); (2) it structures the factors that potentially explain the energy consumption behavior and its change (explanantia); (3) it provides a differentiated understanding of change inducing interventions in terms of governance. Based on the existing states of the art approaches from different disciplines within the social sciences the proposed framework is supposed to guide interdisciplinary empirical research.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fenrg.2015.00029/fullbehavior changeInterdisciplinary frameworkEnergy-related consumption patternsGovernance of Individual BehaviorEnergy efficiency and sufficiency |
| spellingShingle | Paul eBurger Valéry eBezençon Basil eBornemann Tobias eBrosch Vicente eCarabias-Hütter Mehdi eFarsi Stefanie Lena Hille Céline eRamseier Corinne eMoser Robin eSamuel Robin eSamuel David eSander Stephan eSchmidt Annika eSohre Benjamin eVolland Advances in understanding energy consumption behavior and the governance of its change - Outline of an integrated framework Frontiers in Energy Research behavior change Interdisciplinary framework Energy-related consumption patterns Governance of Individual Behavior Energy efficiency and sufficiency |
| title | Advances in understanding energy consumption behavior and the governance of its change - Outline of an integrated framework |
| title_full | Advances in understanding energy consumption behavior and the governance of its change - Outline of an integrated framework |
| title_fullStr | Advances in understanding energy consumption behavior and the governance of its change - Outline of an integrated framework |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advances in understanding energy consumption behavior and the governance of its change - Outline of an integrated framework |
| title_short | Advances in understanding energy consumption behavior and the governance of its change - Outline of an integrated framework |
| title_sort | advances in understanding energy consumption behavior and the governance of its change outline of an integrated framework |
| topic | behavior change Interdisciplinary framework Energy-related consumption patterns Governance of Individual Behavior Energy efficiency and sufficiency |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fenrg.2015.00029/full |
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