About this Research Topic
Global warming is a worldwide problem raising substantial social and governmental attention. Governments tend to promote energy-saving subsidy policies to reduce greenhouse gases and slow down the effects of global warming. Therefore, it is necessary to have an appropriate energy-saving policy, which has the potential to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions by 10%–15%. Residential energy consumption is increasing across the world. Adopting energy-efficient technologies and changing energy-wasting behaviours are some ways to constrain excessive growth in residential energy consumption. Various recent studies have focused on the investigation of changes in residential energy consumption. Moreover, the results from most of these studies attribute the increase in residential energy consumption to driving factors such as population, income, floor space, and energy mix. Aside from the driving factors stated above, energy-saving behaviour is one of the most important factors that greatly influence residential energy consumption.
The objective of this Research Topic is to explain the energy efficiency gap in the residential sector and further explore the reasons behind the gap from the perspective of energy-consuming behaviours. In this Research Topic, we aim to explore influencing factors of energy-consuming behaviour in the residential sector and evaluate the related policies' effectiveness.
In this Research Topic, we welcome submissions focussing on residential energy-consuming behaviours and residential energy-saving policies, with a specific focus on the following:
1. influencing factors of residential energy-consuming behaviour
2. reasons behind the adoption or non-adoption of energy-saving measures in the residential sector
3. energy-efficient household appliance purchasing behaviour and related policies
4. electric vehicles adopting behaviour and related policies
The objective of this Research Topic is to explain the energy efficiency gap in the residential sector and further explore the reasons behind the gap from the perspective of energy-consuming behaviours. In this Research Topic, we aim to explore influencing factors of energy-consuming behaviour in the residential sector and evaluate the related policies' effectiveness.
In this Research Topic, we welcome submissions focussing on residential energy-consuming behaviours and residential energy-saving policies, with a specific focus on the following:
1. influencing factors of residential energy-consuming behaviour
2. reasons behind the adoption or non-adoption of energy-saving measures in the residential sector
3. energy-efficient household appliance purchasing behaviour and related policies
4. electric vehicles adopting behaviour and related policies
Keywords: energy consuming behavior; residential energy policy; energy efficiency gap; residential energy transition; residential energy-saving measures.
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