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Measuring changes in family energy management: consumption or efficiency

Author(s) -

URICH JUDITH ROGERS,

HOGAN M. JANICE

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

journal of consumer studies and home economics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775

H-Index - 71

eISSN - 1470-6431

pISSN - 0309-3891

DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1985.tb00452.x

Subject(s) - efficient energy use , energy consumption , energy conservation , liberian dollar , index (typography) , benchmark (surveying) , energy management , consumption (sociology) , environmental economics , energy (signal processing) , environmental science , business , economics , geography , computer science , engineering , statistics , sociology , social science , mathematics , geodesy , finance , world wide web , electrical engineering

The Home Heating Energy Index (HHEI), a tool for measuring energy efficiency, which integrates house size, seasonal temperature variations, and type of heating fuel, was found to be an effective measure. Using 5‐year longitudinal field study data from 24 families living in a cold climate, the tool explained 77% of family energy consumption and provided a definitive benchmark for evaluating home heating energy conservation. Factors which influenced family energy consumption and/or efficiency were: (1) family energy management behaviours, including no‐dollar cost behavioural changes and enhancing the energy efficiency of some mechanical system; (2) housing factors, including structural characteristics and size of house; and, (3) family contextual factors, including socio‐economic status, family size and stage of family life cycle.

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