Evidence on environmentally conscious consumers’ preferences for energy-use automation in Germany and Spain

IF 3.8 3区经济学 Q3 ENERGY & FUELS

Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-26 DOI:10.1016/j.jup.2024.101861

Stepan Vesely

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Abstract

Can environmentally conscious consumers become a driving force in the uptake of energy-use automation? To help answer this question, we collect survey data from samples drawn from the general population in Germany and Spain (combined N = 2864). Self-reported rates of energy-use automation adoption reach 30.0% in the German sample and 41.0% in the Spanish sample. Environmental self-identity, environmental norms, and one's tendency toward environmentally friendly consumer behavior influence preferences for energy-use automation in Germany but not in Spain. We discuss the possibility that this difference could be attributed to energy-use automation becoming so normalized in Spain that psychological characteristics cease to play a significant role in adoption decisions. Certain other individual characteristics and structural conditions are associated with automation technology preferences, particularly age, gender, income, education, and dwelling type.

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Utilities Policy ENERGY & FUELS-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

CiteScore

6.80

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

66 days

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