Institutions involved | Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), UniSG, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), ÖkoInstitut, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Institute for Economy and the Environment, UniSG |
Contact persons | Stefanie Hille (UniSG) |
Keywords | Household energy consumption, residential buildings, sustainable consumption |
Disciplines | Economics, psychology, sociology |
Unit of observation | Households |
Period | March 2008 - November 2010 |
Geographical space | Germany |
Data collection method | Survey |
Data availability | Data could be made available for SCCER-CREST researchers upon request |
Publications and working papers
Description
The research project examined decisions on energy consumption made by private German households by running a representative study with more than 1200 respondents. The inter- and trans-disciplinary project ran from March 2008 to November 2010 and was supported by the funding initiative From Knowledge to Action - New Paths Towards Sustainable Consumption.