Institutions involved | UniSG, National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO), University of Surrey, University of Groningen, Electricité de France (EDF), The Netherlands Organisations for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), The Kozep-europai Egyetem (Central European University, CEU), Centre for Sustainable Energy (Bristol, UK) |
Contact persons | Stefanie Hille (UniSG) |
Keywords | Household energy consumption, barriers for energy changes |
Disciplines | Economics, sociology, psychology |
Unit of observation | Households, end-cosumers |
Period | 2008-2010 |
Geographical space | UK, the Netherlands, Norway, France, Hungary and Switzerland |
Data collection method | Survey |
Data availability | Data cannot be made available |
Publications and working papers
Description
The main objective of this project was to identify the relevance and strengths of various barriers for energy behavior changes among end consumers and households, and to discuss how activities from political authorities, energy producers and NGOs can overcome these barriers. As part of the project, a survey with more than 15'000 participants from seven European countries (the UK, the Netherlands, Norway, France, Hungary and Switzerland) was conducted.