Analysis of Employees' Energy Conservation Behaviour in the Office Buildings - Based on the Structural Equation Model

Abstract

Energy consumption and climate change have become an urgent task for economic and social development around the world. Building energy consumption and the indoor environment are largely influenced by users' behaviours. Recently, more and more attention has been paid to users' behaviour towards energy saving. By issuing questionnaires, this paper investigates the relationship between energy saving willingness, energy saving perception, and energy saving behaviour of office workers. The result shows that psychological factors such as that environmental values, energy saving knowledge, perception of behaviour control, and preference can indirectly affect employees' energy saving behaviours. Psychological ownership and subjective norms have no obvious effect on promoting energy-saving behaviours. Besides, factors of policy, atmosphere, and publicity have significant effects on energy saving behaviours. Factors such as working age, education, and occupation can significantly promote employees' energy-saving behaviours.