The influence of Human's behavior on energy-efficient technologies promotion in China

Abstract

High-Energy-efficient products and technologies are important to promote energy saving and CO2 emission reduction. However, it is argued that the popular promotion of these technologies is affected by the behavior of human beings. Based on Behavior Model theory, six questions on energy-efficient technologies are designed to study the influence of human's behavior on energy-efficient products accepted and policies implemented. A large number of questionnaire surveys were done, the internal and external factors of residents' behavior are analyzed. The key factors of residents' approval are found in SPSS software. Comparing to the external factors, the statistical results show that the internal factors of residents' behavior play an important role for the energy-efficient technologies promotion, especially for the different age, gender, degree groups. So according to the researches, some suggestions are given to encourage people to accept energy-efficient products and related policies. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014.