Students Energy Saving Behavior - Case study of University of Coimbra

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Autor(a) principal: János, Lõrincz Máté
Data de Publicação: 2011
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/20058
Resumo: Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada à Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra
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spelling Students Energy Saving Behavior - Case study of University of CoimbraSustainabilityEnergyTPBStudentsDissertação de Mestrado apresentada à Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de CoimbraAccording to Portuguese Directorate-General for Geology and Energy, renewable energy in Portugal was the source for 52% of country’s electricity generation in 2010 [DGGE 2010, page 6]. The current Portuguese policy makers in the energy area argue that the story behind Portugal’s success lies in government led initiatives in forms of efficient energy policies, which not only influenced the adoption of renewable technologies but also encouraged people to adopt a more energy efficient behavior. In the context of a new consciousness around a difficult but desirable environmental, economic and economic equilibrium, consumer behavior plays a very important role. The overall purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of Energy or Environmental lectures (or both) on university students’ intention to pursue energy saving measures, because they will, in the short run, represent a relevant part of the future end-user consumers and bill-payers and will drive changes in the patterns of energy consumption. An online survey (N=1582) on students’ energy saving behavior was conducted to predict students’ intention to perform energy saving measures. Based on the received responses, two groups of students were formed: one, with students who had access to one or more Energy or Environmental (or both) lectures and, another, with students who did not have access to Energy or Environmental (or both) lectures. This research departs from AJZEN (1988) Theory of Planned Behavior. According to this theory, students intention to conserve energy was compared between the groups; energy saving advice influence on students’ intention to save energy was analyzed but also the choice between traditional light bulbs and energy saving bulb based on price was discussed. Final findings show that Energy lectures stand as long term measures that influence students’ intention to engage in energy saving measures. Energy lectures seem to increase student confidence and strengthen the social pressure of the intention to engage in energy saving measure. They have stronger influence on students’ energy saving intention than the television campaigns, for instance. Measuring the price influence on students’ intention to peruse energy saving measure it was identified that those students who have access to Energy or Environmental lectures (or both) could estimate correctly the price between a traditional and energy saving bulb and have higher intention to engage in energy saving measures. Furthermore, several interviews with staff in charge of energetic measures at European Universities were conducted to identify energy saving incentives and future measures are proposed to reduce energy demand.2011info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisJÁNOS, Lõrincz Maté-Students - Energy saving behavior : case study of University of Coimbra. Coimbra: [s.n.], 2011. Dissertação de mestrado. Disponível na WWW: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/20058http://hdl.handle.net/10316/20058JÁNOS, Lõrincz Maté-Students - Energy saving behavior : case study of University of Coimbra. Coimbra: [s.n.], 2011. Dissertação de mestrado. Disponível na WWW: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/20058http://hdl.handle.net/10316/20058engJános, Lõrincz Mátéinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-01-20T17:49:07Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/20058Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:58:54.978126Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Students Energy Saving Behavior - Case study of University of Coimbra
spellingShingle Students Energy Saving Behavior - Case study of University of Coimbra
János, Lõrincz Máté
Sustainability
Energy
TPB
Students
title_short Students Energy Saving Behavior - Case study of University of Coimbra
title_full Students Energy Saving Behavior - Case study of University of Coimbra
title_fullStr Students Energy Saving Behavior - Case study of University of Coimbra
title_full_unstemmed Students Energy Saving Behavior - Case study of University of Coimbra
title_sort Students Energy Saving Behavior - Case study of University of Coimbra
author János, Lõrincz Máté
author_facet János, Lõrincz Máté
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv János, Lõrincz Máté
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sustainability
Energy
TPB
Students
topic Sustainability
Energy
TPB
Students
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