Improving the energy performance of UK households: Results from surveys of consumer adoption and use of low- and zero-carbon technologies

By S. Caird, Rob Roy, H. Herring. 2008

253 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Pollution, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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In Pollution

1. N. Eyre
2. Noam Bergman
3. J. Schleich
4. Elena M. Krieger
5. Boris R. Lukanov

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1. J. Schleich
2. B. Mills
3. N. Eyre
4. Noam Bergman
5. Patrik Thollander
6. T. Fleiter

Citations in the corpus

• Distributed solar and environmental justice: Exploring the demographic and socio-economic trends of residential PV adoption in California (2019, background): “…and the US (Griffith et al., 2014), behavioral and policy reasons for adoption vs. non-adoption of clean energy technologies (Braito et al., 2017; Caird et al., 2008; Kemp and Volpi, 2008; Wilson and Dowlatabadi, 2007; Li and Yi, 2014), or on developing predictive models of consumer behavior…”
• Understanding the uneven diffusion of building-scale renewable energy systems: A review of household, local and country level factors in diverse European countries (2017, background): “As concerns socio-demographic factors, the impact of age appears to be non-linear, just like that of income: most studies find that older households are less likely to adopt new technologies or invest in building-scale renewable energy systems, whereas some suggest that middle-aged [31] or older hou”
• A meta-analysis of residential PV adoption: the important role of perceived benefits, intentions and antecedents in solar energy acceptance (2021, unknown): “2018 Energy Efficiency [140] Y Y Y Y N N 53 Clean, accessible, and cost-saving: Reasons for rural household investment in solar panels in Poland 2018 Resources, Conservation & Recycling [141] Y Y N N 54 Shotgun or snowball approach?”
• Residential Energy-Efficient Technology Adoption, Energy Conservation, Knowledge, and Attitudes: An Analysis of European Countries (2012, background): “Brechling and Smith (1994) and Caird et al. (2008) explore insulation, heat generation and lighting technologies in UK households.”
• What role for microgeneration in a shift to a low carbon domestic energy sector in the UK? (2011, background): “Installers also play an important role in the decision to buy microgeneration, as most people ‘accepted the recommendation of [solar thermal] installers, usually without understanding much about the technology’ (Caird et al. 2008).”