Brohmann, Bettina

Heinzle, Stefanie

Nentwich, Julia

Offenberger, Ursula

Rennings, Klaus

Schleich, Joachim

Wüstenhagen, Rolf

Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung

Sustainable energy consumption and individual decisions of consumers.

Review of the literature and research needs

Darmstadt

2009

1. Introduction

2. Definitions of sustainable consumption

3. Consumer behaviour: Theory and models on an individual level
3.1. Socio-economic and psychological approaches
3.2. Individual decisions and context
3.3. Studies on energy consumption
3.4. General factors influencing sustainable energy consumption

4. Economic approaches
4.1. Revealed and stated preferences
4.2. Comparison of conjoint analysis methods
4.3. Discrete choice model
4.4. Discrete choice design
4.5. Research needs: Integrating firm and energy policy perspective

5. Gender aspects
5.1. Environmental attitudes and behavior in general
5.2. Gender and energy consumption
5.3. Explanatory and methodological propositions
5.4. How to consider gender aspects in a stated preferences survey

6. Decisions for concrete environmental technologies
6.1. Empirical studies in the field of household appliances
6.2. Empirical studies in the field of heating systems
6.3. Empirical studies in the field of green electricity

7. Conclusions: Hypotheses and research needs

8. List of tables

References

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