Buildings behaving badly : a behavioral experiment on how different motivational frames influence residential energy label adoption in the Netherlands

Heating buildings contributes to approximately 36 % of Europe's energy demand and several EU member states have adopted mandatory energy labels to improve energy efficiency by promoting home weatherization investments. This paper focuses on the perception of the energy label for residential buildings in the Netherlands and the role of different frames (egoistic, biospheric and social norms and neutral frames) in motivating adoption of energy labels for housing. We used a behavioral email experiment and an online survey to investigate these motivational factors. We find that biospheric frames are weaker than the other three motivational frames in terms of engaging interest in the energy label, but that the biospheric frame results in higher willingness to pay (WTP) for the energy label. We also find that age (rather than income) correlates with higher WTP for home energy labels.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

Journal of housing and the built environment : HBE - 32(2017), 1 vom: 21., Seite 107-132

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Student, Jillian [VerfasserIn]
Papyrakis, Elissaios [VerfasserIn]
van Beukering, Pieter [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

(Residential) energy label
Building energy efficiency
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Journal Article
Motivating conservation behavior
Motivational (message) framing
Social norms
The Netherlands

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Date Revised 30.09.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10901-016-9500-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM280169493