scholarly journals Differences in the Domestic Energy Consumption in Hungary: Trends between 2006–2017

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (20) ◽  
pp. 6718
Author(s):  
Ágnes Győri ◽  
Ákos Huszár ◽  
Karolina Balogh
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The One ◽  
Changes Over Time

Goal 7 of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, adopted in 2015, sets out universal access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy, but even in developed countries, this is still difficult to achieve. European comparative studies show that in Mediterranean and Central European countries, including Hungary, access to adequate energy remains a serious problem for certain social groups. The aim of the study is to examine the inequalities in access to and consumption of energy in Hungary. We pay special attention to presenting changes over time and examine what changes have taken place in household energy consumption since the years before the global economic crisis. We also explore the major socio-economic and building-related factors that increase the risk of possible energy vulnerability. For our analysis, we draw on data from a large sample survey conducted in 2007, 2013 and 2018 on a representative probability sample. Our results showed on the one hand the fundamental role of different combinations of energy sources used by households in the intensity of energy consumption, and on the other hand that besides the characteristics of the property concerned, the energy use and behaviour patterns of households are determined by the socio-demographic characteristics of the household as well.

scholarly journals Sympathy for the environment predicts green consumerism but not more important environmental behaviours related to domestic energy use

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAODONG CHEN ◽  
JENNIFER DE LA ROSA ◽  
M. NILS PETERSON ◽  
YING ZHONG ◽  
CHUNTIAN LU
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Green Consumerism ◽  
Domestic Energy

SUMMARYHousehold consumption is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. Some behaviours (for example energy use and vehicle use) may have far larger impacts than others (for example green consumerism of household products). Here, the driving forces of green consumerism and two domestic energy uses (electricity consumption and vehicle fuel use) are compared. This study found that environmental attitudes predicted green consumerism, but not electricity consumption or vehicle fuel use. Furthermore, green consumerism was correlated with income and individual level demographic factors, while energy consumption was primarily predicted by household size and structural constraints. Because household energy consumption has greater environmental impacts than green consumerism, policies that aim to improve pro-environmental attitudes may not be effective in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Policies should rather aim to change structural constraints influencing transportation and household energy decisions and improve the conspicuousness of household energy consumption.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of Household Energy Consumption in Ibadan Region; A Spatio-quantitative Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-46
Author(s):  
Oyeleke Oluwaseun Oyerinde
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Heating Value ◽  
Household Energy Consumption ◽  
Urban Households ◽  
End Use ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Understanding locational variations in household energy consumption is critical to ascertaining dichotomies of energy use, need and wellbeing. In recognition of this, the study compares quantities of household energy consumption among urban, peri-urban and rural areas in Ibadan region, Nigeria using Net Heating Value (NHV). It employs a stratified random sampling of 166 households across the three zones. Results show that electricity, majorly used for appliances is dominant in the urban in contrast to fuelwood at the peri-urban and rural areas where cooking is the major end use. Though the quantities of total household energy consumption do not vary significantly at p < .05, electricity consumption is however significantly higher in urban households than in peri-urban and rural households. The Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) indicate that socioeconomic characteristics significantly influenced the quantity of household energy consumption at the urban area only. Major variations between locations appear to be in energy types and end uses rather than quantity consumed.

scholarly journals Performance of World Health Organization as a Green Building

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Green Building ◽  
World Health ◽  
Natural Lighting ◽  
World Energy ◽  
Prime Objective ◽  
The One ◽  
Health Organization

The rapidly growing world energy use has already raised concerns over supply difficulties, exhaustion of energy resources and heavy environmental impacts. The global contribution from buildings towards energy consumption has steadily increased. Jordan relying on importing more than (97%) of its oil needs. The household in Jordan consumes 43% of the total electricity produced. The current situation enforces us to have more efficient use of energy in this sector. For this reason, energy efficiency in buildings is today a prime objective for energy policy at national and international level. The Jordanian buildings codes such as the Jordan green building code were developed to face energy challenges that Jordan has recently encountered. In residential sector, energy is used for equipment and appliances that provide heating, cooling, lighting, water heating, and other household demands. In this study, an efficient energy building has been selected and studied. The present study concentrates on the one of the energy saving examples, which is Green building represented in the World Health Organization (WHO) building in Amman. A comprehensive study of energy consumption in the building has been carried out. A comparison between the Jordanian regular buildings and the current building was made; EnergyPlus was used to make all calculations. It is found that the WHO building saves 23.9% of the total energy saved from HVAC systems, and widely dependent on the natural lighting. WHO reduces the Greenhouse gases emissions of CO2, about 57563.12 kg of CO2 were reduced, which helps in the global warming.

scholarly journals Survey And Articifical Neural Network Analysis On Occupant's Household Energy Use In A High-Rise Multi-Unit Residential Building In Toronto, Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miles Roque
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Household Energy Use

Examining occupant's household energy use is a crucial step in achieving significant reductions in energy consumption. The purpose of this thesis is to collect information on ownership of appliances and electronics to evaluate their use, energy consumption, and behaviour with respect to energy in a Toronto high-rise multi-unit residential building (MURB). In this thesis, a survey was developed and implemented in a Toronto high-rise MURB. The survey data, energy consumption data from October 2010 to September 2012, and weather conditions were analyzed and used to develop an artificial neural network (ANN) model. The detailed analysis of survey data resulted in the development of relationships between occupant's demographics and energy consumption. By creating an ANN model, results showed that the implementation of the survey may have reduced occupant's energy consumption in the high-rise MURB.

scholarly journals Using Characteristic Energy to Study Rural Ethnic Minorities’ Household Energy Consumption and Its Impact Factors in Chongqing, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuxin Mao ◽  
Sha Qiu ◽  
Tao Li ◽  
Mingfang Tang ◽  
Hongbing Deng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Characteristic Energy ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Household Energy Use ◽  
Use Pattern

In the context of general household energy transition, identifying different household energy consumption patterns is of great significance for the formulation of refined energy conservation and emission reduction policies. For historical reasons, the households of ethnic minorities in China tend to face more severe energy poverty problems. In this study, we proposed the concept and research method of characteristic energy, a new method to depict household energy use pattern. Combined with the diversity analysis, the energy use pattern of Tujia and Miao rural households in Chongqing, China, were studied. Households in research area were clustered into four groups with different characteristic energy sources: firewood, electricity, coal and gasoline, representing four types of household energy use pattern. The main impact factors of rural household energy use pattern are electrical appliances and amount of pig raising, indicating that household production and lifestyle play a decisive role in household energy use patterns. In addition, the research depicts the energy consumption characteristics of rural households with different incomes, ethnic groups and in different regions. The study puts forward corresponding energy saving countermeasures for different energy use pattern, helps to identify the heterogeneity of rural household energy use and promote the formulation of refined regional energy conservation and emission reduction policies.

Towards zero-energy residential complexes in high-density conditions

2020 ◽  
pp. 1420326X2096216
Author(s):  
Olga Kolodiy ◽  
Guedi Capeluto
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Zero Energy ◽  
Simple Task ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Human Footprint ◽  
The One

Carbon dioxide is the largest component of the human footprint and one of the major components of all greenhouse gases. The expected increase in population will lead to growth in energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The building industry has the highest potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, buildings should become not only efficient consumers but also energy producers, not a simple task in dense cities. The paper describes the feasibility and limitations of near zero energy design in highly dense urban conditions. The study was carried out by examination and comparison of various density design, alternatives of an existing urban plot in the coastal climate zone of Israel. Increased dwelling units’ number leads to higher total energy use on the one hand and mutual shading of new high-rise residential buildings on the other. Preserving solar rights for PV systems installation become more complex. The relation between urban density and solar rights in urban design, energy consumption and energy generation within plot borders and their implications are presented and discussed in the paper.

scholarly journals Just Transitions, Poverty and Energy Consumption: Personal Carbon Accounts and Households in Poverty

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 5953
Author(s):  
Martin Burgess ◽  
Mark Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Environmental Cost ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Household Energy Use ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Database Average ◽  
Do So

Complex relations exist between issues of poverty, responsibility and just transitions toward reduced household energy use. One proposed transitional instrument is Personal Carbon Accounts (PCAs) which provide equal per capita carbon allowances and increase costs for additional usage. Previously modelled PCAs show that a third of households in poverty must curtail usage or pay more for some of their fuel, hitherto making PCAs ethically and politically untenable. Using the UK’s “Understanding Society” database, average per capita carbon allowances and—using occupancy data—the hypothetical allowance each household would receive within a PCA scheme are calculated. Occupancy levels, equivalised incomes and conversion of expenditure to carbon emissions permit analysis of households emitting more or less carbon compared to their allocation. We demonstrate that households emitting greater than average levels of CO2 do so mainly for lifestyle reasons, irrespective of income. Any calculation of legitimate social and environmental cost of CO2, even for households in poverty, must consider questions of choice and capacity to act. This suggests that even if certain low income, high emitting households are disadvantaged by the transition associated with personal carbon allowances this may still be a just transition.

Outlook of Indian Household Energy and Emission Profile

2013 ◽  
Vol 768 ◽  
pp. 265-271
Author(s):  
Satish Kumar Yawale
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Consumption Pattern ◽  
Residential Energy ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Life Style Changes ◽  
Energy Consumption Pattern

With rapid growth in economy, energy consumption in developing countries like India is increasing at a fast rate primarily due to increase in demand in energy intensive sectors. The adverse impacts on the environment due to high energy demand are also becoming evident. Energy consumption in household sector can be defined as the energy consumed in homes to meet the needs of the residents themselves. To understand the residential energy consumption pattern it is important to identify the drivers of energy use in developing India. The basic drivers are population growth, household size, fuel and technology, income level and life style changes. Energy and climate change related concern of the Indian economy include the growing gap between demand and supply of energy, and environmental externalities associated with energy use. In this paper the drivers of energy consumption and emission are identified and the Indian household energy consumption pattern is analyzed.

GAA-Based Decision Approach for Hospital Building Renovation Management

2011 ◽  
Vol 403-408 ◽  
pp. 5265-5272
Author(s):  
Yi Kai Juan ◽  
Yu Ching Cheng ◽  
Yeng Horng Perng ◽  
Guang Bin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Sustainable Technologies ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Hospital Building

More and more attention has been paid to hospital facilities since modern pandemics have emerged such as SARS and avian influenza. Energy consumption by buildings accounts for 20-40% of energy use in developed countries, so many global organizations make efforts to develop sustainable technologies or materials to create a sustainable environment, and to reduce energy consumption when renovating building. Therefore, maintaining high standards of hygiene and reducing energy consumption has become the major task for hospital buildings. This study develops an integrated decision support system to assess existing hospital building conditions and to recommend an optimal scheme of sustainable renovation actions, considering trade-offs between renovation cost, improved building quality, and environmental impacts. A hybrid approach that combines the A* graph search algorithm with genetic algorithms (GA) is used to analyze all possible renovation actions and their trade-offs to develop the optimal solution. A simulated hospital renovation project is established to demonstrate the system. The result reveals the system can solve complicated and large-scale combinational, discrete and determinate problems such as the hospital renovation project, and also improve traditional building condition assessment to be more effective and efficient.

Communicating About Clean Energy and Efficiency Policies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Shapiro ◽  
Toby Bolsen ◽  
Anna McCaghren Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Energy Efficiency And Conservation

Public opinion plays a central role in determining the feasibility of efforts to transform energy systems in the coming years, yet scholarship on communication effects and public opinion about clean energy and energy efficiency seems to have expanded only relatively recently. There is a growing body of work that explores how targeted and strategically framed messages affect individuals’ beliefs and motivations to act on matters affecting household energy choices as well as energy policies. One must attend particularly to the principal communication-based factors that shape the public’s understanding of clean energy sources and promote efficiencies in energy use. To better understand the communication vehicles for improving both household energy efficiency and conservation, two research foci are most relevant: (1) field experiments that primarily assess how household energy consumption shifts after receiving energy consumption reports and (2) surveys/laboratory experiments that focus on the nuances of energy-related communications, paying particular attention to the role of politics and ideology. This bimodal classification of clean energy and efficiency communication research genres is not exhaustive but can be synthesized into two major contributions. First, providing households with information about specific benefits that would result from a greater reliance on clean energy may increase support for its development and move individuals toward energy efficiency outcomes; however, exposure to counter-messages that emphasize costs associated with clean energy and the associated policies can negate the effects of pro-clean energy messages. Second, there is still no reprieve from the politicization of energy, and thus the role of partisanship and motivated reasoning must be accounted for when assessing how individuals modify their decision-making processes regarding energy efficiency.

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