Context, control and the spillover of energy use behaviours between office and home settings

This paper examines how office-based lighting and computer use behaviours relate to similar behaviours performed by the same individuals in a household setting. It contributes to the understanding of energy use behaviour in both household and organisational settings, and investigates the potential f...

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Published in:Journal of environmental psychology 2014-12, Vol.40, p.157-166
Main Authors: Littleford, Clare, Ryley, Tim J., Firth, Steven K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behaviour
Categories
County councils
Energy use
Household
Households
Illumination
Local government
Office
Offices
Organisational
Residential energy
Spillover
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Summary:This paper examines how office-based lighting and computer use behaviours relate to similar behaviours performed by the same individuals in a household setting. It contributes to the understanding of energy use behaviour in both household and organisational settings, and investigates the potential for the ‘spillover’ of behaviour from one context to another. A questionnaire survey was administered to office-based employees of two adjacent local government organisations (‘City Council’ and ‘County Council’) in the East Midlands region of the UK. The analysis demonstrates that the organisational or home setting is an important defining feature of the energy use behaviour. It also reveals that, while there were weak relationships across settings between behaviours sharing other taxonomic categories, such as equipment used and trigger for the behaviour, there was no evidence to support the existence of spillover effects across settings. •Comparison of reported lighting and computer use behaviours in office and home settings.•Demonstrates that the organisation or home setting is a defining feature of the behaviour.•Identifies relationships across settings between behaviours sharing taxonomic categories.•Does not identify evidence of spillover across settings.
ISSN:0272-4944
1522-9610
DOI:10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.06.002