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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab1abf
	Even for the environment, context matters! States, households, and residential energy consumption
	Adua L.; Clark B.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	17489318
卷号	14 期号:6
英文摘要	This study adopts a multi-level approach to examine the extent to which state- and household-level factors shape residential energy consumption in the United States, focusing on efficiency improvement and affluence. Analyzing the 2009 Residential Energy Consumption Survey, state-level energy efficiency data from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), and other sources, we find that state context significantly influences energy consumption at the household level. Households in states scoring high on energy efficiency consume significantly less residential energy than those in states scoring low on the measure. At the household level, the analysis reveals mixed relationships between investment in energy efficiency technologies and residential energy consumption, as some measures of efficiency technology are negatively related to residential energy consumption, others are positively related to it. In regard to affluence, state-level measures do not emerge as significant predictors of residential energy consumption. At the household level, however, affluence drives residential energy consumption, which, in turn, is a significant driver of carbon dioxide emissions. Our study makes an important contribution to the social scientific literature on energy consumption, illuminating distinct relationships at different levels. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that simultaneously examines the impacts of factors measured at both the household (micro) and state (meso) levels. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	afflence; Energy efficieny; multi-level analysis; residential energy consumption; state context
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Carbon dioxide; Digital storage; Economics; Energy efficiency; Global warming; Housing; Investments; afflence; Energy efficieny; Multi-level analysis; Residential energy consumption; state context; Energy utilization
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154555
作者单位	Department of Sociology, University of Utah, United States; Department of Sociology and the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program, University of Utah, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Adua L.,Clark B.. Even for the environment, context matters! States, households, and residential energy consumption[J],2019,14(6).
APA	Adua L.,&Clark B..(2019).Even for the environment, context matters! States, households, and residential energy consumption.Environmental Research Letters,14(6).
MLA	Adua L.,et al."Even for the environment, context matters! States, households, and residential energy consumption".Environmental Research Letters 14.6(2019).