Analysis of energy conservation behavior at the kuwaiti academic buildings

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dc.contributor.authorAlomari, Majdi M.
dc.contributor.authorEl-Kanj, Hania
dc.contributor.authorTopal, Ayse
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T10:40:09Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T10:40:09Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentNiğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding user’s behavior in buildings is crucial since user behavior significantly contributes to the overall building’s energy consumption. Therefore, this study aims to identify a user’s pro-environmental behavior, in particular, the energy conservation behavior (ECB) of university users in Kuwait. For this reason, this study creates a model whereby two variables, namely, environmental knowledge and awareness of consequences, are introduced and incorporated into the existing theory of planned behavior (TPB). The research data is acquired through questionnaires in keeping with Kuwait’s social norms and culture. The extended TPB model is tested using numerical analysis problems in partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to investigate the following variables: energy conservation behavior, intention, subjective norm, attitude, perceived behavioral control, environmental knowledge, and awareness. Results show the indirect effects of the two above mentioned variables on conservation behavior. The results also reveal that societal pressure and cultures significantly affect the users’ intention to engage in energy conservation behavior. The outcomes of this research suggest that there is a need to encourage energy conservation behavior changes in Kuwaiti academics’ buildings by supporting the antecedents, as well as eliminating barriers to pro-environmental actions. © 2021, Econjournals. All rights reserved.
dc.description.sponsorshipKuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, KFAS, (PN19-15EM-02)
dc.identifier.doi10.32479/ijeep.10407
dc.identifier.endpage232
dc.identifier.issn2146-4553
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85097011745
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage219
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.10407
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/11435
dc.identifier.volume11
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEconjournals
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Energy Economics and Policy
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241106
dc.subjectEnergy Conservation
dc.subjectEnvironmental Behavior
dc.subjectHigher Educational Institutes
dc.subjectPartial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling
dc.subjectTheory of Planned Behavior
dc.titleAnalysis of energy conservation behavior at the kuwaiti academic buildings
dc.typeArticle

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