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Table 1 The significance of context on energy behaviours and practices: comparison of workplace contexts with residential context

From: Towards sustainable energy culture in the industrial sector: introducing an interdisciplinary method for understanding energy culture in business industries

 

Workplace

Residential

Individual values and attitudes

Less significant [23]

Play a big role [36]

Social and normative environment

Colleagues, clients, managers

Family, neighbours, media

Organizational policies and structures

Relevant [23]

Absent

Tasks

Focus on work tasks [34]

Focus on everyday activities (cooking, cleaning, recreation)

Ownership of building, its energy systems and electrical appliances

Not by occupants

Usually partly or completely by occupants

Energy as a priority

Rarely [23]

Not

Energy costs (economic dimension)

Covered by company

Typically paid by occupants

The number of energy costs compared to other costs

Often small, may be large in some industries

Depends on size and type of house, type of heating system, etc., in addition to income level

Effect of own behaviour on relative energy consumption

Typically small (e.g.) [34], may be large in some work tasks in some industries

May be large

Reward from decreasing energy use

Absent if no incentive programme is applied

Lower energy costs

Dress code (affects thermal comfort and may affect energy use)

Stricter

Less strict