Soziale, ökologische und ökonomische Dimensionen eines nachhaltigen Energiekonsums in Wohngebäuden
Type
fundamental research project
Start Date
March 1, 2008
End Date
July 31, 2010
Status
completed
Keywords
Nachhaltige Entwicklung
nachhaltiger Konsum
Stated Preference Survey
Discrete Choice Experimente
erneuerbare Energie
Gender & Technology
Science and Technology Studies
STS
Description
Der hohe Verbrauch nicht-erneuerbarer Energien ist aufgrund der damit verbundenen Umweltschäden - vor allem in Form von klimarelevanten Emissionen - ein wesentliches Risiko für das Ziel einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Der Anteil der privaten Haushalte am Endenergieverbrauch in Deutschland betrug 2005 knapp 30%, mit steigender Tendenz. Überlegungen zur Minderung des Energieverbrauchs sollten deshalb zunehmend den Bereich der privaten Haushalte in den Mittelpunkt rücken.
Das Projekt verfolgt die primäre Zielsetzung, die Wissenslücke zwischen der beobachtbaren Kaufentscheidung und den ihr zu Grunde liegenden Präferenzen bzw. den damit verbundenen sozialen Prozessen zu schliessen. Hierfür werden in zwei Teilprojekten folgende zwei Aspekte untersucht:
- Erstens werden die bekundete Präferenzen ("stated preferences") zur Kaufentscheidung innovativer nachhaltiger Produkte von privaten Haushalten erhoben und das Entscheidungsverhalten mittels ökonometrisch geschätzter multinomialer diskreter Entschei-dungsmodelle erklärt. Zusätzlich werden auf Basis bereits existierender Datenbestände Bestimmungsfaktoren für bereits stärker diffundierte Technologien analysiert (Team Prof. Rolf Wüstenhagen, IWÖ-HSG).
- Zweitens wird untersucht, welche Rolle die geschlechtsspezifische Konstruktion der in Privathaushalten zur Anwendung kommenden Technologien im Zusammenhang mit der Kaufentscheidung spielen. Anhand teilnehmender Beobachtungen, Interviews, Dokumen-tenanalysen und Gruppendiskussionen wird der Vergeschlechtlichungsprozess einzelner Technologien analysiert und die Konsequenzen für eine nachhaltige Nutzung herausge-arbeitet (Team Dr. Julia Nentwich, OPSY-HSG).
Das Projekt verfolgt die primäre Zielsetzung, die Wissenslücke zwischen der beobachtbaren Kaufentscheidung und den ihr zu Grunde liegenden Präferenzen bzw. den damit verbundenen sozialen Prozessen zu schliessen. Hierfür werden in zwei Teilprojekten folgende zwei Aspekte untersucht:
- Erstens werden die bekundete Präferenzen ("stated preferences") zur Kaufentscheidung innovativer nachhaltiger Produkte von privaten Haushalten erhoben und das Entscheidungsverhalten mittels ökonometrisch geschätzter multinomialer diskreter Entschei-dungsmodelle erklärt. Zusätzlich werden auf Basis bereits existierender Datenbestände Bestimmungsfaktoren für bereits stärker diffundierte Technologien analysiert (Team Prof. Rolf Wüstenhagen, IWÖ-HSG).
- Zweitens wird untersucht, welche Rolle die geschlechtsspezifische Konstruktion der in Privathaushalten zur Anwendung kommenden Technologien im Zusammenhang mit der Kaufentscheidung spielen. Anhand teilnehmender Beobachtungen, Interviews, Dokumen-tenanalysen und Gruppendiskussionen wird der Vergeschlechtlichungsprozess einzelner Technologien analysiert und die Konsequenzen für eine nachhaltige Nutzung herausge-arbeitet (Team Dr. Julia Nentwich, OPSY-HSG).
Leader contributor(s)
Member contributor(s)
Heinzle, Stefanie
Partner(s)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW), Mannheim; Fraunhofer Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung (ISI) Karlsruhe; Öko-Institut e.V. Freiburg; Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin); Universität St. Gallen, Lehr
Funder
Topic(s)
Nachhaltige Entwicklung
nachhaltiger Konsum
erneuerbare Energie
Energieeffizienz
Gender und Technologie
Vergeschlechtlichung
Method(s)
Stated Preference Survey
Discrete Choice Experimente
teilnehmende Beobachtung
Dokumentenanalyse
qualitative Interviews
Range
HSG Internal
Range (De)
HSG Intern
Principal
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Deutschland)
Eprints ID
41646
16 results
Filters
Settings
Now showing 1 - 10 of 16
- Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Sozio-kulturelle Bedeutungen von Wärmeenergiekonsum in Privathaushalten(oekom, 2011); ; ;Defila, Rico ;Di Giulio, AntoniettaKaufmann-Hayoz, RuthType:book sectionIssue:13 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Home Heating and the Co-construction of Gender, Technology and Sustainability(Universität Kopenhagen, Coordination for Gender Research, 2009-12-01); Type:journal articleJournal:Women, Gender and Research, Kvinder, Kon & ForskningIssue:3-4 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Technical competence revisited: Disentangling the co-construction of heterosexuality, aesthetics and technology(2014-06-24); Type:conference paper - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Socio-cultural meanings around heat energy consumption in private householdsType:book sectionIssue:14 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Sustainable energy consumption and individual decisions of consumers - review of the literature and research needs(2008) ;Brohmann, Bettina; ; ; Rennings, KlausType:work reportIssue:1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Moving beyond gender differences in research on sustainable consumption - Evidence from a discrete choice experiment(2010); ; ;Kaenzig, Josefhttp://kooperationen.zew.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Redaktion/Seco%40home/nachhaltiger_Energiekonsum/Werkstattberichte/Gender_Werkstattbericht6.pdfType:work report - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Disimproving the European Energy Label's value for consumers? Results from a consumer surveyThe European labelling scheme was introduced to counteract the rise in energy consumption by increasing consumer awareness on real energy use. Since its introduction in the mid-nineties it has not kept up with the state of the art. After years of technological advancements and better know-how, an update of the scale became necessary because many products now have the highest energy-efficiency class. After months of negotiations, members of the European Parliament and representatives from the European Commission finally reached a consensus with a compromise proposal from the Swedish Presidency. As a basis for classification, the system would continue using letters A to G, but would expand the A categories into a maximum of three tiers (A+, A++, A+++). Environmental and consumer groups criticise this proposal and support the retention of a simple, closed A-G energy label, provided that a dynamic system would be implemented. The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence of the effect of two discussed labelling schemes on consumer decisions regarding televisions. The findings are based on 2,244 observations, where half of the consumers surveyed were exposed to the existing label and the other half received an otherwise identical survey, but using the new categories. The survey shows that the well-known A-G closed scheme has a greater impact on consumer decisions than an A+++ style label. The results clearly show that introducing the new label with its additional categories weakens the effect of the label, resulting in lower awareness of consumers about energy efficiency as an important attribute.Type:discussion paper - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Gender and sustainable consumption : Results and Conceptual Insights from Six Projects in the Research Programme "Sustainable Consumption - From Knowledge to Action"(Universität Bern. Interfakultäre Koordinationsstelle für Allgemeine Ökologie, 2011-11-06) ;Jäger-Erben, Melanie; ; ;Schäfer, MartinaBalmer, IvoAlthough the relevance of gender issues in research on sustainability and sustainable consumption has been emphasized by different authors over the last decade (e.g. Weller 2004; Martine/Villarael 1997), there are still ‘gender gaps' as well as a lack of differentiated research (Vinz 2009) in this area. The integration of a gender perspective has been a prominent demand in the call for proposals of the research programme ‘Sustainable consumption - from knowledge to action' funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in 2006. The presentation will discuss results related to gender and sustainable consumption from six projects conducted within this programme. These projects dealt with different aspects of the field of sustainable consumption, and results were gained on three different dimensions of ‘doing gender': - individual dimension: differences between the sexes concerning attitudes, behaviours and orientations, -structural dimension: role of gendered social structures and the distribution of work in families and/or couples, and -symbolic dimension: gendered patterns of interpretation, knowledge structures and artefacts. Approaches at the individual level revealed for example that - even if there are some areas where tasks are distributed ‘traditionally' among men and women (e.g. women being more often responsible for cooking and washing) - responsibilities are shared and decisions are made jointly in most areas. Considering structural and symbolic dimensions allows for contextualising and explaining differences and similarities between the sexes. It shows for instance how life course transition changes consumption patterns and demands in households as well as the related distribution of tasks. Furthermore, it illustrates how single consumption decisions and activities are embedded in the broader context of social practices in the areas of homemaking and everyday life. Overall, the results indicate a rather complex relationship between gender and consumption that goes beyond merely analysing individual differences. For a more developed understanding of the intertwined practices of 'doing gender' and 'doing consumption', we conclude that future research should therefore provide further analysis of the relevance of structural and symbolic dimensions and their mutual interrelatedness with the individual dimension. These findings have consequences for research programmes on sustainable consumption. The analysis of gender and consumption as intertwined practices cannot be facilitated by simply adding gender as another variable. It rather requires a major shift of perspective: individual behaviour is not only embedded in a social context, but structural and material aspects of action become more prominent when gender is analyzed as a situated practice. With regard to methodology and research design, recommendations will be provided on how to integrate gender analyses into sustainability research programmes.Type:conference paperVolume:1. Aufl.