A Model of Energy-Efficient Housing and Propensity to Adjust

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop and test the structural model of energy-efficient housing and propensity to adjust. The hypothesized structural model was estimated by using LISREL 7 in terms of its latent-variable approach to model testing. The results showed an acceptable fit of the hypothesized model with the data. To better understand the relationships among the variables used in the model, the effects were decomposed into direct and indirect effects. Major hypotheses regarding effects on propensity to adjust were supported. The findings that (a) the absence/presence of energy-efficient features are related to housing dissatisfaction/satisfaction, but not directly to the propensity to make energy-related adjustments and (b) dissatisfaction/satisfaction is directly related to the propensity to make energy-related adjustments, have policy implications. If energy-related adjustments are desired, then policies that create dissatisfaction with inefficient energy features would be instituted.

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Notes on contributors

Sooyoun Kim Park

Sooyoun Kim Park is a Ph.D. student, Department of Family and Consumer Science, University of Nebraska.

E. Raedene Combs

E Raedene Combs is Professor, Department of Family and Consumer Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.