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| DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112196 |
| Knowledge, energy sustainability, and vulnerability in the demographics of smart home technology diffusion | |
| Sovacool B.K.; Martiskainen M.; Furszyfer Del Rio D.D. | |
| Date Issued | 2021 |
| ISSN | 03014215 |
| Volume | 153 |
| Other Abstract | In this empirical study, we explore the user acceptance of smart home technologies by asking: How do people perceive their opportunities and drawbacks? What factors shape their perceptions? What implications does this have for future energy savings, sustainability, and policy? Based on a mixed methods approach involving three focus groups (N = 18) and a nationally representative survey of adults (N = 1032) in the United Kingdom, we explore the demographics, preferences, and risks of smart home technology. We do this via the lenses of knowledge and adoption; energy and climate sustainability; and vulnerability and exclusion. We explore how different classes of people—adopters versus non-adopters, high-income versus low-income, women and men, old versus young—support or oppose smart home technologies, have different degrees of knowledge and misperceptions, and reveal very different perceptions about the practices enabled by smart homes. In doing so, we show at times compelling links between smart homes and energy consumption, and possible negative impacts to poverty, inclusion, and empowerment. © 2021 The Author(s) |
| Keyword | Digital societyEnergy justiceSmart home technologiesSmart homesSustainability transitions |
| enkeywords | Energy conservation; Energy utilization; Intelligent buildings; Population statistics; Sustainable development; Digital society; Empirical studies; Energy justices; Energy sustainability; Energy vulnerability; Smart Home Technology; Smart homes; Sustainability transition; Technology diffusion; Users' acceptance; Automation; energy conservation; energy efficiency; energy policy; policy implementation; smart city; sustainability; vulnerability; United Kingdom |
| Language | 英语 |
| journal | Energy Policy
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205350 |
| Affiliation | Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), School of Business, Management and Economics, University of Sussex, United Kingdom; Center for Energy Technologies, Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University, Denmark |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Sovacool B.K.,Martiskainen M.,Furszyfer Del Rio D.D.. Knowledge, energy sustainability, and vulnerability in the demographics of smart home technology diffusion[J],2021,153. |
| APA | Sovacool B.K.,Martiskainen M.,&Furszyfer Del Rio D.D..(2021).Knowledge, energy sustainability, and vulnerability in the demographics of smart home technology diffusion.Energy Policy,153. |
| MLA | Sovacool B.K.,et al."Knowledge, energy sustainability, and vulnerability in the demographics of smart home technology diffusion".Energy Policy 153(2021). |
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