Residential Consumer Attitudes to Energy Efficiency in Australia

Table of Contents

• DATAMONITOR VIEW
  • CATALYST
  • SUMMARY
  • METHODOLOGY
• INTRODUCTION
  • Utilities need to curb growing peak demand
• ANALYSIS
  • Consumers are embracing general energy efficiency measures
  • Over one-quarter of households surveyed use or are considering expenditure monitors
  • Actions by utilities to reduce peak demand
  • Country Energy's Home Energy Efficiency Trial
  • Energy Australia
  • Synergy
  • Energex
  • Global developments in time-of-use pricing to drive energy efficiency and reduce peak demand
  • Trials of the cent-a-meter in Australia and New Zealand
• CONCLUSIONS
• APPENDIX
  • Definitions
  • Further reading
  • Ask the analyst
  • List of Tables
    • Table 1: Household attitudes to energy efficiency measures
    • Table 2: Household attitudes to energy efficiency measures by State
    • Table 3: Energy efficiency behaviour and intentions by electricity expenditure
    • Table 4: Correlation between energy efficiency efforts and environmental inclinations
  • List of Figures
    • Figure 1: Energy efficiency behaviour and intentions by electricity expenditure
    • Figure 2: Information distributed to Country Energy HEET participants provides full details on the trial
    • Figure 3: Cent-a-meter