• DocumentCode
    134148
  • Title

    Utility consumption among malaysian electricity users in government buildings

  • Author

    Mahusin, Nurhidayah Ahmad ; Baharun, Rohaizat

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Bus. Adm., UTM, Skudai, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    27-29 May 2014
  • Firstpage
    383
  • Lastpage
    387
  • Abstract
    In this study, pattern of electricity consumption for institutions and at workplaces in Malaysia studied. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the utility consumption among Malaysian electricity users. This study is designed to find out the different attitude and awareness toward energy consumption among staffs and students and also to identify respondents´ environmental concern ranking. The sample size of this study are staffs (teaching and administrative) and students of Faculty of Engineering in one of the Malaysian university situated at south of Peninsular Malaysia, and the evaluation based on the suggested framework. The significant different were found when researcher multiple awareness with micro and macro environment concern. Self-efficacy is the highest ranking in environmental concern rated by the respondent. Energy consumption has the significant effect towards environmental concern attitude and energy consumption is mediated by the environmental concern.
  • Keywords
    building management systems; environmental factors; power consumption; Faculty of Engineering; Malaysian electricity users; Malaysian university; electricity consumption; energy consumption; environmental concern; government buildings; south of Peninsular Malaysia; utility consumption; Buildings; Companies; Economics; Electricity; Energy consumption; Green products; Psychology; attitude; awareness; electricity consumption; environmental concern; government buildings;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Technology Management and Emerging Technologies (ISTMET), 2014 International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Bandung
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-3703-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISTMET.2014.6936539
  • Filename
    6936539