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GHOTBI Nader
Department Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies Position Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2021/07/30 |
| Type | Research paper |
| Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Energy Poverty among College Students in Japan in a Survey of Students’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practices towards Energy Use. |
| Contribution Type | Joint Work |
| Journal | Sustainability |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 13(15),pp.1-17 |
| Total page number | 17 |
| Responsible for | 2021; 13(15):8484. |
| Author and coauthor | Nazarahari A, Ghotbi N, Tokimatsu K. |
| Details | In order to investigate the problem of energy/fuel poverty in Japan, we examined the knowledge, attitude, and practices towards energy usage of a random group of 447 college students in an international university in Japan. The majority of the students were living independently in private or shared accommodations, depended on portable heating/cooling appliances, and were billed directly for their electricity usage. The responses of 205 Japanese and 236 non-Japanese students to a detailed survey about energy consumption for daily living and its cost were collected. The examined variables included students’ monthly income/allowance, energy bills, attributes of energy use including room temperature setting for cooling in summer and heating in winter, the students’ awareness of energy fees, and their attitude towards energy use vs. saving in energy costs. |
| URL for researchmap | https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158484 |