Implications of COVID-19 pandemic for energy-use and energy saving household electrical appliances consumption behaviour in Malaysia
Energy efficiency; Surveys; Consumption levels; Control orders; COVID-19; Energy efficient; Energy-consumption; Energy-savings; Household electrical appliances; Malaysia; Movement control; Movement control order; Energy utilization
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my.uniten.dspace-259192023-05-29T17:05:32Z Implications of COVID-19 pandemic for energy-use and energy saving household electrical appliances consumption behaviour in Malaysia Mustapa S.I. Rasiah R. Jaaffar A.H. Abu Bakar A. Kaman Z.K. 36651549700 6603796397 57192684524 57204720122 57191035364 Energy efficiency; Surveys; Consumption levels; Control orders; COVID-19; Energy efficient; Energy-consumption; Energy-savings; Household electrical appliances; Malaysia; Movement control; Movement control order; Energy utilization This study examined the impact of movement control order (MCO) due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Household Electrical Appliance Consumption Levels [HEACL] across Malaysia before, during and after the MCO, and the likelihood of the pandemic quickening household conduct towards use of energy saving appliances based on a self-reported household survey. The consumption patterns were evaluated based on hours and frequency of use of 29 household electrical appliances. Energy consumption behaviour and energy efficient star label [EESL] appliances questions were also included in the survey to provide insights into energy-efficient behaviour. The survey attracted 1482 responses from 1500 households approached across geographic regions in Malaysia. The findings show significant changes in HEACL across the three periods, viz., (i) before MCO, (ii) during MCO, and (iii) after MCO. There was a significant increase in HEACL during and after the MCO. Also, the low-income group showed the highest shift in appreciating EESL devices over the MCO, while changes in their appreciation was not significant among the medium- and high-income groups. The results imply that energy-wasting habits proved hard to shift across middle- and high-income households. The findings presented herein are unique, which focused on Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide insights for Malaysian policymakers when developing future action plans to stimulate a fall in energy consumption and a shift from conventional to EESL devices over the long-term. � 2021 The Authors Final 2023-05-29T09:05:32Z 2023-05-29T09:05:32Z 2021 Article 10.1016/j.esr.2021.100765 2-s2.0-85119191939 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85119191939&doi=10.1016%2fj.esr.2021.100765&partnerID=40&md5=59bb278e3f5ec69e9eaec7cd06c38b16 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/25919 38 100765 All Open Access, Gold Elsevier Ltd Scopus |
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Implications of COVID-19 pandemic for energy-use and energy saving household electrical appliances consumption behaviour in Malaysia |
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