FOLK QUANTIFICATION OF ENERGY
FOLK QUANTIFICATION OF ENERGY
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DOI：
10.1016/0360-5442(82)90030-5
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发表时间：
1982-01-01
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影响因子：
9
通讯作者：
MONTGOMERY, L
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作者：
KEMPTON, W;MONTGOMERY, L
消费者使用简化的测量作为住宅能源决策的基础。我们分析他们每月的消费测量值、随时间的变化、电器的比较和投资回收期的长短。由于量化的系统性误差，消费者选择了无效的节能行动，并低估了先前行动的效益。这些错误不仅仅是由于缺乏信息造成的，因为即使是了解技术能量测量的消费者也会犯这些错误。为了解释一个看似不利的系统的持久性，我们表明消费者方法在认知上是有效的。它们易于学习和使用，并且与通用预算任务兼容。然而，它们导致的能源消耗高于个人或国家的经济最佳水平。
Consumers use simplified measurements as a basis for residential energy decisions. We analyze their measurements of monthly consumption, changes through time, comparison of appliances, and length of payback period. Because of systematic errors in quantification, consumers choose ineffective energy conservation actions, and underestimate the benefits of previous actions. These errors do not result solely from lack of information since they are made even by consumers who understand technical energymeasurement. To explain the persistence of a seemingly disadvantageous system, we show that consumer methods are cognitively efficient. They are easy to learn and use and are compatible with general-purpose budgeting tasks. However, they lead to higher energy use than would be economically optimal for either the individual or the nation.