Reframing Water Efficiency: Determining Collective Approaches to Change Water Use in the Home.
Reframing Water Efficiency: Determining Collective Approaches to Change Water Use in the Home.
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重构用水效率：确定改变家庭用水的集体方法。
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10.9734/bjecc/2016/18187
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2016
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A. Browne
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C. Hoolohan;A. Browne
目的：本文探讨了通过共享的社会、技术和自然关系形成的家庭用水的集体排序，并概述了如何利用这种理解来为水效率举措提供信息，以实现可持续的家庭用水。研究设计：文献回顾、焦点小组和定性数据分析。学习地点和时间：英格兰南部; 2013年12月。方法：在英格兰南部的消费者举行了三个焦点小组。每组由5-8名参与者组成，对性别和计量/未计量客户进行策略性抽样，并按生命阶段进行划分（其中年龄用作代理; 21-35，36-50，50+）。深入，半结构化的讨论技术被用来调查日常用水的集体驱动因素和水效率的影响，在改变用水模式的家庭。结果如下：确定了四个关键驱动因素：1）服务和供应的期望; 2）决策; 3）社会规范和网络; 4）社会技术实践。调查结果显示，虽然在焦点小组讨论中确定了所有驱动因素的证据，但有些因素比其他因素更有价值，可用于干预家庭消费。讨论使用的家庭洗衣房的例子，探讨这项研究的影响，为提高用水效率的活动。结论：要实现可持续的家庭用水，就需要对用水作为一种集体有序的活动进行新的思考。所采取的方法强调了干预的替代空间，这项研究的结果揭示了现有水效率的功效原始研究文章Hoolohan和Browne; BJECC，6（3）：179-191，2016;文章no.BJECC.2016.018 180活动在实现更可持续的国内消费。这项研究的意义是从提供信息和激励措施转向与消费者建立更加透明和开放的水资源关系，并开发资源以识别和解决抑制行为改变的广泛社会和技术趋势。
Aims: This paper explores the collective ordering of domestic water use, shaped through shared social, technical and natural relations, and outlines how this understanding can be used to inform water efficiency initiatives in order achieve sustainable domestic water consumption. Study Design: Literature review, focus group and qualitative data analysis. Place and Duration of Study: South of England; December 2013. Methodology: Three focus groups were held with consumers in the south of England. Each group comprised of 5-8 participants, strategically sampled for a mix of genders and metered/ unmetered customers, and split by life-stage (where age was used as a proxy; 21-35, 36-50, 50+). In-depth, semi-structured discussion techniques were used to investigate the collective drivers of everyday water use and the impact of water efficiency initiatives in changing patterns of water use in the home. Results: Four key drivers are identified: 1) expectations of service and supply; 2) decision making 3) social norms and networks and 4) socio-technical practices. The findings reveal that while evidence of all drivers are identified in focus group discussions, some offer greater value for intervening in household consumption than others. The discussion uses the example of household laundry to explore the implications of this research for informing water efficiency activities. Conclusion: Achieving sustainable domestic water consumption requires fresh thinking about water use as a collectively ordered activity. The approach taken highlights alternative spaces for intervention and the findings of this research sheds light on the efficacy of existing water efficiency Original Research Article Hoolohan and Browne; BJECC, 6(3): 179-191, 2016; Article no.BJECC.2016.018 180 activities in bringing about more sustainable domestic consumption. The implications of this research are a shift away from providing information and incentives, toward building a more transparent and open relationship with consumers about water resources and developing the resources to identify and address broad social and technological trends that inhibit behavior change.