Energy Conservation as a Form of Technological Citizenship: Implication for the Energy Future

节能作为技术公民的一种形式：对能源未来的影响

• 批准号: 9601555
• 负责人: Andrew Zimmerman
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: Individual Award
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-09-01 至 1997-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9601555&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Energy; Conservation; Form; Technological; Citizenship

This planning grant will enable the investigator to develop further the concepts and methods to guide an evaluation of energy conservation as a form of technological citizenship, and support conclusions about the roles lay citizens could perform in shaping the energy future. The long term research goal is to formulate strategies for energy citizenship based on environmental, political and social values consistent with a sustainable energy future and democratic participation in the governance of the energy system. In this planning period, the following conceptual areas will be further developed: characterization of the energy system as a political system or system of governance; consideration of how the technological citizenship framework could be adapted to studying the beliefs, attitudes, values and behaviors of energy users; compilation of the range of meanings which are given to the practice of energy conservation; incorporation of sociopsychological knowledge about the relationship between attitudes and behavior into the technological citizenship model; and an elaboration of what is known about processes of energy choice and energy transitions. The methodological tasks to be undertaken involve development of survey instruments and implementation plans for two surveys: a survey of key informants; and a national survey of energy users. The first survey would be relatively unstructured and assist in identifying areas of knowledge, attitudes and behavior most directly associated with the notion of energy citizenship. Planning would identify the appropriate sample, important questions, and weight to be given to this input versus other input. The second survey would be more structured; the planning phase of its design involves answering questions such as how to operationalize indexes of `energy citizenship;` what sample is appropriate; what socioeconomic variables to include for individual and institutional respondents; and how to undertake the analysis. Results of the planning grant should include several presentations and publications.

这项计划赠款将使研究人员能够进一步开发概念和方法，以指导能源保护作为技术公民身份的一种形式，并支持关于外行公民在塑造能源未来的角色的结论。 长期的研究目标是基于环境，政治和社会价值观制定能源公民的战略，这与可持续的能源未来以及民主参与能源体系的治理一致。 在这个计划时期，将进一步开发以下概念领域：将能源体系作为政治制度或治理体系的表征；考虑如何将技术公民框架适应能源使用者的信念，态度，价值观和行为；汇编节能实践的一系列含义范围；将态度与行为之间关系的社会心理学知识纳入技术公民身份模型；以及对能源选择和能量转变过程的了解的详细说明。 要执行的方法学任务涉及针对两项调查的调查工具的制定和实施计划：对关键线人的调查；以及国家能源用户的调查。 第一次调查将是相对非结构化的，并有助于确定与能源公民概念最直接相关的知识，态度和行为领域。 计划将确定适当的样本，重要问题和重量与其他输入相比。 第二项调查将更加结构化；其设计的计划阶段涉及回答诸如如何操作“能源公民身份”的索引；哪些社会经济变量包括个人和机构受访者；以及如何进行分析。 计划赠款的结果应包括几个演讲和出版物。