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.

这项规划补助金将使研究人员能够进一步发展概念和方法，以指导节能作为技术公民的一种形式进行评估，并支持有关非专业公民在塑造能源未来方面所能发挥的作用的结论。 长期的研究目标是制定能源公民战略的基础上的环境，政治和社会价值观与可持续能源的未来和能源系统的治理民主参与一致。 在这一规划期间，将进一步发展以下概念领域：将能源系统定性为一种政治制度或治理制度;考虑如何调整技术公民框架，以研究能源用户的信仰、态度、价值观和行为;汇编赋予节能做法的各种含义;将关于态度和行为之间关系的社会心理学知识纳入技术公民模式;并详细阐述了能源选择和能源转换的过程。 将要进行的方法任务涉及为两项调查制定调查工具和执行计划：一项是对主要信息提供者的调查;另一项是对能源用户的全国调查。 第一次调查将是相对非结构化的，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、重要问题以及相对于其他输入，对该输入的权重。 第二次调查将更有条理;其设计的规划阶段涉及回答诸如如何操作“能源公民”指数等问题;“什么样的样本是适当的;个人和机构答卷人应包括哪些社会经济变量;以及如何进行分析。 规划补助金的结果应包括几个演示和出版物。