energy conservation through human behavior change...sep 02, 2019 · commercial / public services...

Energy Conservation through Human Behaviour Change

Nimal PereraPast President / Director

Sri Lanka Energy Managers Association (SLEMA)Consultant

Energy, Environment, Climate change and sustainable Productivity

SAARK Workshop on“Techniques on Energy Conservation and Efficiency in Buildings”

Hotel Heritance Kandalama, Dambulla, Sri Lanka26 - 28 August 2019

Behaviors and behavioral science• Behaviours

• Way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially towards surrounding environment.

• Way in which an animal or person behaves in response to a particular situation or stimulus or environmental situation

• Way in which a machine or natural phenomenon works or functions• Ex. Natural / Environmental behaviours

• Behavioral science• The scientific study on behaviours of living beings including human and

animal

• Include psychology, psychobiology, anthropology, and cognitive science.

• Generally, behavior science deals primarily with human action and often seeks to generalize about human behavior as it relates to society

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Sugar / Glucose Solar energy converted to

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Types of human behaviours• Conscious

• State of awareness of thoughts, feelings, perception and what is happening in the environment

• Unconscious• Opposite of conscious / without aware or conscious

• Overt• open to public observation

• Covert• Unseen objects such as thoughts, feelings or responses which are easily not seen

• Rational• Pertaining to reason, influenced or guided by reason rather than emotion

• Irrational• Illogical

• Voluntary• Doing something against your will, action made without intent of carried out despite an attempt

to prevent them

• Simple• Living with minimal satisfaction Ex; what you see is what you get

• Complex• Compound complicated behaviours. Ex; Drug addicted

Conservation• Prevention of wasteful use of a resource

• The principle by which the total value of a physical quantity or parameter of a particular resource remains constant in a system which is not subject to external influence but will have a usefulness of particular this resource through a socio – economical perspective

• Energy conservation with • Consciously,

• Overtly,

• Rationally,

• Voluntarily

• Simple

Daily national electricity demand / load curvewith behavioral patterns

Behavioral change and Electricity Demand Profile change

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Energy waste

BehavioursHuman

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MilestonePer capita daily energy consumption (Thousand kilo Calories)

Preparing food Agriculture Industries Transport Total

Information Age – 245 * 103 Kilo Calories

Early Human – Homo erectus (~ million years before) 2 2

Hunting Human (100 thousand years before) 3 2 5

Early agricultural age Human (around 5000 BC) 4 4 4 12

Agricultural Industrialist (around 1400 AD) 6 12 7 1 26

Industrialist (from 1875 AD) 7 32 24 14 77

Modern Man (from 1970 AD) 10 66 91 63 230

Global human energy consumption

Source: Arstechnica.com

Human population?

Decade % increase in Energy Vs. Human Population Change

Source: Our finite world

Global per capita Energy consumption Vs. CO2

Source: Our finite world

Strong need in human behavioral change in human energy consumption patterns

World Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions by sector or source - 2014

Electricity & Heat

Production49%

Transport20%

Manufacturing & construction

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Residential buildings &

Commercial / public services

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Other sectors2%

Increasing Challenge of climate change

Warming planet

Need for a sustainable lifestyle• Sustainable living is

fundamentally the application of sustainability to lifestyle choice and decisions

• Living with balanced triple-bottom-lines

• Meeting present ecological, societal, and economical needs without compromising same factors for future generations

SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE

“through energy perspective”▪ Dimensions

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Appliances, materials, services etc. that use energy efficiently

Systems that cansupport the achievementof energy efficiency goals

Personal values, attitudes and practices of individuals that impact on energy use


▪ Key behaviours for a sustainable lifestyle

❑ Greening the home (retrofitting)

❑ Lifecycle perspective

❑ Using energy (and other utilities) wisely

❑ Extending the life of things (to minimize waste)

❑ Managing cooking and a sustainable & healthier diet

❑ Choosing eco-products & services

❑ Travelling sustainably

❑ Setting up & using resources in the community

❑ Using & futureproofing outdoor spaces

❑ Being part of improving the environment

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▪ Decisive Choices

❑ Example: Choice of food

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Energy required to produce 1kg

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Liters of water required to produce 1kg

Food TypeLC Water requirement

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Potatoes 500

Wheat 900

Sorghum 1100

Maize 1400

Rice 1900

Soya beans 2000

Chicken 3500

Beef 50,000




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Per Capita Meat Consumption vs GNI/capita/yr

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❑ Example: Choice of energy

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❑ Example: Choice of water resource

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Energy requirement for water supply

Lake or river: 0.37 kWh/m3

Ground Water: 0.48 kWh/m3

Wastewater treatment: 0.62 – 0.87 kWh/m3

Seawater: 2.85 – 8.50 kWh/m3

Wastewater reuse: 1.0 – 2.5 kWh/m3



❑ Example: Choice of Transport

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Energy requirement for passenger transportation

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❑ Example: Choice of Appliances

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❑ HH Energy Modesty Index

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ES13: TV

ES14: Cassette Recorder / Radio / DVD

ES15: Other equipment / Services

Need beyond triple bottom approach for human Behaviour change

Conscience

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