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Giving Voice to the ‘Silent Majority’ exploring the opinions and motivations of people who do not make submissions
There appears to be widespread assumption that there is a 'silent majority' of people who support proposals but do not make submissions, and that those who do make submissions tend to be opposed and therefore do not reflect ...
Contrasting approaches to fuel poverty in New Zealand
We contrast two measures of fuel poverty in New Zealand. The first is based on estimated expenditure of over 10% of household income on fuel. The second is self-reported deprivation of fuel because of an inability to afford ...
The energy cultures framework: Exploring the role of norms, practices and material culture in shaping energy behaviour in New Zealand
The energy cultures framework was developed in 2009 to support interdisciplinary investigation into
energy behaviour in New Zealand. In this paper, we discuss the framework in light of 5 years of empirical
application ...
Energy Cultures: Implications for Policymakers
The Energy Cultures research project (2009-2012) was planned to help inform policy making related to residential energy use and energy efficiency in New Zealand. It sought, in part, to help address the difficulties faced ...
The road code: encouraging more efficient driving practices in New Zealand
Road transport contributes a significant amount towards New Zealand’s carbon emissions, mostly from light vehicles. These emissions could be partly reduced by an increase in more efficient driving practices, and reductions ...
Understanding driver behaviour: opportunities for greater efficiency
Road transport contributes a significant amount towards New Zealand’s carbon emissions, mostly from light vehicles. These carbon emissions could be partly reduced by an increase in
more efficient driving practices. It has ...
Energy Cultures: A framework for interdisciplinary research
The Energy Cultures framework aims to assist in understanding the factors that influence energy consumption behaviour, and to help identify opportunities for behaviour change. Building on a history of attempts to offer ...
Kids and Kilowatts: Socialisation, energy efficiency, and electricity consumption in New Zealand
Socialisation into electricity consumption usually occurs during childhood, but little is known about the socialisation processes involved. Here, we use interviews and focus groups to investigate how nine to ten-year-old ...
Understanding the energy consumption choices and coping mechanisms of fuel poor households in New Zealand
One in four households in New Zealand are fuel poor. A growing body of evidence links the technical and economic aspects of this phenomenon, however comparatively little research has focused on the wider social impacts. ...