Ana Ramos|Xavier Labandeira|Andreas Löschel
Pro-environmental Households and Energy Efficiency in Spain
Universidade de Vigo|Universidade de Vigo|University of Münster
residential building sector major driver current future energy consumption associated emissions potentially mitigated significant energyefficiency ee improvements emerging developed countries yet several persistent barriers hinder attainment ee improvements area using data 2008 national representative survey spanish households paper interested determinants eerelated decisions particular discretechoice model empirically analyzes whether proenvironmental households likely invest ee adopt daily energysaving habits show households ecofriendly behaviors likely investment welldifferentiated ee measures well steer daily habits towards energy savings however effects found households environmental attitudes based stated willingness pay protect environment addition households belonging higher income groups education levels likely invest ee adopt energysaving habits households older members less likely invest ee show fewer ecofriendly habits