Analysis of Indian residences in terms of energy efficiency through energy education - a case study of Mumbai megacity

摘要

The portion of today's and future's world iniquities can be jettisoned if certain targeted innovations and adapted technology are introduced in the residential utilities system. One of these iniquities is energy spendthrift with all its negative consequences for the earth (e.g. depletion of finite energy sources and the subsequent climate change). This paper describes the results of an energy-thrift information and education project taking place in different residents of Mumbai city, India, which records more than 500 residences' routine energy-related behaviour and proves that this behaviour changes to a more energy-efficient one after the propagation of relevant information and the participation into the energy education projects. Namely, response percentages indicating the energy-efficient behaviour increased after project participation, while the ones indicating an energy-squandering behaviour decreased. The Wilcoxon signed rank test was statistically significant in all energy behaviour questions.