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Implications of COVID-19 pandemic for energy-use and energy saving household electrical appliances consumption behaviour in Malaysia

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dc.contributor.authorMustapa S.I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRasiah R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJaaffar A.H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAbu Bakar A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKaman Z.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid36651549700en_US
dc.contributor.authorid6603796397en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57192684524en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57204720122en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57191035364en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T09:05:32Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T09:05:32Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionEnergy efficiency; Surveys; Consumption levels; Control orders; COVID-19; Energy efficient; Energy-consumption; Energy-savings; Household electrical appliances; Malaysia; Movement control; Movement control order; Energy utilizationen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the impact of movement control order (MCO) due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Household Electrical Appliance Consumption Levels [HEACL] across Malaysia before, during and after the MCO, and the likelihood of the pandemic quickening household conduct towards use of energy saving appliances based on a self-reported household survey. The consumption patterns were evaluated based on hours and frequency of use of 29 household electrical appliances. Energy consumption behaviour and energy efficient star label [EESL] appliances questions were also included in the survey to provide insights into energy-efficient behaviour. The survey attracted 1482 responses from 1500 households approached across geographic regions in Malaysia. The findings show significant changes in HEACL across the three periods, viz., (i) before MCO, (ii) during MCO, and (iii) after MCO. There was a significant increase in HEACL during and after the MCO. Also, the low-income group showed the highest shift in appreciating EESL devices over the MCO, while changes in their appreciation was not significant among the medium- and high-income groups. The results imply that energy-wasting habits proved hard to shift across middle- and high-income households. The findings presented herein are unique, which focused on Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide insights for Malaysian policymakers when developing future action plans to stimulate a fall in energy consumption and a shift from conventional to EESL devices over the long-term. � 2021 The Authorsen_US
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dc.identifier.ArtNo100765
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.esr.2021.100765
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85119191939
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85119191939&doi=10.1016%2fj.esr.2021.100765&partnerID=40&md5=59bb278e3f5ec69e9eaec7cd06c38b16
dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/25919
dc.identifier.volume38
dc.publisherElsevier Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofAll Open Access, Gold
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleEnergy Strategy Reviews
dc.titleImplications of COVID-19 pandemic for energy-use and energy saving household electrical appliances consumption behaviour in Malaysiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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