Volume 6 Issue 26 (December 2021) PP. 215-222
DOI 10/35631/JTHEM.626019
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JOURNAL OF TOURISM,
HOSPITALITY AND
ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
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ENERGY KNOWLEDGE IN INFLUENCING HOUSEHOLD’S
ENERGY CONSERVATION BEHAVIOUR
Nur Azzlin Mangsor
1
, Low Sheau-Ting
2*
1
Department of Real Estate, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310
Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Email: nurazzlinangsor@gmail.com
2
Department of Real Estate, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310
Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Email: sheauting@utm.my
*
Corresponding Author
Article Info: Abstract:
Article history:
Received date: 01.10.2021
Revised date: 01.11.2021
Accepted date: 15.11.2021
Published date: 01.12.2021
To cite this document:
Mangsor, N. A., & Sheau-Ting, L.
(2021). Energy Knowledge In
Influencing Household’s Energy
Conservation Behaviour. Journal of
Tourism Hospitality and Environment
Management, 6 (26), 215-222.
DOI: 10.35631/JTHEM.626019.
This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Malaysia needs to ensure stable energy consumption to improve environmental
quality and energy security. The increasing trend of the country’s population
growth and economic development are parallel with the country’s overall
energy demand. The building sector, commercial and residential sector has
contributed to more than 12% of the country's final energy consumption in the
year 2018. The energy demand from the household sector is on an increasing
trend. The residential sector is responsible for the increasing trend of energy
consumption with the improvement of lifestyle and living standards. Variation
in residents’ behaviour can cause significant differences in energy
consumption due to dwellings, household size, income, and building energy
consumption. Past studies have shown the identification of the relevant
psychological factors that formulating energy conservation behaviour
contributed to household energy consumption reduction. By focusing on the
psychological dimension, this study explores the role of energy knowledge in
influencing energy conservation behaviour among households in Malaysia.
Energy knowledge is about the household’s understanding in the context of
energy-saving and consumption. Despite massive information and awareness
of climate change about the contribution of climate change from household
energy consumption, many households still do not practice energy
conservation actively. By conducting a systematic literature review, this study
found that energy knowledge plays an essential role in influencing household
energy conservation behaviour. The findings of this study could help the
institutions and relevant authorities to gain a better understanding of the role