Abstract
This article aims to identify and gain an understanding of the internal and external factors that affect building occupants’ energy consumption behavior, which includes biological, psychological, socioeconomic, sociodemographic, contextual, government regulations, time, physical environment, and building characteristics. Based on these factors a series of intervention programs and strategies are proposed aiming to change occupants’ behavior towards energy saving based on the well-known theory of planned behavior. The intervention strategies include feedback system, education, government incentive and policy, and social/peer influence strategies. In addition, the standard economic theory was introduced to provide a theoretical base for modeling the negative effect of energy price on energy consumption behavior. It should be pointed out that in addition to the implication of building energy saving practice, the frameworks, strategies, and factors presented in this article also provide pointers for future research.
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