Here at BuilderScrap.com we’re looking at the actions people are taking to use less energy (primarily gas and electricity) in their homes and the extent to which saving energy in the home was seen as a priority. Any responsible building services company would be able to outline a plan that would detail energy saving in the home. Not only in the form of an energy efficiency rating but also the building materials and techniques used. Many of the questions covered in the previous post used the previously described stages of change response scales to assess willingness to adopt or adapt a behaviour.

Attitudes to saving energy in the home

All respondents were asked how much they agreed or disagreed with the statement “I don’t really give much thought to saving energy in my home‟. As shown in Figure 5, a large majority (77%) of respondents disagreed with this statement. Around one in seven (14%) respondents agreed with the statement. This represents a significant shift in response since 2007, when 62% disagreed with this statement and just under a quarter (23%) agreed.