Socio-economic status and residential energy consumption: A latent variable approach

• Published in: Energy and buildings Vol. 198; pp. 100 - 105
• Main Authors: Karatasou, S., Santamouris, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Elsevier B.V 01.09.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Economics; Energy consumption; Household appliances; Housing; Indicators; Residential energy; Residential energy consumption; Socio-economic status; Socioeconomic factors; Socioeconomics; Structural equation models; United States Residential energy consumption survey RECS; Socio-economic status; Structural equation models; United States Residential energy consumption survey RECS; Residential energy consumption

Income, housing unit size, number of appliances owned and other components of socio-economic status (SES), are variables generally considered to influence residential energy use. Using structural equation modeling of SES indicators from the U.S. residential energy consumption survey (RECS), we provi...