Green building pro-environment behaviors : Are green users also green buyers?

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  • Xiaohuan Xie
  • Yi Lu
  • Zhonghua Gou

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Original languageEnglish
Article number1703
Journal / PublicationSustainability (Switzerland)
Volume9
Issue number10
Online published22 Sept 2017
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2017

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Abstract

Pro-environment behaviors play a key role in advancing the development of green buildings. This study investigated the link between two green building pro-environment behaviors that require dissimilar resources: energy savings that do not require money in order to be more environmentally friendly and willingness to pay that involves economic resources including spending money in order to be more environmentally friendly. This study points out that the two pro-environment behaviors can be positively linked to each other. People who behave in an environmentally friendly manner at work would also be likely to pay an extra cost for a green building when buying a new home. The consistency of the two pro-environment behaviors can be explained by their common environmental beliefs: limits to growth and eco-crisis. The green building movement should prioritize pro-environmental behaviors and associated environmental beliefs to support green building policies, guidelines, and tools.

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  • Energy saving, Environmental belief, Green building, Pro-environment behaviors, Willingness to pay

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Green building pro-environment behaviors: Are green users also green buyers? / Xie, Xiaohuan; Lu, Yi; Gou, Zhonghua.
In: Sustainability (Switzerland), Vol. 9, No. 10, 1703, 10.2017.

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

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