Energy Saving Awareness Among UTM Students

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200921.005How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Energy saving, awareness, university students, energy usage behaviour

Abstract

Energy is an important element for economic competitiveness and employment and thus, a huge amount of energy is required in countries with faster economic growth. Higher institutions of learning such as universities spent a lot of money on energy bills due to the nature of their daily activities. This paper sought to determine the level of energy saving awareness among Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) students. Therefore, a survey is conducted to determine the level of energy saving awareness in use of various electrical appliances and their preparedness to support efforts towards reducing energy wastage in institutions as well as in their home. The survey was carried out through the administration of questionnaires and it was distributed to the resident students of UTM. The results of the survey point to appreciable levels of energy saving awareness in the use of various consumer tools. The results show a high awareness level towards energy saving among UTM students, especially of the importance of energy saving. In addition, a significant number of UTM students were willing to support efforts towards reducing energy wastage, in terms of changing their habits, both on time and money to save more energy in the long run.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mohd Jamsyeer Khan
AU  - Abdul Salam bin A Haris
AU  - Muhammad Nur Syollehin bin Abdul Rahim
AU  - Muhammad Aizi bin Mat Salim
AU  - Muhammad Noor bin Harun
AU  - Mohd Haizal bin Jamaluddin
AU  - Norhidayah binti Md. Yunus
AU  - Muhammad Nizam bin Lokman
AU  - Abdul Rashid bin Zailan
AU  - Nurshaidatul Hidayah binti Mohd Nor
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/09/22
TI  - Energy Saving Awareness Among UTM Students
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Student and Disable Student Development 2019 (ICoSD 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 24
EP  - 29
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200921.005
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200921.005
ID  - Khan2020
ER  -