A New Frontier of Sustainable Lifestyle: a AShift from Comfortable to Acceptable

Sahid, Sahid and Triyadi, Sugeng (2016) A New Frontier of Sustainable Lifestyle: a AShift from Comfortable to Acceptable. Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences. pp. 78-88. ISSN 2090-4274

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Abstract

At least 40% of the energy generated in most countries is used in buildings. A significant proportion of this energy consumption is for building operation including HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, Air-conditioning) to provide a healthy and comfortable indoor environment. Fossil fuels which generate the major proportion of energy are becoming increasingly scarce whereas energy generated from renewable sources is still not entirely popular, is still expensive and can only contribute a small amount of the total energy produced. The effort of many experts to create an energy-efficient mechanical or electrical system is commendable. However, the occupants can help to conserve energy by adopting energy-efficient behavior in their everyday life and accept a less comfortable but still acceptable indoor environment. This is even more important in light of the increasingly higher standard stipulated by the current building regulations. This paper explores the concept of this comfortable and acceptable environment and develops a research framework which presents factors that should be considered to facilitate the change to behavior that accept a less comfortable environment. The research framework would guide the future research to propose a leading lifestyle concept, a back-bone for sustainable environment

Item Type:	Artikel Jurnal/Prosiding
Uncontrolled Keywords:	acceptable; comfortable; sustainable environment; lifestyle
Subjects:	A General Works > AC Collections. Series. Collected works
Divisions:	Universitas Pembangunan Jaya
Depositing User:	Alexandro Andika
Date Deposited:	13 Apr 2023 02:58
Last Modified:	13 Apr 2023 02:58
URI:	http://eprints.upj.ac.id/id/eprint/4772

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