IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/engenv/v22y2011i6p711-722.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Determinants of Consumers' Demand on Energy-Efficient Air Conditioners in Saudi Arabia

Author

Listed:
  • Esmail M. A. Mokheimer
  • Ashraf Eid

Abstract

Consumer preferences detailed surveys are essential for the success of energy efficiency standards and Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) programs. This article presents the results of a survey that was designed to gather information about the main determinants of consumers demand on small villas air conditioners and their willingness to pay extra money to enjoy the low power consumption of energy efficient AC. The analysis of the surveys revealed that the advantage of low power consumption tends to be the least important factor that affects consumers demand on AC compared to other economic and technological factors. This suggests that energy sector in the Saudi Government should implement short and long terms campaigns to increase the public awareness of the advantages of using energy efficient air conditioners. The survey revealed also that most of the consumers are willing to pay up to 15% extra in the retail price to purchase a more energy efficient AC. This information is very helpful for AC manufacturers and decision makers in the energy sector in Saudi Arabia.

Suggested Citation

  • Esmail M. A. Mokheimer & Ashraf Eid, 2011. "Determinants of Consumers' Demand on Energy-Efficient Air Conditioners in Saudi Arabia," Energy & Environment, , vol. 22(6), pages 711-722, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:engenv:v:22:y:2011:i:6:p:711-722
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://eae.sagepub.com/content/22/6/711.abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Shi, Xunpeng, 2015. "Application of best practice for setting minimum energy efficiency standards in technically disadvantaged countries: Case study of Air Conditioners in Brunei Darussalam," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 157(C), pages 1-12.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:engenv:v:22:y:2011:i:6:p:711-722. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.