Using kilowatthour consumption as the dependent variable, renter characteristics, building structure characteristics, and reported household energy consumption practices of 277 apartment residents were tested with the BMDP9R All Possible Subsets Regression program. All of the variables regressed together yielded an adjusted R('2) of .70. In the regression of all the variables, two renter characteristics, education of the head and number of people, had the largest contributions to R('2) followed by a building characteristic, floor level. / Building characteristics regressed together yielded an adjusted R('2) of .56. Number of bedrooms, floor covering, glass area in the north wall, floor area, floor level, number of exterior doors, number of stories per building, and central heating and cooling were found significant. Renter characteristics regressed together had an adjusted R('2) of .50. Rent, number of people, education of head, race of head, and age of oldest child were found significant. Items from the household energy consumption practices questionnaire regressed together had an adjusted R('2) of .28. Color television, room air conditioner, water heater turned on six hours or less a day, black and white television, covered windows to block air infiltration, clothes washer, using lights when at home during the day, and belief that other things cause the most electricity to be used in households were found significant. / Some of the apartment complex blueprints were not available in the Building Inspector's offices resulting in missing data for the study. Estimates from means of data collected were used in place of missing data. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-07, Section: B, page: 2127. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75163 |
| Contributors | STEVENS, BETTY JEAN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 242 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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