Over the last decades, industrializing countries have experienced economic growth, which coincided with an increase in the use of materials. In a finite world in terms of materials, the consumption of resources and the link with economic development is a challenge for economies. While most of...

This paper investigates whether habitual energy saving behaviors of a household head impact actual energy consumption in his/her own dwelling. In doing so, this paper compares actual energy consumption across French households that, with exception of household heads' energy saving behaviors, are...