Dear Householder,
My name is Cameron Walker and I
am a Human Geography and the Environment student in the Department of
Environment and Geography at the University of York. For my dissertation I am
exploring the effect of micro-renewables on lifestyles and behaviours within
households and your assistance through answering this survey is vital to my
work. This kind of research can help us to understand whether installing
micro-renewables have any wider impacts on people’s lives. The title of my
dissertation is ‘An investigation into the effect of micro-renewables on energy
demand practices’.
The survey should take 5-10
minutes to complete and you can withdraw your participation at any point you
wish (until the survey is returned as after this point your data will not be
identifiable). All your
responses are anonymous and no identifying information will be requested. All
data will be stored on a secure computer and the data file will be password
protected, only accessible by me (and my examiners on request) and will be
destroyed once the project has been marked (approximately July 2019). The
survey is split into three parts with the first part requiring you to rank how
far you agree with various general statements about environmental behaviour.
The second part asks you to rank how far you agree with several statements
about your energy usage that will try to ascertain details about your
attitudes, perceptions and behaviour regarding your micro-renewable
installation. The final part is comprised of questions that look to find out
information about your demographics, these questions are included to check I
have data from a wide range of social groups and is combined to assist in some
of the analysis. Such data will not be used to identify you. This survey was
given approval from the Department of Environment and Geography’s Ethics
Committee on 24/12/18.
Please
work through the entire survey, answering the questions to the best of your
ability. Choose whichever option you feel best applies to you for each question.
Please
tick one of the boxes below that applies to you: