10.1007/s40095-019-0302-3

Energy-saving behaviour as a demand-side management strategy in the developing world: the case of Bangladesh

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  • Imran Khan*1,
  1. Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, BD
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Khan, I. (2019). Energy-saving behaviour as a demand-side management strategy in the developing world: the case of Bangladesh. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 10(4 (December 2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-019-0302-3
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Abstract

Abstract Although demand-side management (DSM) needs to be more customer centred, either with or without smart technologies (e.g. smart grid), less attention has been paid to the developing world in relation to DSM strategy development. The main reasons have been lack of appropriate technology and capital costs. Importantly, there are alternative DSM strategies that require minimum or no cost to implement and provide immediate results, of which energy-saving behaviour of the occupants at residences is one. This study explores the potentiality of this energy-saving behaviour as a DSM strategy for the least developed economies, focusing particularly on Bangladesh. The literature suggests that energy-saving behaviour could reduce energy demand by a maximum of 21.9%. However, this potential DSM scheme seems underestimated in the national DSM programme of Bangladesh. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Master Plan (EECMP) of Bangladesh (a DSM program) shows that efficiency improvement in the use of home appliances could reduce electricity demand in the residential sector by about 28.8%, but this does require a long time to be implemented, whereas the inclusion of energy-saving behaviour as a demand response strategy in residences along with the EECMP might achieve demand reduction of up to 50.7%. Although the findings from this study are specific to Bangladesh, these could be useful guidelines for the policymakers of other developing nations where national DSM strategy development is underway.

Keywords

  • Energy-saving behaviour,
  • Residential electricity consumption,
  • Demand-side management,
  • Demand response,
  • Energy efficiency and conservation,
  • Bangladesh
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