2015 Volume 66 Issue 3 Pages 102-112
This research focuses on Eco-cooking, an environmentally-friendly way of cooking through shopping, cooking and cleaning. We analyze and quantify people's energy-saving behaviors, evaluate the effect of eco-cooking, and seek to clarify what kinds of energy-saving behaviors have or have not been promoted by energy-saving education. The three-year-research on third-year students in home economics teacher-training program shows reduction in gas, water usage and waste produced during cooking by 40％ to 80％. CO2 emission amount also decreased by about 50％. Furthermore, survey shows people who sometimes or always perform energy-saving behaviors account for 75％ of the total. In conclusion, Eco-cooking energy-saving education is generally effective in raising people's energy-saving awareness and inducing behavior change. In order to make limited energy-saving educational programs more effective, it is important to ponder upon the content that is suitable for such a program as well as what the program should focus on.
