Overview
Attitudes
Environmental Quality
Improvements
Environmental Risks
Quality of Life
Environment and Health
Mobility and Traffic
Environmental Policies
Climate Protection
Renewable Energies
Concept of Sustainability
Environmental Decisions
Willingness to Pay
Environmental Involvement

Environmental Decisions

Consumers pay attention to energy use

When asked about various everyday environmental decisions, it turned out that the deliberate purchasing of regionally-grown fruit and vegetables had the highest acceptance and was most frequently practiced in everyday life: two-thirds of the Germans state that they would do so “always” or “often”.

For 88% of consumers low energy use remains an important criterion when making purchase decisions, a percentage which has continued to rise since 1996. Furthermore 42% of those surveyed always make sure they completely turn off electrical appliances, meaning that they don’t leave them in stand-by mode. However, the number of users of renewable energy has not changed since 2002.