A Qualitative Study on Employees Carbon Footprint and Renewable Energy Awareness

Betül ERSÖZ, Halil Ibrahim BULBUL

Abstract


Global warming, which has been one of the issues on the world's agenda in recent years due to climate change, threatens the lives of all living things. In order to combat the climate crisis, the European Union led the way against the climate crisis within the scope of the Green Deal in 2019. At this point, zero carbon emissions are targeted until 2050. An approach has been planned in order to calculate the carbon footprint of the products imported to EU countries. Transformation of organizations using renewable energy sources is seen as an alternative. In this study, it is aimed to create awareness of the employees about the use of carbon footprint and renewable energy sources. In the study, 13 open and closed-ended questions are asked to 49 employees using interview-based and semi-structured forms, which are qualitative research methods. Some research findings indicated that 77.6 % of the employees have knowledge about the carbon footprint. If 59% of employees are to buy a new vehicle, they would prefer an electric vehicle. Regarding whether to use renewable energy, 51% of employees stated that high installation costs are a problem. The purpose of this study, it, is aimed to contribute to future studies by raising awareness about carbon footprint calculations and the use of renewable energy resources.


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carbon footprint, renewable energy awareness, green deal, zero carbon emission, qualitative research

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DOI (PDF): https://doi.org/10.20508/ijrer.v13i2.14021.g8739

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