Abstract
Assessment of energy conservation literacy is desirable that may lead to reducing the growing energy
supply and demand gap. The ener,gy conservation literacy is the competency and motivation to use
energy knowledge in a useful manner to practice, to communicate, and to participate in society to
conserve energy. Consumer behaviour makes out energy conservation. The primary concern of this
study is to measure the knowledge, attitude and practice in relation to energy availability and its
utility; in students of Higher Education Institutions. The study measured views and behavioural trends
among the students by utilizing the Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, analysis method. The sa ample
population was 150 students from 12 departments of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology,
Abbottabad. The results show that students have positive trends in knowledge, attitude, and energy
conservation. Recommendations are offered on how the movement can be built, thereby to insinuate
youth in civil society to manage the energy demand for sustainable development.
Musarrat Jabeen, Neelum Mahmood, Rubeena Batool. (2018) Assessment of Energy Conservation Literacy in the Higher Education Students of Abbottabad, Pakistan, Journal of Research and Reflections in Education, Volume 12, Issue 2.
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