Green Technology Usage Among Student at Multimedia College (Northern) Region

There are several issues keep in talking and always be an issues in any conference today that come to attention than others. One of these issues is Green Technology. For the purpose of this research, it only will be focus of on the usage of green technology. This research explores the factors than r...

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Main Author:	Nurhidayah, Mat Zaini
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Language:	eng eng
Published:	2012
Subjects:	GE Environmental Sciences
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description	There are several issues keep in talking and always be an issues in any conference today that come to attention than others. One of these issues is Green Technology. For the purpose of this research, it only will be focus of on the usage of green technology. This research explores the factors than related the green technology usage. More specifically, there are four causes that lead to the green technology usage which are attitude, cost effectiveness, lifestyle and environmental concern. There is a sample of 210 was chosen as the respondents and questionnaires regarding their intention on this was asked. The data analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17.0. The finding from Pearson Correlation Test showed that there is a significant relationship between green technology usage and attitude (r = 0.579), cost effectiveness ( r = 0.571), lifestyle ( r = 0.605) and environmental concern ( r = 0.734). T– test analysis shows that there is difference between attendance on green technology courses and environmental concern. In general, it can be concluded that society should be aware of the importance and impact of green technology in order to preserve our earth.
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title	Green Technology Usage Among Student at Multimedia College (Northern) Region
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