Changes in demand-side consumption structures are expected to be supportive in achieving long-term national energy reduction targets. Energy requirement can be distinguished in direct energy consumption through energy carriers, such as electricity and gas, and in indirect energy consumption used for the production, the distribution and the trade of goods and services. Due to their direct and indirect energy consumption, households in theNetherlandsuse 40-60 percent of the total national energy requirement. For this thesis, research was conducted on the influence of household management on the willingness of family households to accept energy reduction options. The environmental burden of households arises at a functional level—the level at which activities are performed—whereas implementing more than one reduction option was expected to require organisational skills. This made it relevant to investigate both the performance and the organisation of functional household activities. The overall research question ' What is the influence of household management aspects on the acceptance and energy-saving potential of greenhouse gas reduction options?' was investigated by means of three surveys: a case study of Textile Care with energy reduction options to do with laundering; a general survey that included a range of 31 different reduction options for direct and indirect energy; and a follow-up survey a year later, in which respondents were asked which of the 31 options had been considered, tried and successfully implemented.Within the preceding NRP Lifestyle project (1990-1995) of the National Research Programme on Global Air Pollution and Climate Change I, the energy requirements of more than 350 household expenditure categories of products and services were calculated, using a hybrid method that combined process analysis and input-output analysis. For this thesis, the reduction option selection criteria were that the reduction potential per option was at least 0.5 GigaJoule per household per year and the total set ...