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QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH <br /> Figure 4 <br /> City of Elk River, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy <br /> 50% <br /> 45% <br /> 40%% <br /> 35% <br /> 30.5/0 <br /> 25% <br /> 20%% <br /> 15% <br /> 10%% ' <br /> 0% • • <br /> Not at all Slightly Important Somewhat Extremely <br /> important Important Important Important <br /> ■Energy efficiency ■Use of renewable energy <br /> How important is the City of Elk River's <br /> energy efficiency and use of renewable Not at all Slightly Somewhat Extremely <br /> energy to you? important Important Important Important Important Total <br /> Energy efficiency 2% 5% 29% 19% 45% 100% <br /> Use of renewable energy 5% 12% 29% 19% 36% 100% <br /> Of these respondents, 67 percent of women believe that the City of Elk River's energy efficiency is <br /> important and somewhat important and 50 percent of males believe it is slightly important <br /> (Appendix I). Simultaneously, there was not a relationship between age, education level, and <br /> income and the City of Elk River's energy efficiency, as nearly all respondents believe that energy <br /> efficiency is important(Appendix I). <br /> In a similar manner,we asked City of Elk River residents if it was important to them if the <br /> City of Elk River was a state, national, or international leader in energy efficiency. We found that <br /> 0 <br /> Page 26 CUP UNIVERSITY of ST.THOMAS <br /> EfV-RGYCITY <br /> Opus College of Business <br />