This study investigates the role of values in household energy use, focusing on the relationship between values, environmental concern, and environmental behavior. The authors use a quality of life (QOL) framework to measure basic human values and examine how these values influence various aspects of environmental behavior. The study found that importance judgments on 22 QOL aspects could be summarized into seven interpretable value dimensions: Self-Enhancement, Environmental Quality, Self-Direction, Openness to Change, Maturity, Family, Health, and Safety, and Achievement. These value dimensions, along with general and specific environmental concern, significantly predict policy support for government regulation and market strategies aimed at managing environmental problems, as well as the acceptability of specific home and transport energy-saving measures. However, these variables explained only a small portion of the variance in home and transport energy use, which was more closely related to sociodemographic factors such as income and household size. The study suggests that a purely attitudinal model may be too limited to explain all types of environmental behavior, as contextual factors also play a significant role.This study investigates the role of values in household energy use, focusing on the relationship between values, environmental concern, and environmental behavior. The authors use a quality of life (QOL) framework to measure basic human values and examine how these values influence various aspects of environmental behavior. The study found that importance judgments on 22 QOL aspects could be summarized into seven interpretable value dimensions: Self-Enhancement, Environmental Quality, Self-Direction, Openness to Change, Maturity, Family, Health, and Safety, and Achievement. These value dimensions, along with general and specific environmental concern, significantly predict policy support for government regulation and market strategies aimed at managing environmental problems, as well as the acceptability of specific home and transport energy-saving measures. However, these variables explained only a small portion of the variance in home and transport energy use, which was more closely related to sociodemographic factors such as income and household size. The study suggests that a purely attitudinal model may be too limited to explain all types of environmental behavior, as contextual factors also play a significant role.