Exploring the factors and motivations influencing heating behavioral patterns and future energy use intentions in the hot summer and cold winter climate zone of China

•Occupant behavioral patterns play a significant role in the residential energy consumption of China.•Residents prefer to adopt central-heating systems in the future, which lead to high-energy consumption.•Family income is the main factor influencing current heating patterns.•Encouraging residents to adopt lower energy-consumption patterns is essential.•The residents fail to realize heating patterns could lead to high-energy consumption.