A Group Contingency for Electricity Conservation in Master-Metered Apartments
Slavin, R., Wodarski, J., & Blackburn, B. (1981, September). A group contingency for electricity conservation in master-metered apartments. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 14(3), 357-363.
In Study 1, residents of 166 apartment units in 3 towers held meetings and received biweekly payments of the value of electricity saved compared to predicted use. Overall, residents saved 6.2%. In Study 2, residents of 255 apartment units, also in 3 towers, received the same treatment. Towers in Study 2 showed savings of an average of 6.9%.
