Behavioural Responses to Climate Change: Asymmetry of Intentions and Impacts

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Whitmarsh, L. (2009, March). Behavioural responses to climate change: Asymmetry of intentions and impacts. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29(1), 13-23.
In seeking to determine whether climate change mitigation strategies are effective, researchers and policy-makers typically use energy consumption as an indicator. UK government d…

Energy Efficiency Programs Designed for Remote Communities?

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Gareth Clarke Jul 14, 2009 13:18 pm
I'm currently developing energy efficiency programs for small, remote communities (25-400 households). As the electric utility, the cost of serving these customers is high and the…

Can Efficient Devices Erode Efficient Behaviors?

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Doug Bennett Las Vegas Jul 8, 2009 11:05 am
I have heard of studies that show that when people are given more efficient products, they may use that as a rationale to weaken or abandon efficient behaviors. For example, they…

The Short List: The Most Effective Actions U.S. Households Can Take to Curb Climate Change

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Gardner, G.T. & Stern, P.C. (2008, September/October). The Short List: The Most Effective Actions U.S. Households Can Take to Curb Climate Change
Individual and household actions now directly cause approximately 38% of total national carbon dioxide emissions, and that percentage has increased in recent years.  These emissio…

Working with Neighborhood Associations to Reduce Energy - Case Studies Needed

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Lisa Dugdale Ann Arbor Apr 24, 2009 17:28 pm
Good Afternoon - I work with a Clean Energy nonprofit that is designing a neighborhood-based energy efficiency program. The main part of the program is working with neighborhoo…

Education Tools for Energy Conservation

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Danielle Blenkhorn Sydney Apr 5, 2009 6:06 am
Hi All I'm looking for information to assist in developing community education programs about energy efficiency and conservation. More specifically, I am looking for education t…

Looking for Examples of Audit Reports

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Xavier Van Roy Brussels Mar 19, 2009 8:16 am
Does anyone has any good exemple of an ideal report of an home audit? It is to present them to new auditors in Belgium. Xavier Van Roy Bruxelles Environnement Belgium

A Group Contingency for Electricity Conservation in Master-Metered Apartments

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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, residen…

Joint Effect of Feedback and Goal Setting on Performance: A Field Study of Residential Energy Conservation

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Becker, L. J. (1978). Joint effect of feedback and goal setting on performance: A field study of residential energy conservation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 63, 4, 428-433.
The facilitating motivational effect of feedback on performance has been attributed by some to difficult goals set in response to feedback. The present experiment attributes this …

Residential Electricity Demand: An Experimental Study

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Battalio, R. C., Kagel, J. H., Winkler, R. C., & Winett, R. A. (1979). Residential electricity demand: An experimental study. Review of Economics and Statistics, 61, 180-189.

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