Thirty years ago, a typical home had about three plugged-in devices. A recent study by the Energy Center of Wisconsin reveals homes now have 30 or more devices, which account for…
The U-Med Green District intends to urge employees to turn off their computers at the end of the work day. Conventional wisdom says that will harm the computer. Does anyone have r…
Does anyone know the truth about whether turning off a computer at the end of every work day causes the drive to wear out? We intend to promote such behaviors to save electricity.…
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I am undertaking an investigation to find out what a World's Best Practice organisation within the confines of a commercial office tenancy consumes in terms of resources s…
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I am currently working for a Canadian environmental fund, and have become interested in anticipating behaviour change impacts in energy savings. Currently doing an MSc in…
Does anyone know of any workplace campaigns to help people accept a lowering of heating in winter ("forget, the suit, wear a sweater"?) or reduction in a/c in summer ("it's nice a…
I'm doing research on standby-power consumption of domestic appliances in Mexico. We were originally trying to come up with a device to automatically identify and prevent standby …
I work for a Council in Melbourne, Australia who are endeavouring to work with local residents showing an interest in reducing their households greenhouse emissions by making sma…
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I am an Environment and Resource Studies graduate student at the University of Waterloo and I would like to put together some research regarding social marke…
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Has anyone carried out a literature review in order to identify the barriers and benefits that influence whether people:
1. have a home energy audit done, and/or
2. fo…
