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Residential Energy Conservation Campaigns

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Eric Mallia Waterloo May 3, 2010 18:31 pm
Greetings everyone, 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…

Descriptive Social Norms as Underappreciated Sources of Social Control

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Cialdini, R. (2007). Descriptive social norms as underappreciated sources of social control. Psychometrika, 72(2), 263-268.
Böckenholt and van der Heijden's results regarding compliance with insurance regulations--that the enforcement activities of a regulatory agency were relatively unpredictive of co…

Interdependence with the Environment: Commitment, Interconnectedness, and Environmental Behavior

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Davis, J., Green, J., & Reed, A. (2009). Interdependence with the environment: Commitment, interconnectedness, and environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29(2), 173-180.
Do individuals’ perceptions of their interdependence with the natural environment affect their environmental behaviors? From the perspective of interdependence theory, we introduc…

Barriers & Motivations: Carrying Out Home Energy Audits & Retrofits

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Jan Aceti Concord Apr 26, 2010 17:54 pm
Hello, 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…

Overcoming Cost as a Barrier

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Kevin Emerson Salt Lake City Apr 22, 2010 2:07 am
Does anyone have a good case study on how a CBSM approach was used to overcome cost as a barrier to behavioral change? Specifically, I am thinking about a $5,000 - $15,000 range …

How does Environmental Concern Influence Specific Environmentally Related Behaviors? A New Answer to an Old Question

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Bamberg, S. (2003). How does environmental concern influence specific environmentally related behaviors? A new answer to an old question. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 23(1), 21-32.
The present study tests the hypothesis that environmental concern influences specific behavior indirectly via its impact on the generation and evaluation of situation-specific bel…

CBSM Residential EE Programs

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Unknown Mar 22, 2010 1:07 am
Hi all, We are in the final stages of a CBSM program for residential energy efficiency in Townsville, Australia, and would love to get in touch with program designers and admini…

US Residential Energy Consumption Data

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Susan Dorward Martinsville Mar 16, 2010 16:08 pm
I use Google PowerMeter, which used to have an energy usage comparison feature (I've heard) but it's been removed. Are there other online tools that gather and track residential …

University Energy Efficiency

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Zed Langston Eugene Mar 6, 2010 14:15 pm
I am working with a small group to implement our first CBSM program for Lane Community College in Eugene, OR. Our goal behavior is for students to go above and beyond the sleep s…

Request for Participation - home electricity use study

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Jennifer Veitch Ottawa Mar 4, 2010 9:34 am
Dear colleagues, This message was sent to me on another list, but Ive corresponded with the team. They are very interested in having participants from many countries. So, pleas…

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