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Facing the Greenhouse Effect: Communication about Energy in Germany

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Henschel, C. & Wiedemann, P. M. (1993). Facing the greenhouse effect: Communication about energy in Germany. Technology in Society, 15, 301-310.
Energy policy in Germany has been characterized by an irreconcilable debate about nuclear power and the potentials of renewable energy sources and energy-saving activities for mor…

Reducing Residential Electrical Energy Use: Payments, Information and Feedback

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Hayes, S. C., & Cone, J. D. (1977). Reducing residential electrical energy use: Payments, information and feedback. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 10, 3, 425-435.
Monetary payments, energy information, and daily feedback on consumption were employed to reduce electricity use in 4 units of an 80-unit university student housing complex for ma…

Accuracy of Self-Reports: Energy Conservation Surveys

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Hirst, E., & Goeltz, R. (1985). Accuracy of self-reports: Energy conservation surveys. Social Science Journal, 22, 1, 19-30.
Data from both household surveys and utility records were used to assess the accuracy of household reports of energy-related attributes and behaviors. Findings from 3 evaluations …

Reduction of Residential Consumption of Electricity through Simple Monthly Feedback

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Hayes, S. C., & Cone, J. D. (1981). Reduction of residential consumption of electricity through simple monthly feedback. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 14, 1, 81-88.
Feedback has been widely used in efforts to control the consumption of electricity. Previous efforts, however, have used forms of feedback that seem economically impractical. The …

Norm Activation and Environmental Action: A Rejoinder to R.E. Dunlap and K.D. VanLiere

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Heberlein, T. A. (1977). Norm activation and environmental action: A rejoinder to R.E. Dunlap and K.D. VanLiere. Journal of Social Issues, 33, 3, 207-211.

Cognitive Consistency and Environmental Action

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Heberlein, T. A., & Black, J. S. (1981). Cognitive consistency and environmental action. Environment and Behavior, 13, 6, 717-734.
A study of 330 gasoline purchasers revealed that cognitive consistency applies to environmental attitudes and behavior. Most Ss who were observed to engage in proenvironmental beh…

The Influence of Price and Attitude on Shifting Residential Electricity Consumption from On- to Off-Peak Periods

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Heberlein, T. A., & Warriner, G. K. (1983). The influence of price and attitude on shifting residential electricity consumption from on- to off-peak periods. Journal of Economic Psychology, 4, 1-2, 107-130.
During a 3-yr period, a stratified random sample of 590 residential electricity consumers in northeastern Wisconsin were placed on 1 of 3 time-of-day price ratios: 2 to 1, 4 to 1,…

Household Energy Conservation: A Review of the Federal Residential Conservation Service

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Hirst, E. (1984). Household energy conservation: A review of the federal residential conservation service. Public Administration Review, 44, 421-430.

Social Impacts of Energy Conservation

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Held, M. (1983). Social impacts of energy conservation. Journal of Economic Psychology, 3, 3-4, 379-394.
Discusses the potential social implications of energy conservation measures, particularly with reference to equity and distributional impacts and to the voluntariness dimension. I…

Review of Utility Home Energy Audit Programs

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Hirst, E., Berry, L. & Soderstrom, J. (1981). Review of utility home energy audit programs. Energy, 6, 7, 621-630.
Evaluation efforts of utilities with active home energy audit programs were reviewed to provide insights into the operations and effectiveness of existing utility home energy audi…
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