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Attempts to Promote Residential Water Conservation with Educational, Behavioral and Engineering Strategies

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Geller, E. S., Erickson, J. B., & Buttram, B. A. Attempts to promote residential water conservation with educational, behavioral and engineering strategies. Vol. 6. 1983. 96-112.
The water meters of 129 residences in Blacksburg, Virginia were read for 70 consecutive days. After 5 wks of baseline, state-of-the-art education, feedback, and engineering interv…

Effects of Monetary Rebates, Feedback, and Information on Residential Electricity Conservation

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Winett, R. A., Kagel, J. H., Battalio, R. C. & Winkler, R. C. Effects of monetary rebates, feedback, and information on residential electricity conservation. Vol. 63. 1978. 73-80.
Assigned 129 participant households in Texas during the summer to 1 of 5 experimental conditions: A high monetary rebate condition in which Ss received conservation information, w…

Application of Social Psychological and Evaluation Research: Lessons from Energy Information Programs

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Dennis, M. L. & Soderstrom, E. J. Application of social psychological and evaluation research: Lessons from energy information programs. Vol. 11. 1988. 77-84.
Discusses applied social psychological research on the dissemination of energy-related information, focusing on evaluations in 4 types of information dissemination programs: speci…

Promoting Energy Conservation through Better Customer Feedback

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John Gear Salem Jul 9, 2008 16:58 pm
In my opinion, better feedback is the critical element for reducing energy consumption. We still live in a world where the dominant utility paradigm was to hide the meters in the …

Low Carbon Diet Program: Feedback Mechanisms?

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Peter And Trudy Johnson-Lenz Portland Jul 5, 2008 3:35 am
What kinds of feedback mechanisms work best for a community-wide carbon reduction campaign for (1) the households involved, and (2) the community as a whole? Some of the carbon c…

"Kill a Watt EZ" Electricity Usage Meter as a Teaching Tool

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Stephan Pollard Fayetteville Nov 18, 2007 13:16 pm
All, I would be interested in hearing from those who've used (or seen it used) the subject device as a teaching tool. How was it used it and how would you rate the effectiveness…

Behaviour Change Due to Calculators

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Ross Vintiner Wellington Sep 7, 2007 9:34 am
I am interested in any case studies and/or research on behaviour change brought about through the use of calculators to reduce energy demand and, more broadly, to reduce GHG emiss…

Any Research on Effect of 'Your Own Environmental Impact' Quizzes and Calculators?

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Stefan Kaufman Melbourne Aug 2, 2007 19:30 pm
Hi all, I was curious if anyone can direct me to research that has been done on the various effects of environmental self-assessment quizzes and calculators on people using them…

Engaging Communities / Feedback / Communicating

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Katherine Garrah Peterborough Mar 19, 2007 6:50 am
Hi All, I'm looking for information or resources related to: - Getting communities involved in managing their own resources, specifically, lake communities becoming involved i…

Eco Footprint of Computers

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eyeblink1 Feb 17, 2007 9:42 am
This question was just posed to me by an administrator at an art museum. She is about to present a greening of the facility to a staff of 300 and she was wondering about the issue…
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