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How Influential is the Auditor? Determinants of Sales Effectiveness in Energy Conservation Programs

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Brown, M. A., Berry, L. G., White, D. L. & Trumble, D. (1988). How influential is the auditor? Determinants of sales effectiveness in energy conservation programs. Energy Systems and Policy, 12, 135-149.
This paper examines the determinants of auditor effectiveness in selling energy conservation to homeowners and reports the results of an analysis of the effectiveness of the energ…

Household Income, Electricity Use, and Rate-Structure Preferences

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Blocker, T. J. & Koski, P. R. (1984). Household income, electricity use, and rate-structure preferences. Environment and Behavior, 16, 5, 551-572.
Explores the relationship between household income, present electricity use, and preferences for 3 proposed conservation-promoting electricity-rate structures, using data on 852 h…

Psychology and Ecology: Beliefs in Technology and the Diffusion of Ecological Responsibility

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Borden, R. J. (1984-85). Psychology and ecology: Beliefs in technology and the diffusion of ecological responsibility. Journal of Environmental Education, 16, 2, 14-19.
The attitudes of individuals who engage in environmentally responsible activities (e.g., recycling, energy conservation, community projects, consumer boycotting, etc.) with either…

Recycling, Yes: Buying Recyclables? Well...

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Bertrand, K. & Lawler, E. O. (1990). Recycling, yes: Buying recyclables? Well.... Business Marketing, 75, 11, 30,32.

Challenges for Environmental Education Planners

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Childress, R. B. & Wert, J. (1976). Challenges for environmental education planners. Journal of Environmental Education, 7, 4, 2-6.

Attitudes and Attitude Change

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Cooper, J., & Croyle, R. T. (1984). Attitudes and attitude change. Annual Review of Psychology, 35, 395-426.
Reviews the major lines of research in attitude change: attitude-behavior consistency, persuasion, and cognitive dissonance. Theoretical models began to address in the 1980's th…

Conservation Behavior and the Structure of Satisfactions

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De Young, R. & Kaplan, S. (1985-86). Conservation behavior and the structure of satisfactions. Journal of Environmental Systems, 15, 3, 233-242.
This article deals with the concerns, the predicted rewards and the satisfactions that people who do conserve derive from their conserving behaviors. In order to investigate the …

Diffusion of Energy-Conserving Innovations

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Darley, J. M., & Beniger, J. R. (1981). Diffusion of energy-conserving innovations. Journal of Social Issues, 37, 2, 150-171.
Suggests that people's decisions to adopt energy-conserving processes and products is a specific instance of the decision to adopt an innovation. Based on previous research, 8 dim…

Energy Conservation Techniques as Innovations, and their Diffusion

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Darley, J. M. (1977-78). Energy conservation techniques as innovations, and their diffusion. Energy and Buildings, 1, 339-343.
Many effective products, procedures, and techniques for achieving energy conservation have been discovered by researchers. This paper focuses on the conditions under which these p…

Product Design and Municipal Solid Waste

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Conn, D. W. (1988). Product design and municipal solid waste. Journal of Resource Management and Technology, 16, 2, 100-103.
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