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Predictors of Responsible Behavior in Members of Three Wisconsin Conservation Organizations

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Sivek, D. J., & Hungerford, H. (1990). Predictors of responsible behavior in members of three Wisconsin conservation organizations. Journal of Environmental Education, 21, 2, 35-40.
Surveyed 281 members of consumptive resource use groups (CRUGs) to assess the most parsimonious sets of 8 selected variables that best predicted responsible environmental behavior…

Participation in Household Solid Waste Reduction Activities: The Need for Public Education

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Simmons, D. A., & Widmar, R. (1990). Participation in household solid waste reduction activities: The need for public education. Journal of Environmental Systems, 19, 4, 323-330.
With landfills quickly reaching their capacities nationwide, public attention has begun to focus on ways of reducing the amount of solid waste produced. In 1985, Somerset County,…

The Effectiveness of Incentives for Residential Energy Conservation

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Stern, P. C., Aronson, E., Darley, J. M., Hill, D. H., Hirst, E., Kempton, W. & Wilbanks, T. J. (1985). The effectiveness of incentives for residential energy conservation. Evaluation Review, 10, 2, 147-176.
Studies evaluating incentive programs for residential energy efficiency are examined to assess the roles of the size and type of incentive and of nonfinancial aspects of the progr…

A Two-Thirds Reduction in the Space Heat Requirement of Twin Rivers Townhouse

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Sinden, F. W. (1978). A two-thirds reduction in the space heat requirement of Twin Rivers townhouse. Energy and Buildings, 1, 297-314.

Answering Behavioral Questions about Energy Efficiency in Buildings

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Stern, P. C., Aronson, E., Darley, J. M., Kempton, W., Hill, D. H., Hirst, E. & Wilbanks, T. J. (1987). Answering behavioral questions about energy efficiency in buildings. Energy, 12, 5, 339-353.
We identify behavioral questions that arise with 4 kinds of policy interventions for energy efficiency in buildings: information, incentives, standards, and technological research…

Responses to Changing Energy Conditions among Massachusetts Households

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Stern, P. C., Black, J. S. & Elworth, J. T. (1983). Responses to changing energy conditions among Massachusetts households. Energy, 8, 7, 515-523.
Survey data on 478 residential electricity consumers in Massachusetts are used to examine the effects of economic, demographic, structural, and attitudinal variables on energy-sav…

Psychological Dimensions of Global Environmental Change

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Stern, P. C. (1992). Psychological dimensions of global environmental change. Annual Review of Psychology, 43, 269-302.
Humanity is changing the natural environment with activities that alter global systems, eg, the atmosphere, or become global by accretion, as when forest clearing reduces the numb…

A Review and Critique of Energy Research in Psychology

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Stern, P. & Gardner, G. T. (1980). A review and critique of energy research in psychology. Social Science Energy Review, 3, 1, 1-71.
This paper summarizes the main streams of existing psychological research relating to energy policy issues, evaluates the mainstream research, and then steps back for a broader vi…

The Home Power Movement: Technology, Behavior, and the Environment

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Tatum, J. S. The home power movement: Technology, behavior, and the environment. Human Dimensions, 2, 141-149.
Extended interviews with about 50 widely distributed participants in the Home Power movement suggest that approximately 25,000 homes in the U. S. now rely on their own photovolt…

Market Barriers to Energy-Efficiency Investments

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Sutherland, R. J. (1992?). Market barriers to energy-efficiency investments. The Energy Journal, 12, 3, 15-34.
The conservation literature argues that numerous cost-effective conservation measures could be undertaken, but they are not because market barriers discourage such investments. A…
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