Barriers & Benefits Residential Solar PV Systems

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Danielle Woon Markham Jul 12, 2010 1:22 am
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has or knows of any research or studies that have been done looking at what the barriers may be and surely the benefits as well of installing re…

Strategies for Reducing Energy Use in Social Housing

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Bill MacKinnon Burnaby Jun 28, 2010 16:11 pm
Hello, I am hoping to design a CBSM strategy to encourage tennants in social housing complexes to reduce energy use. The tennants are not generally responsible for paying their …

Residential Plug Load Study

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Dave Vigliotta Madison Jun 28, 2010 14:31 pm
Thirty years ago, a typical home had about three plugged-in devices. A recent study by the Energy Center of Wisconsin reveals homes now have 30 or more devices, which account for…

Turning off Computers: Energy Saved

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Joette Storm, APR Anchorage Jun 23, 2010 1:53 am
The U-Med Green District intends to urge employees to turn off their computers at the end of the work day. Conventional wisdom says that will harm the computer. Does anyone have r…

Computer Wear and Tear

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Joette Storm, APR Anchorage Jun 23, 2010 1:17 am
Does anyone know the truth about whether turning off a computer at the end of every work day causes the drive to wear out? We intend to promote such behaviors to save electricity.…

Best Practice Operations (Office based)

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Kelly Wickham Melbourne Jun 14, 2010 10:24 am
Hello I am undertaking an investigation to find out what a World's Best Practice organisation within the confines of a commercial office tenancy consumes in terms of resources s…

LEED Behavioural Change Impacts in Energy Savings

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Jacquie Taylor Ottawa Jun 9, 2010 14:48 pm
Hello, I am currently working for a Canadian environmental fund, and have become interested in anticipating behaviour change impacts in energy savings. Currently doing an MSc in…

Lowering Heat or Air Conditioning at Work

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Cynthia van Ginkel Port Moody Jun 1, 2010 15:16 pm
Does anyone know of any workplace campaigns to help people accept a lowering of heating in winter ("forget, the suit, wear a sweater"?) or reduction in a/c in summer ("it's nice a…

Barriers to Standby Power Reduction

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Martin Herrerias Cuernavaca May 18, 2010 10:29 am
I'm doing research on standby-power consumption of domestic appliances in Mexico. We were originally trying to come up with a device to automatically identify and prevent standby …

Greenhouse Reduction Program

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Lisa Coffa Melbourne May 4, 2010 18:26 pm
I work for a Council in Melbourne, Australia who are endeavouring to work with local residents showing an interest in reducing their households greenhouse emissions by making sma…
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