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 …

Innovating 'Diffusion of Innovation' theory: Innovation Characteristics the Intention of Utility Companies to Adopt Energy Conservation Interventions

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Völlink, T., Meertens, R., & Midden, C. (2002). Innovating 'diffusion of innovation' theory: Innovation characteristics the intention of utility companies to adopt energy conservation interventions. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 22(4), 333-344. doi:10.1006/jevp.2001.0237.

Assessed the capacity of the innovation attributes proposed in Rogers' diffusion theory (1995) to predict the intention to adopt energy conservation interventions. It also provide…

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…

Residential Energy Conservation Campaigns

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Eric Mallia Waterloo May 3, 2010 18:31 pm

Greetings everyone, I am an Environment and Resource Studies graduate student at the University of Waterloo and I would like to put together some research regarding social marke…

Descriptive Social Norms as Underappreciated Sources of Social Control

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Cialdini, R. (2007). Descriptive social norms as underappreciated sources of social control. Psychometrika, 72(2), 263-268.

Böckenholt and van der Heijden's results regarding compliance with insurance regulations--that the enforcement activities of a regulatory agency were relatively unpredictive of co…

Interdependence with the Environment: Commitment, Interconnectedness, and Environmental Behavior

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Davis, J., Green, J., & Reed, A. (2009). Interdependence with the environment: Commitment, interconnectedness, and environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29(2), 173-180.

Do individuals’ perceptions of their interdependence with the natural environment affect their environmental behaviors? From the perspective of interdependence theory, we introduc…

Barriers & Motivations: Carrying Out Home Energy Audits & Retrofits

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Jan Aceti Concord Apr 26, 2010 17:54 pm

Hello, Has anyone carried out a literature review in order to identify the barriers and benefits that influence whether people: 1. have a home energy audit done, and/or 2. fo…

Overcoming Cost as a Barrier

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Kevin Emerson Salt Lake City Apr 22, 2010 2:07 am

Does anyone have a good case study on how a CBSM approach was used to overcome cost as a barrier to behavioral change? Specifically, I am thinking about a $5,000 - $15,000 range …

How does Environmental Concern Influence Specific Environmentally Related Behaviors? A New Answer to an Old Question

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Bamberg, S. (2003). How does environmental concern influence specific environmentally related behaviors? A new answer to an old question. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 23(1), 21-32.

The present study tests the hypothesis that environmental concern influences specific behavior indirectly via its impact on the generation and evaluation of situation-specific bel…

CBSM Residential EE Programs

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Unknown Mar 22, 2010 1:07 am

Hi all, We are in the final stages of a CBSM program for residential energy efficiency in Townsville, Australia, and would love to get in touch with program designers and admini…

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