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A randomized trial of energy cost information provision alongside energy-efficiency classes for refrigerator purchases
Energy-efficiency classes provide coarse but easy-to-process information designed to help complex decisions. However, they are multi-attribute indices, imprecisely related to the running costs of graded produc...
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Real-time feedback on electricity consumption: evidence from a field experiment in Italy
Smart meters can help citizens in optimizing energy consumption patterns. However, mixed evidence exists on their effectiveness in reducing energy demand and especially in levelling off the daily peaks of elec...
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Combining information on others’ energy usage and their approval of energy conservation promotes energy saving behaviour
Households reduced their electricity use the most when they learnt both that they were using more energy than their neighbours and that energy conservation was socially approved. This suggests that efforts to ...
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The interaction of descriptive and injunctive social norms in promoting energy conservation
Behavioural interventions that leverage social norms are widely used to foster energy conservation. For instance, home energy reports combine information on others’ behaviour (descriptive feedback) and approva...
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Comparison and interactions between the long-term pursuit of energy independence and climate policies
Ensuring energy security and mitigating climate change are key energy policy priorities. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group III report emphasized that climate policies can deliv...