Tiefenbeck V, Wörner A, Schöb S, Fleisch E, Staake T (2019)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2019
Book Volume: 4
Pages Range: 35-41
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.1038/s41560-018-0282-1
Feedback interventions have proved to be effective at promoting energy conservation behaviour, and digital technologies have the potential to make interventions more powerful and scalable. In particular, real-time feedback on a specific, energy-intensive activity may induce considerable behaviour change and savings. Yet the majority of feedback studies that report large effects are conducted with opt-in samples of individuals who volunteer to participate. Here we show that real-time feedback on resource consumption during showering induces substantial energy conservation in an uninformed sample of guests at 6 hotels (265 rooms, N = 19,596 observations). The treatment effects are large (11.4% reduction in energy use), indicating that the real-time feedback induced substantial energy conservation among participants who did not opt in, and in a context where participants were not financially responsible for energy costs. We thus provide empirical evidence for real-time feedback as a scalable and cost-efficient policy instrument for fostering resource conservation among the broader public.
APA:
Tiefenbeck, V., Wörner, A., Schöb, S., Fleisch, E., & Staake, T. (2019). Real-time feedback promotes energy conservation in the absence of volunteer selection bias and monetary incentives. Nature Energy, 4(1), 35-41. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0282-1
MLA:
Tiefenbeck, Verena, et al. "Real-time feedback promotes energy conservation in the absence of volunteer selection bias and monetary incentives." Nature Energy 4.1 (2019): 35-41.
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