A review of intervention studies aimed at household energy conservation
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A review of intervention studies aimed at household energy conservation
This article reviews and evaluates the effectiveness of interventions aiming to encourage households to reduce energy consumption. Thirty-eight studies performed within the field of (applied) social and environmental psychology are reviewed, and categorized as involving either antecedent strategies (i.e. commitment, goal setting, information, modeling) or consequence strategies (i.e. feedback, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Environmental Psychology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0272-4944
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2005.08.002