Encouraging electricity savings in a university residential hall through a combination of feedback, visual prompts, and incentives |
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Authors: | Bekker Marthinus J Cumming Tania D Osborne Nikola K P Bruining Angela M McClean Julia I Leland Louis S |
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Institution: | University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. |
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Abstract: | This experiment investigated the combined use of visual prompts, daily feedback, and rewards to reduce electricity consumption in a university residential hall. After a 17-day baseline period, the experimental intervention was introduced in the intervention hall, and no change was made in the control hall. Energy usage decreased in the intervention hall, but energy usage did not change appreciably in the control hall. In the intervention hall, mean daytime and nighttime savings were 16.2% and 10.7%, respectively, compared to savings of 3.8% (day) and 6.5% (night) in the control hall. |
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Keywords: | dormitories electricity savings feedback incentives master‐metered residences visual prompts |
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