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Psychology
Behavioral Interventions
Dwyer, W. O., Leeming, F. C., Cobern, M. K., Porter, B. E., & Jackson, J. M. (1993). Critical review of behavioral interventions to preserve the environment: Research since 1980. Environment and Behavior, 25, 275-321.
Armel, C. (2007). “Applying Health Promotion Intervention Principles to Climate Change.” Presented at the Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference. http://tinyurl.com/5wtq62 (or http://piee.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/docs/behavior/becc/2007/presentations/2C-Armel.pdf).
Armel, C. (2008). Behavior and Energy. Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference. Sacramento, CA, November 2008. Conference Talk.
Goal Setting
Bargh, J. A., Gollwitzer, P. M., Lee-Chai, A., Barndollar, K., & Trötschel, R. (2001). The automated will: Nonconscious activation and pursuit of behavioral goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 1014-1027.
LaPorte, R., & Nath, R. (1976). Role of performance goals in prose learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 68, 260–264.
Locke, E. A., & Bryan, J. (1969). The Directing Function of Goals in Task Performance. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 4, 35–42.
Locke, E. & Latham, G. (2002). Building a Practically Useful Theory of Goal Setting and Task Motivation, a 35-Year Odyssey. American Psychologist, September 2002, Vol. 57, No. 9, 705-717.
Wood, R., & Locke, E. (1990). Goal setting and strategy effects on complex tasks. In B. Staw & L. Cummings (Eds.), Research in organizational behavior (Vol. 12, pp. 73–109). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press
Social Norms
Reno, R. R., Cialdini, R. B., & Kallgren, C. A. (1993). The transsituational influence of social norms. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 104-112.
Schwartz, S. (1975). The justice of need and the activation of humanitarian norms. Journal of Social Issues, 31, 111-137.
Home Energy Feedback
Literature Reviews
Abrahamse, W., Wokje, A., Steg, L., Vlek, C., & Rothengatter, T. (2005). A review of intervention studies aimed at household energy conservation. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 25(3), 273–291.
Darby, S. (2000). Making it Obvious: Designing Feedback into Energy Consumption. In the Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Household Appliances and Lighting. Italian Association of Energy Economists, Naples, 2000.
Darby, S. (2006). The effectiveness of feedback on energy consumption. A review for DEFRA of the literature on metering, billing, and direct displays. Retrieved March 22nd, 2007, from: http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/energy/research/pdf/energyconsump-feedback.pdf.
Fischer, C. (2008). Feedback on household electricity consumption: a tool for saving energy? Energy Efficiency 2008, 1:79–104
Roth, K. & Brodrick, J. (2008). Home Energy Displays. The Journal of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, July 2008.
Studies
Allen, D. and K. Janda. 2006. “The effects of household characteristics and energy use consciousness on the effectiveness of real-time energy use feedback: a pilot study.” Proceedings of the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
Bittle, R. G., Valesano, R. M., & Thaler, G. M. (1979–1980). The effects of daily feedback on residential electricity usage as a function of usage level and type of feedback information. Journal of Environmental Systems, 9, 275–287.
Brandon, G., & Lewis, A. (1999). Reducing household energy consumption: a qualitative and quantitative field study. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 19, 75–85.
Dobson, J. K., & Griffin, J. D. A. (1992). Conservation effect of immediate electricity cost feedback on residential consumption behavior. In Proceedings of the ACEEE 1992. Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 10 (pp.33–35).
Egan, C. (1999). Graphical displays and comparative energy information: What do people understand and prefer? Paper presented at the Summer Study of the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, 1999, paper no. 2–12. Retrieved December 3rd, 2007, from: http://www.eceee.org/conference_proceedings/eceee/1999/Panel_2/p2_12/.
Garay, J., & Lindholm, P. (1995). Statistics on the energy bill. Better control for the customer. In Proceedings of the seventh international energy program evaluation conference: Energy program evaluation: Uses, methods, and results, Aug 22–25, 1995, Chicago (pp. 499–504).
Haakana, M., Sillanpää, L., & Talsi, M. (1997). The effect of feedback and focused advice on household energy consumption. Paper presented at the Summer Study of the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, 1997. Retrieved March 22nd, 2007, from: http://proceedings. Energy Efficiency (2008) 1:79–104 103 eceee.org/library_links/proceedings/1997/pdf97/97p4–38. pdf.
Henryson, J., Håkansson, T., & Pyrko, J. (2000). Energy efficiency in buildings through information—Swedish perspective. Energy Policy, 28, 169–180.
Horst, G. (2006). Woodridge Energy Study and Monitoring Pilot. Whirpool Corporation.
Hydro One. 2006. “The Impact of Real-Time Feedback on Residential Electricity Consumption: The Hydro One Pilot.” http://tinyurl.com/5q4w3u (or www.reducemyenergy.com/PDF/Summary%20Results%20Hydro%20One%20Pilot%20-%20Real-Time%20Feedback.pdf).
Jensen, O. M. (2003). Visualisation turns down energy demand. In Proceedings of the 2003 summer study of the European Council for an energy efficient economy (pp. 451–454). Stockholm: ECEEE.
McCalley, L. T., & Midden, C. J. H. (2002). Energy conservation through product-integrated feedback: The roles of goal-setting and social orientation. Journal of Economic Psychology, 23, 589–603.
Parker, D. et al. 2006. “How much energy are we using? Potential of residential energy demand feedback devices.” Proceedings of the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. http://tinyurl.com/5mdfkp (or http://www2.fsec.ucf.edu/en/publications/pdf/FSEC-CR-1665-06.pdf).
Parker, D.S., D. Hoak, and J. Cummings. 2008. “Pilot Evaluation of Energy Savings from Residential Energy Demand Feedback Devices.” Final Report by the Florida Solar Energy Center to the U.S. Department of Energy. FSEC-CR-1742-08. http://tinyurl.com/5rc26g (or www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/publications/pdf/FSEC-CR-1742-08.pdf).
Roberts, S., & Baker, W. (2003). Towards effective energy information. Improving consumer feedback on energy consumption. A report to OFGEM. Retrieved March 24th, 2007, from: http://www.cse.org.uk/pdf/pub1014.pdf.
Sernhed, K., Pyrko, J., & Abaravicius, J. (2003). Bill me this way!—customer preferences regarding electricity bills in Sweden. In Proceedings of the 2003 summer study of the European Council for an energy efficient economy (pp. 1147–1150). Stockholm: ECEEE.
Sexton, R. J., Brown Johnson, N., & Konakayama, A. (1987). Consumer response to continuous-display electricity-use monitors in a time-of-use pricing experiment. Journal of Consumer Research, 14, 55–62.
Stein, L.F. 2004. “California Information Display Pilot: Technology Assessment.” Final Report by Primen to Southern California Edison. http://tinyurl.com/5q2u7u (or www.defra.gov.uk/environment/ climatechange/uk/energy/research/pdf/energyconsump-feedback.pdf).
Ueno, T., Inada, R., Saeki, O., & Tsuji, K. (2005). Effectiveness of displaying energy consumption data in residential houses. Analysis on how the residents respond. In Proceedings of the 2005 summer study of the European Council for an energy efficient economy (pp. 1289–1299). Stockholm: ECEEE.
Ueno, T., Sano, F., Saeki, O., & Tsuji, K. (2006). Effectiveness of an energy-consumption information system on energy savings in residential houses based on monitored data. Applied Energy, 83(2), 166–183.
Wilhite, H., & Ling, R. (1995). Measured energy savings from a more informative energy bill. Energy and Buildings, 22, 145–155.
Winett, R.A., J.H. Kagel, R.C. Battalio, and R.C. Winkler. 1978. Effects of monetary rebates, feedback, and information on residential electricity conservation. Journal of Applied Psychology 63 (1): 73-80.
Wood, G., & Newborough, M. (2003). Dynamic energy-consumption indicators for domestic appliances: Environment, behaviour and design. Energy and Buildings, 35(8), 821–841.
Sensing
Fogarty, J., Au, C., Hudson, S.E. (2006). Sensing from the Basement: A Feasibility Study of Unobtrusive and Low-Cost Home Activity Recognition. In the Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2006), ACM Press, New York.
Patel, S.N., Robertson, T., Kientz, J.A., Reynolds, M.S., Abowd, G.D. At the Flick of a Switch: Detecting and Classifying Unique Electrical Events on the Residential Power Line. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2007. pp. 271-288.
Persuasive Technology
Fogg, B. J. (2003). Persuasive technology: Using computers to change what we think and do. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufman.
Litter
Baltes, M. M., & Haywood, S. C. (1976). Application and evaluation of strategies to reduce pollution: Behavioral control of littering in a football stadium. Journal of Applied Psychology, 61, 501-506.
Built Environment
Aarts, H., & Dijksterhuis, A. (2003). The silence of the library: Environmental control over social behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 18-28.
Demand Response
Martinez, M.S. 2006. “Residential Demand Response Technologies: A Consumer’s Guide.” Presentation at National Town Meeting and Symposium on Demand Response. http://tinyurl.com/6cw8cu (or http://drrc.lbl.gov/pubs/drtown-auto-martinez.pdf)
