Real-time feedback reduces energy consumption among the broader public without financial incentives

Verena Tiefenbeck (), Anselma Wörner, Samuel Schöb, Elgar Fleisch and Thorsten Staake
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Verena Tiefenbeck: ETH Zurich
Anselma Wörner: ETH Zurich
Samuel Schöb: University of Bamberg
Elgar Fleisch: ETH Zurich
Thorsten Staake: University of Bamberg

Nature Energy, 2019, vol. 4, issue 10, 831-832

Abstract: Hotel guests changed their resource-use behaviour when they received feedback on their consumption in real time, even though they did not know that they were part of a study and had no financial incentives. Behavioural interventions provided by digital technologies are a scalable and cost-effective policy instrument for fostering resource conservation.

Date: 2019
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