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Behaviour: Seeing heat saves energy

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  • Linda Steg

    (Linda Steg is at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS Groningen, the Netherlands.)

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Household energy conservation can help to significantly lower energy consumption. Visual cues provided by thermal imaging of heat loss in buildings are now shown to increase energy conserving behaviours and implementations among homeowners more effectively than just performing carbon footprint audits.

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  • Linda Steg, 2016. "Behaviour: Seeing heat saves energy," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 1(1), pages 1-2, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:1:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_nenergy.2015.13
    DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2015.13
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    1. Georgios Archimidis Tsalidis, 2020. "Integrating Individual Behavior Dimension in Social Life Cycle Assessment in an Energy Transition Context," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-20, November.
    2. Busic-Sontic, Ante & Czap, Natalia V. & Fuerst, Franz, 2017. "The role of personality traits in green decision-making," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 313-328.
    3. Julie Goodhew & Sabine Pahl & Katy King & Michael Sanders & Paul Elliott & Matthew Fox & Christine Boomsma & Steve Goodhew, 2021. "Engaging People with Energy Efficiency: A Randomised Controlled Trial Testing the Effects of Thermal Imaging Visuals in a Letter Communication," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-17, March.

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