I just returned from the Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change conference (www.beccconference.org), so it was coincidental to see your article “Energy Dashboards, Using Real-Time Feedback to Influence Behavior” (see EBN Dec. 2008). I’m amused by yet another technological solution to conserve energy. I’m sure dashboards are an effective way to increase energy savings as building owners and occupants become aware of their real-time energy consumption. That’s a huge leap in awareness and knowledge. However I believe there’s a bias (in the U.S. only?) around technological solutions to conserve energy, with short shrift to changing human behavior. But then, I’m a sociologist! Thanks for a great article with “behavior” in the title.
Sustainable Design Resources
I just returned from the Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change conference (www.beccconference.org), so it was coincidental to see your article “Energy Dashboards, Using Real-Time Feedback to Influence Behavior” (see
EBN Dec. 2008). I’m amused by yet another technological solution to conserve energy. I’m sure dashboards are an effective way to increase energy savings as building owners and occupants become aware of their real-time energy consumption. That’s a huge leap in awareness and knowledge. However I believe there’s a bias (in the U.S. only?) around technological solutions to conserve energy, with short shrift to changing human behavior. But then, I’m a sociologist! Thanks for a great article with “behavior” in the title.
Chris Hammer, Principal
Sustainable Design Resources
San Francisco, California
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