Using individual, social and economic persuasion techniques to reduce CO 2 emissions in a family setting

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 350, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shiraishi, Miyuki ^a   Washio, Yasuyuki ^a   Takayama, Chihiro ^a   Lehdonvirta, Vili ^b   Kimura, Hiroaki ^a   Nakajima, Tatsuo ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HELSINKI INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Economic social incentive; Persuasion; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECO-FRIENDLY; ECONOMIC/SOCIAL INCENTIVE; PERSUASION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY; USER STUDY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 70149091033     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1541948.1541967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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