Consumer response to product-integrated energy feedback: Behavior, goal level shifts, and energy conservation

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 525-545

  McCalley, L T ^a   de Vries, Peter W ^a   Midden, Cees J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attention; conservation behavior; consumer; energy; feedback; foot in the door; goals; motivation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79956332442     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916510371053     Document Type: Article

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