Can social influence drive energy savings? Detecting the impact of social influence on the energy consumption behavior of networked users exposed to normative eco-feedback

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-127

  Jain, Rishee K ^a   Gulbinas, Rimas ^b   Taylor, John E ^b   Culligan, Patricia J ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Eco feedback; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Feedback; Influence; Peer networks; Social networks

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION PROGRAMS; ECO FEEDBACKS; EMPIRICAL EXPERIMENTS; INFLUENCE; PEER NETWORK; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FEEDBACK; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); TESTING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84882327709     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.06.029     Document Type: Article

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