Category: behaviour/attitudes

Getting business to focus on saving energy could bring big savings

Last week, EiD wrote about one US utility working on promoting energy efficiency.  Now we have Jillian Ambrose writing on The Telegraph website about the activities of one British utility targeting aggressive energy savings in a bid to grow its share of the business energy market. If you have a good example, please let EiD … Continue reading Getting business to focus on saving energy could bring big savings →

Figuring out which factors influence individuals’ beliefs about climate change

There are many reports documenting climate change yet there are many individuals that deny the evidence. Chelsea Harvey writes in the Washington Post about new analysis of the main predictors of a person’s belief. What do you think about this?   Science confirms it: Denial of climate change is all about the politics Dozens of … Continue reading Figuring out which factors influence individuals’ beliefs about climate change →

Reducing emissions is more than investing in technologies

We talk about behaviour change and there are many efforts underway to encourage it. The climate change agreement in Paris in December is more than a wake up call. While we give lip service to saving energy, turning off lights and driving in a more eco-friendly manner, we need to do more. Arthur Neslen writes … Continue reading Reducing emissions is more than investing in technologies →

Changing behaviour to promote energy efficiency could be more effective according to new analysis

Improving energy efficiency is addressed in many ways. Changing consumer behaviour is essential and the IEA’s Demand Side Management Energy Efficiency certainly is doing its best to help the cause. Here we have the Global-Action-Plan explain on the Blue & green tomorrow website that current programmes could be more effective if 80% of them focused … Continue reading Changing behaviour to promote energy efficiency could be more effective according to new analysis →

Understanding why Americans are so sceptical about climate change

With the climate conference in Paris starting, there are many analyses to explain every nuance to do with climate change. Because of the importance of the United States in achieving a global agreement, we need to better understand why there is so much scepticism in the country. Joby Warrick writes in the Washington Post to … Continue reading Understanding why Americans are so sceptical about climate change →

What do you think about environmental risks?

This is an important article that discusses the factors that influence environmental risk perceptions. Chelsea Harvey writes in the Washington Post about the paradox about how people perceive risks. She writes that a better understanding could help activists and policymakers become better communicators on environmental issues.   The huge paradox at the heart of how … Continue reading What do you think about environmental risks? →

Taking some leaps forward to ensure consumers benefit from smart energy systems

We seem to be moving in a million directions at once. All of us are excited by new technologies and this is certainly true concerning our energy systems. Increasingly the “smart grid” is coming into being and many of us stare in wonderment what is happening next. Yes, we have the smart grid now and … Continue reading Taking some leaps forward to ensure consumers benefit from smart energy systems →

Understanding consumer behaviour when it comes to saving energy

Margaret Walls, from Resources for the Future, discusses in a blog on the Wall Street Journal website about the “energy efficiency gap” and argues that governments should support more experiments “in the field” that bring to light what works and what doesn’t and at what cost. I would assume that Task 24, relating to behaviour, … Continue reading Understanding consumer behaviour when it comes to saving energy →