There is a wide literature on 'tools' and methods to change energy-related behaviour. This literature is reviewed in D5: Interaction Schemes for Successful Energy Demand  Management. But how appropriate are these tools for intermediaries promoting energy efficiency and energy conservation on the local level?

The CHANGING BEHAVIOUR team has rated 19 of the most widely discussed tools. Our partners have pooled their experience to give their views on "what works where and for whom". A summary of this excersise is available in the Research Note  Rating Expert Advice for How to Change Energy Behaviour (150.31 kB).
 

The CHANGING BEHAVIOUR project would like to thank you for working with us this past year!

CHANGING BEHAVIOUR Newsletter 2/2009 just came out and gives you an overview of our recent news.

We wish you Happy Holidays and the very best for the new decade, 2010!

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The First European Conference on Energy Efficiency and Behaviour will be held in Maastricht, the Netherlands, October 18-20. The conference is organised by SenterNovem and will feature 80 papers from Europe and beyond. Three of these are by CHANGING BEHAVIOR:

Feenstra, Backhaus (ECN) & Heiskanen (NCRC): How to change consumers’ energy-related behaviour? Improving demand side management programmes via an action research approach

Heiskanen (NCRC), Mourik, Feenstra & Pariag (ECN): Beyond Individual Behaviour Change – Why and How?

Steinestel, Maier, Meinel & Sieverding (VZ-NRW): Changing behaviour of energy consumers and motivating private investments in energy efficiency by individual and neutral on site energy consultancy for private house owners