Public perceptions of energy consumption and savings

By Shahzeen Z. Attari, M. DeKay, Cliff I. Davidson, W. Bruine de Bruin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010

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Subfields: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science

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Saving Power to Conserve Your Reputation? The Effectiveness of Private versus Public Information (2012, unknown): “Moreover, Attari et al. (2010) found similar results in a national survey, with survey respondents underestimating “energy use and savings by a factor of 2.”
How social norms are often a barrier to addressing climate change but can be part of the solution (2020, background): “Even within familiar contexts like home energy conservation, people often do not know which actions are consequential (Attari et al., 2010).”
Consumers' Perceptions and Misperceptions of Energy Costs (2011, background): “2007) and that beliefs may have particular systematic biases (Shahzeen Z. Attari et al. 2010).”
The dynamics of behavior change: Evidence from energy conservation (2016, background): “This finding is consistent with the work of Attari et al. (2010) that highlights the importance of consumer perception and cognitive ability on the effectiveness of environmental behaviors.”
Design principles for global commons: Natural resources and emerging technologies (2011, background): “Households often have mistaken impressions of which actions have the greatest impact (e.g. Attari et al. 2010); lack access to funds for investing in energy efficient technologies; and face major obstacles in terms of the cognitive effort required to make wellinformed decisions, find competent…”
For better or for worse? Empirical evidence of moral licensing in a behavioral energy conservation campaign (2013, background): “This might be amplified by the general public’s poor understanding of the energy consumption impact associated with different behaviors (Attari et al., 2010): people might invoke”
Feel good, stay green: Positive affect promotes pro-environmental behaviors and mitigates compensatory “mental bookkeeping” effects (2018, unknown): “Scenarios were adapted from items and behaviors used in previous work on pro-environmental behavior (Attari, DeKay, Davidson, & de Bruin, 2010; Kaiser & Wilson, 2000; Lee, Kim, Kim, & Choi, 2014).”
Information Strategies and Energy Conservation Behavior: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Studies from 1975 to 2012 (2013, unknown): “Because most individuals have low awareness about their energy usage or its impacts (Attari et al, 2010; Kempton and Montgomery, 1982; Read et al., 1994), periodical energy use reminders, may render energy usage more salient and help trigger conservation activities.”