TY  - GEN
AU  - Abrahamse, Wokje
AU  - Steg, Linda
AU  - Vlek, Charles
AU  - Rothengatter, Talib
AU  - Abrahamse, Wokje
AU  - Steg, Linda
AU  - Vlek, Charles
AU  - Rothengatter, Talib
LA  - eng
CN  - ENP-476d839f-f30d-4866-acd8-c6fed1b80fb2
TI  - The effect of tailored information, goal setting, and tailored feedback on household energy use, energy-related behaviors, and behavioral antecedents
PY  - 2007
AB  - In this multidisciplinary study, an Internet-based tool Was used to encourage households (N = 189) to reduce their direct (gas, electricity and fuel) and indirect energy use (embedded in the production, transportation and disposal of consumer goods). A combination of tailored information, goal setting (5\textbackslash% more energy. Households exposed to the interventions saved significantly more direct energy than households in the control group did. No difference in indirect energy savings emerged. Households exposed to the interventions adopted a number of energy-saving behaviors during the course of the study, whereas households in the control group did so to a lesser extent. Households exposed to the interventions had significantly higher knowledge levels of energy conservation than the control group had. It is argued that if the aim is to effectively encourage household energy conservation, it is necessary to examine changes in energy use, energy-related behaviors and behavioral antecedents. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
ER  -