Show me the impact: Communicating “behavioral impact message” to promote pro-environmental consumer behavior

X Sheng, X Zhang, X Zhou - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2023 - Elsevier
Showing the impact of pro-environmental behavior is crucial to its adoption. In this paper, we
introduce behavioral impact messages, which attempt to persuade people by displaying …

Understanding the financial incentive conundrum: A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of financial incentive interventions in promoting energy conservation behavior

D Sloot, B Scheibehenne - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Household energy conservation plays an important role in the mitigation of greenhouse gas
emissions and the transition towards a sustainable energy system. Financial incentives have …

Carbon savings, fun, and money: The effectiveness of multiple motives for eco-driving and green charging with electric vehicles in Germany

J Kramer, L Riza, T Petzoldt - Energy Research & Social Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Electric vehicles can contribute to CO 2 emission reduction significantly because these
vehicles can be charged with renewable energy (green charging). Second, these vehicles …

[HTML][HTML] Explaining and promoting participation in demand response programs: the role of rational and moral motivations among German energy consumers

D Sloot, N Lehmann, A Ardone - Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Demand response programs aim to increase flexibility in electricity consumption. Yet, their
success hinges on a sufficient level of consumer participation, which makes it important to …

The role of community in understanding involvement in community energy initiatives

F Goedkoop, D Sloot, L Jans, J Dijkstra… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Community energy initiatives are set up by volunteers in local communities to promote
sustainable energy behaviors and help to facilitate a sustainable energy transition. A key …

Does energy community membership change sustainable attitudes and behavioral patterns? Empirical evidence from community wind energy in Germany

J Radtke, Ö Yildiz, L Roth - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Community energy is seen as a hel** hand for local, decentralized energy transition.
Besides the main goal of supporting the community-friendly and socially acceptable …

Environmental, altruistic, or monetary benefits? A longitudinal online experiment on how framed behavioral consequences affect self-reported eco-driving of German …

J Kramer, T Petzoldt - Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Framing interventions that emphasize behavioral consequences are currently gaining
prominence for promoting pro-environmental behaviors like eco-driving. Eco-driving …

[HTML][HTML] Negotiating Dutch citizen-led district heating projects: Managing internal, external, and material networks to achieve successful implementation

T van der Schoor, HJ Van der Windt - Energy Research & Social Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Community energy can be conceptualized as a social movement, which aims to develop a
sustainable, democratic, and localist energy system. Community energy organizations often …

Evaluating the effect of framing energy consumption in terms of losses versus gains on air-conditioner use: a field experiment in a student dormitory in Japan

S Iwasaki, S Franssens, S Dewitte, F Lange - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Promoting energy conservation in university dormitories is challenging because student
residents are typically charged a flat utility fee. One possibility to curb excessive energy use …

Promoting pro-environmental gardening practices: Field experimental evidence for the effectiveness of biospheric appeals

F Lange, Z Hermans, J De Koster… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pro-environmental gardening practices can help to address climate change and biodiversity
loss. However, little is known about how urban garden owners can be motivated to engage …