Faced with a growing sense of urgency to combat climate change, environmental policy is
increasingly turning to alternative policy instruments. One method for boosting green …

An appropriate level of human-robot trust is considered a necessary precondition for
successful human-robot interaction (HRI). With collaborative robots (cobots) entering …

Carbon taxes are frequently advocated as a means of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions, yet their political feasibility remains a challenge. To enhance their political …

Decades after wind energy has taken hold in many developed countries, social scientists
are beginning to understand the complex story of what causes differentiated responses to …

Coal-fired power generation is the single most important source of carbon dioxide emissions
in many countries, including Germany. A government commission recently proposed to …

Households are key actors in decarbonizing our economy, especially when it comes to
investments in a decentralized energy system, such as solar photovoltaics (PV). The …

Through a review of the experimental research in environmental communication, we
examine the claim that tailoring message characteristics (eg, framing) to match audience …

The wider diffusion of solar photovoltaics (PV) is crucial to lower the environmental impact of
the residential sector, which is responsible for a large share of energy consumption in many …

Planned water reuse is a viable way to increase potable water supplies for the growing
human population and industrialization; however, consumers' low acceptance of treated …

Building electrification is the movement to shift building operational energy use from fossil
fuels toward electricity. It has been pursued mainly to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) …