Tailor-Made Feedback to Reduce Residential Electricity Consumption: The Effect of Information on Household Lifestyle in Japan

Ozawa, Akihito; Furusato, Ryota; Yoshida, Yoshikuni

doi:10.3390/su9040528

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“…(Schultz et al 2007, Allcott 2011, Ayres et al 2013, Costa and Kahn 2013, Carroll et al 2014, Ozawa et al 2017, Sudarshan 2017. Some interventions avoided the issue of the 'boomerang effect' (where low energy users realize that their peers are less efficient and begin increasing consumption) by making a comparison to an efficient neighbour of similar characteristics, rather than an average neighbour (Ayres et al 2013, Asensio and Delmas 2015).…”

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Measuring what works: quantifying greenhouse gas emission reductions of behavioural interventions to reduce driving, meat consumption, and household energy use

Wynes

Nicholas

Zhao

et al. 2018

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Interventions that promote pro-environmental behaviours are increasingly necessary in reducing use of high-emissions goods and services to meet international climate change targets. Here we assess the greenhouse gas emissions reductions associated with behavioural interventions in three high-emitting domains (personal vehicle use, meat consumption, and household energy use) based on an analysis of the peer-reviewed literature. We examined 40 studies from 1991-2018 involving 886 576 subjects. We found that some of the most robust interventions shown to reduce emissions were financial incentives for personal vehicles, defaults for reduced meat consumption, and feedback for home energy use. We estimate mean annual reductions of 571 kgCO 2 e per vehicle driver for reduced vehicle use, 51 kgCO 2 e per individual for reduced meat consumption, and 149 kgCO 2 e per household for reduced energy use. Despite substantial attention to behavioural interventions in the literature, we find that few studies are suitable for quantifying emissions reductions (N=6 for diet, N=5 for personal vehicles) and few (N=3) are conducted outside OECD countries. Due to this imbalance in the literature, we focus our findings on western economies. We find substantial variation in the emission reductions achieved with different interventions within each domain; interventions in diet ranged from reductions of 231 kgCO 2 e to increases of 116 kgCO 2 e per person per year (both statistically significant). Further, emissions reductions are sensitive to external factors, such as the emissions intensity of the electrical grid, which may change over time. Key gaps in the literature include a lack of studies conducted using randomized controlled trials or follow-ups, and in high-impact areas for emissions reductions including air travel. We highlight promising areas of intervention, such as habit changes to promote mode shifts in personal transportation, which would benefit from an analysis of greenhouse gas emissions reductions in future research.

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Measuring what works: quantifying greenhouse gas emission reductions of behavioural interventions to reduce driving, meat consumption, and household energy use

Wynes

Nicholas

Zhao

et al. 2018

Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…Providing real-time feedback to households on their energy use is an incentive to reduce energy consumption (Ruokamo et al, 2022). Most of the information feedback is currently done through smart grid tools, or other monitoring tools (Kendel et al, 2017;Ozawa et al, 2017;Lazowski et al, 2018) combined with regression analysis, found the impact of energy feedback reports on household lifestyles, and contributed to a reduction in household electricity consumption. The economic incentives and government financial subsidy policies for reducing energy consumption, can motivate households to adopt energy efficiency measures and increase welfare (Vuelvas and Ruiz, 2017;Zhang G et al, 2021).…”

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Research on energy consumption in household sector: a comprehensive review based on bibliometric analysis

Wang,

Zhao,

Gao

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Front. Energy Res.

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Households are an important sector in carrying out human development activities, accounting for more than 30% of the total global energy consumption. The continued growth of household energy consumption (HEC) and carbon emissions is threatening economic and environmental sustainability. This review focuses on the research in the field of HEC and conducts a bibliometric analysis of research articles from the Web of Science Core Collection since 2000. The results show that: 1) HEC research has undergone rapid development since 2014, and interdisciplinary fusion and collaborative research have become dominant trends. 2) Keyword co-occurrence analysis clearly identifies the current urgent themes, including energy demand and its determinants, environmental impact factors and assessments, and energy-saving technologies and emission reduction measures. 3) The analysis of citations reveals that economic models, such as input-output models and life cycle assessment, are frequently employed in the field of HEC. Based on a summary of household energy-saving and emissions reduction work, this paper critically discusses the limitations of existing measures such as smart home technology, sustainable energy systems, and behavioral interventions. The main directions for promoting household energy-saving development in the future are identified: including improving the security and customer engagement of smart home technology, focusing on the availability and stability of sustainable energy, and paying more attention to low-income and aging households in behavioral intervention measures. One of the important obstacles facing research is how to reduce energy management efficiency and usage costs through technology and policy.

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Behavioral strategies and marketing interventions: policy recommendations and practical advice

Kowalska-Pyzalska

2024

Diffusion of Innovative Energy Services

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Tailor-Made Feedback to Reduce Residential Electricity Consumption: The Effect of Information on Household Lifestyle in Japan

Cited by 11 publications

References 52 publications

Measuring what works: quantifying greenhouse gas emission reductions of behavioural interventions to reduce driving, meat consumption, and household energy use

Measuring what works: quantifying greenhouse gas emission reductions of behavioural interventions to reduce driving, meat consumption, and household energy use

Research on energy consumption in household sector: a comprehensive review based on bibliometric analysis

Behavioral strategies and marketing interventions: policy recommendations and practical advice

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