Turn down your thermostats – A contribution to overcoming the European gas crisis? The example of Germany

Sperber, Evelyn; Frey, Ulrich; Bertsch, Valentin

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e23974

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“…Due to the large number of private households, even slight changes in household temperatures have a significant impact on emissions. Sperber et al [41] looked at the effects of lowering setpoint temperatures on CO 2 emissions and gas consumption in single-family houses in Germany. Their calculations suggest that reducing temperature setpoints by 2 to 4 • C could save 14 to 30 Terawatt-hour per year (TWh/a) of natural gas and induce CO 2 savings of 3 to 6 Metric tons per year (Mt/a).…”

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Thermostat Anchors: Do Temperature Scale Characteristics Affect the Selection of Temperature Setpoints for Residential Homes?

Reimer,

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Loaiza-Ramírez

et al. 2024

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Characteristics of scales, such as the labels that are used on scales, have been shown to affect judgments. The scale-dependency hypothesis predicts specific effects of the properties of a temperature scale on residents’ choices of temperature setpoints. Based on the literature on anchoring in judgment and decision making, we assessed the effects of the displayed current temperature, midpoint, range, and increment of temperature scales on the selection of setpoint temperatures for residential homes. Participants (N = 384) were asked to imagine that they work as a manager of a residential apartment complex and to select, in this function, setpoint temperatures for incoming residents. The experiment revealed independent effects of the current temperature as well as the midpoint and range of the used scale on the selected setpoints. The scale increment did not systematically affect the chosen temperatures.

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