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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hayes, Steven C.
• Cone, John D.

Titel

REDUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY THROUGH SIMPLE MONTHLY FEEDBACK

Ist Teil von

• Journal of applied behavior analysis, 1981, Vol.14 (1), p.81-88

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

1981

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Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Feedback has been widely used in efforts to control the consumption of electricity. Previous efforts, however, have used forms of feedback that seem economically impractical. The present study examined the effects of a feasible program of monthly feedback. Forty matched nonvolunteer participants were randomly divided into two groups: a no‐contact control group and a monthly feedback group. In an A‐B‐A design, the data showed a clear decrease in electricity consumption for the feedback group during the feedback phase. The effect was maintained during a 4‐mo intervention period. Withdrawal of the feedback was associated with a return to higher levels of electricity consumption.