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wEnergy: A Field Experiment on Energy Consumption and Social Feedback

Authors:
Anders Dalén
Timm Teubner
Christof Weinhardt

Keywords: social feedback; energy consumption; smart metering; experimental economics; field study.

Abstract:
This paper presents the work-in-progress research project wEnergy. The aim of the project is the conception, execution and evaluation of a medium-scale field experiment on the impact of different forms of feedback on electricity consumption in private households. The 45 participating households (students' shared apartments) will be equipped with a non-intrusive and low cost sensor device. Energy consumption is then tracked in a high timely resolution and fed back live to the participants through the project website. After a calibration phase, the actual experiment begins. We employ a between-subject design to test the effect of a) feedback on one's own current and historic consumption (control) versus b) social feedback, comprising the consumption data of a peer group of households (treatment).

Pages: 65 to 68

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: June 24, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4227

ISBN: 978-1-61208-206-6

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from June 24, 2012 to June 29, 2012