Review of Serious Energy Games: Objectives, Approaches, Applications, Data Integration, and Performance Assessment

H Nasrollahi, I Lampropoulos, S Werning, A Belinskiy… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, serious energy games (SEGs) garnered increasing attention as an
innovative and effective approach to tackling energy-related challenges. This review delves …

Who prefers renewable energy? A moderated mediation model including perceived comfort and consumers' protected values in green energy adoption and …

JP Loaiza-Ramírez, T Reimer… - Energy research & social …, 2022 - Elsevier
Drawing from research on the halo effect and protected values, consumers' adoption
intentions and willingness to pay a premium for renewable energy were explored. Two …

Energy conservation at home: A critical review on the role of end-user behavior

L Marchi, J Gaspari - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The recent literature emphasizes the significance of occupants' behavior in shaping home
energy demand. Several policies have been defined and tools and technologies have been …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling of underlying social psychological effects on occupant energy-related behaviours

AS Weerasinghe, JOB Rotimi, EO Rasheed - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Occupant energy-related behaviour research practices based on objective factors may not
provide helpful insights that can derive from social sciences perspectives. This study …

Behavioral barriers to the use of renewable and energy-efficient technologies in residential buildings in Iran

M Kazemi, J Udall - Energy Efficiency, 2023 - Springer
In Iran, residential buildings contribute 28.4% to total energy consumption and 18.1% to total
carbon dioxide emissions. However, there are several barriers that hinder energy efficiency …

Human decision making during eco-feedback intervention in smart and connected energy-aware communities

H Kim, I Bilionis, P Karava, JE Braun - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Heating and cooling (HC) energy use is responsible for about 42% of the total annual
energy consumption of the average household in the US and it is significantly affected by …

The adoption and use of smart assistants in residential homes: The matching hypothesis

N Johnson, T Reimer - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
An increasing number of residential homes are equipped with smart assistants such as
Cortana, Alexa, and Siri. Adoption rates and the frequency of the usage of smart assistants …

Warm, moderate, or cool-liker? A benchmarking framework to characterize occupant overall thermal preferences based on large-scale thermostat data

K Chen, A Ghahramani - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Humans could exhibit distinct overall thermal preferences when exposed to identical indoor
thermal environments, leading to preference groups such as" warm-likers" or" cool-likers" …

Evaluating the effect of normative feedback on energy conservation in a shared space

J Zhu, MM Alam, R Liu, J Wang, Z Ding… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Normative feedback is considered a cost-effective solution for promoting energy
conservation in private homes. However, for occupants in a shared space, who have no or …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of mixed normative feedback strategies on residents' energy conservation in shared spaces

J Zhu, J Li, P Liu, Y Shang, Z Ding, MM Alam - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Normative feedback has been shown to be effective in reducing energy use, but its impact is
often temporary rather than sustained. To address this issue, mixed normative feedback …