By HDK / Published on Wed, 2009-08-05 15:26
Customers want a reliable, affordable and sustainable electricity supply. Over the years the emphasis between these three items have been shifted.
What do you expect that customers will value most in the future electricity supply? We welcome your comments and votes on this question.
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Wed, 2008-11-05 12:34
Will energy efficiency always fail to win its case through the consultation process?
Jacky Pett, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
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By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Thu, 2008-04-17 09:35
Lack of understanding of terminology and technology
Consumers are aware that they could do more in terms of energy conservation and efficiency. However, they almost always lack the necessary knowledge on the subject to know which actions are appropriate to take. This includes even the most basic terminology; often it is not properly understood. Moreover, consumers generally perceive green technology as expensive, ugly, and hard to use. These are the main conclusions of the first two EcoPinion surveys conducted by Ecoalign.
Ecoalign is a U.S. strategic marketing agency with a mission to align consumer behaviour with energy and environmental needs. In recent months, they have executed a series of surveys throughout the U.S. mapping the consumer’s view of green energy.
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By Sergio Ferreira / Published on Mon, 2007-12-10 19:00
After all the policies, all the incentives and programs to support energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, it all depends on one single entity: the user. This becomes even more evident when talking about households.
The Open University in the UK, through its Design Innovation Group, realised this and conducted research to investigate the patterns of adoption of household renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies by consumers. Two reports were recently published:
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By Anne Rialhe / Published on Wed, 2007-10-03 16:23
By Anne Rialhe, AERE & Pascal Lenormand, Incub
Part 1 - Lighting & Human Life
This is the first article in a series of three in which we will focus on the relationship between lighting and human life. This topic is much broader than merely ‘ensuring vision’. After defining some important terms and measurement units, we will discuss how the quality of lighting interacts with and effects human behaviour.
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By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Tue, 2006-11-28 08:30
Providing facts and hands-on tips
‘You can make a difference!’ That’s what people are told all the time. But the real question is how? There are often gaps in the information people receive as well as misinformation or just plain contradictory information. There are also those kinds of messages that are pushed down people’s throat.
To provide consumers with correct, neutral, and digestible information on sustainable energy, the British independent energy consumer organization energywatch created energyfuture.
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Thu, 2006-04-06 06:54
Via Gilberto Jannuzzi's blog (in Portuguese), we learn about another study Energy Efficiency and Job Creation (in English). This may be one of the more robust investigations on the subject. It concludes that a high efficiency scenario for the United States could create over a million jobs, create over 28 billion/year of income and save over 20 Quads of energy (1 Quad = 25 Mtoe).
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