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Evaluating the impact of energy interventions: home audits vs. community events
New Zealand’s housing stock tends to be of low thermal quality that can adversely affect the health and well-being of occupants as well as costing more than necessary to heat. Householders need information and motivation ...
Generation Y mobilities through the lens of energy cultures: a preliminary exploration of mobility cultures
The generation Y mobility changes could present an opportunity to facilitate a transition towards a more sustainable mobility paradigm (Banister, 2008). This cohort recently overtook the Baby Boomer generation as the largest ...
The Usability Perception Scale (UPscale): A Measure for Evaluating Feedback Displays
This paper proposes and tests the Usability Perception Scale (UPscale), developed to evaluate the perceived usability of eco-feedback. This tool builds on previous system usability scales and includes sub-scales for ease ...
Generation Y mobilities through the lens of energy cultures: a preliminary exploration of mobility cultures
Automobility has dominated transport patterns in developed countries for over 50 years (Urry, 2004 and Geels et al., 2011). However recent data have indicated changing patterns of generation Y mobility behaviours (Delbosc ...
Socio-technical barriers to the use of energy-efficient timber drying technology in New Zealand
This study of industrial energy behaviours identifies barriers to the use of energy-efficient drying technology in the New Zealand timber industry, and explores these barriers through the “energy cultures” lens. Vented ...
Energy feedback technology: a review and taxonomy of products and platforms
Feedback is a promising strategy for energy conservation, and many energy feedback products (i.e. technologies with hardware) and platforms (i.e. technologies without hardware) have emerged on the market in recent years. ...
Conceptualizing transport transitions: Energy Cultures as an organizing framework
The dominance of fossil fuel-powered transport systems presents a serious risk to human well-being and the natural environment. Transitioning to a low-carbon transport system requires changes to many dimensions of transport, ...
Public perceptions of wind energy developments: Case studies from New Zealand
Although the public generally hold positive attitudes towards wind energy, proposals for the construction of new wind farms are often met with strong resistance. In New Zealand, where the government has recently introduced ...
The suitability of a feed-in tariff for wind energy in New Zealand : a study based on stakeholders’ perspectives
New Zealand (NZ) aims to expand the deployment of wind energy as one means to achieve 90% of electricity generation from renewables by 2025 and in addition to reduce green house gas (GHG) emissions. Due to electricity ...