A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF INFORMATIONAL INTERVENTIONS TO SAVE ENERGY IN AN OFFICE BUILDING

Abstract

Informational interventions were employed to promote two behaviors relevant for efficient heating of individual offices in a large office building. In two successive winter seasons, interventions were applied during 4‐week periods. Short‐term effects were assessed weekly, and long‐term effects were assessed 1 year after each of the two intervention periods. Improvements were observed in each intervention period, with partial behavior maintenance 1 year later. The changes observed in the individual offices across conditions are suggestive of the program's capacity to correct relapses in earlier proenvironmental behavior.