Volume 8 - Human Dimensions of Energy Consumption
Panel 8 Introduction
Air Conditioning in the Tropics: Cool Comfort or Cultural Conditioning?
Lawrence Agbemabiese, Kofi Berko, Jr. and Peter du Pont, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy,
University of Delaware
Does the Air-Conditioning Engineering Rubric Work in Residences?
Karl Brown, California Institute for Energy Efficiency; Carl Blumstein, University of California Energy Institute; Loren Lutzenhiser, Washington State University; Bruce Hackett, University of California at Davis; Y. Joe Huang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
User Satisfaction with Innovative Cooling Retrofits in Sacramento Public Housing
Rick Diamond, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; Jim Remus, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Authority; Bruce Vincent, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Reality Check: Comparing Policymaker Perceptions with Consumer Energy Behavior
Peter T. duPont and Deirdre Lord, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware
How Customers Interpret and Use Comparative Graphics of Their Energy Use
Christine Egan, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware; Willett Kempton, College of Marine Studies and Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware; Anita Eide, Deirdre Lord and Christopher Payne, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware
Quantifying Occupant Energy Behavior Using Pattern Analysis Techniques
Ashley F. Emery, University of Washington; Lisa M. Gartland, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Energy and Environmental Awareness in Swedish and American Households
Rita J. Erickson, University of Minnesota
Consumer Choice of Energy Using Durables—Competing Interpretations
Kevin B. Fitzgerald, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Persistence Happens
Patrice Ignelzi, Pacific Consulting Services; Marian Brown, Southern California Edison
Are Energy Savings Due to Ceiling Fans Just Hot Air?
Patrick W. James, Florida Power and Light; Jeffrey K. Sonne, Robin K. Vieira, Danny S. Parker and Michael T. Anello, Florida Solar Energy Center
Advertising, Customer Awareness and Energy Conserving Behavior
Gerry P. Keane and Kenneth H. Tiedemann, B.C. Hydro
Improving the Energy Efficiency of Buildings in Kyrghyzstan
Michael Lorsbach and Georg Narciss, Friedemann & Johnson Consultants GmbH; Erkin Kaparovich Boronbaev, Kyrghyz Institute for Architecture and Construction
Coordinated Contractors and Contracting Knowledge: The Organizational Structure of
Energy Efficiency Research and Development in the United States and the United
Kingdom
Loren Lutzenhiser, Washington State University; Elizabeth Shove, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom
Social Meanings of Electric Light: A Different History of the United States
Mithra Moezzi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Life Style Perspectives in the Danish Energy Plan
Lene Nielsen, Joergen Abildgaard, Peter Gundelach, Ole Michael Jensen, Grete Korremann, and Jeppe Laessoee, Ministry of Environment and Energy
Commercial and Industrial Customer Perceptions of Electric End-Use Consumption: A
Comparison with Audit-Based Estimates
Andrew Parece and Thomas Michelman, Xenergy, Inc.; Dinesh Bhagani, Northeast Utilities
Central Air Conditioner Usage Patterns in Low-Income Housing in a Hot and Humid
Climate: Influences on Energy Use and Peak Demand
Danny S. Parker, Stephen F. Barkaszi, Jr., John R. Sherwin, and C. Steven Richardson, Florida Solar Energy
Center
Behavioral Aspects of Lighting and Occupancy Sensors in Private Offices: A Case Study
of a University Office Building
Scott Pigg, Energy Center of Wisconsin; Mark Eilers, Independent Consultant; John Reed, TecMRKT Works
Completing the Conservation Cycle: Customer Education and Customer Satisfaction
Philip Scherzer, SESCO, Inc.
People in the Greenhouse Environment: International Comparison of Indicators of CO2
Emissions from Homes and Travel
Lee Schipper, International Energy Agency
The Rise and Decline of Energy Bureaucracies
Howard Schwartz, Washington State Energy Office
Big Stick or Bendy Stick? Regulating for Energy Efficiency
Elizabeth Shove and Sujatha Raman, Centre for the Study of Environmental Change Lancaster University, United Kingdom
How Contractors Really Size Air Conditioning Systems
Robin K. Vieira, Danny S. Parker, Jon F. Klongerbo, Jeffrey K. Sonne, and Jo Ellen Cummings, Florida Solar
Energy Center
Product Concept and Field Test of Green Marketing Programs
Richard O. Weijo and Douglas R. Boleyn, Portland General Electric
Predicting Heating and Cooling Energy Use in New California Houses
Saill White and Bruce Wilcox, Energy Solutions Unlimited
The Dynamics of Changing Japanese Energy Consumption Patterns and their
Implications for Sustainable Consumption
Harold Wilhite, Ressurskonsult; Hidetoshi Nakagami and Chiharu Murakoshi, Jynkankyo Research Institute