This paper examines the potential net benefit of demand-side management for climate-friendly electricity production systems: how will alternative load profiles impact total system cost of electricity generation? To answer this question, we have constructed an electricity system for Europe where...

We use a field experiment on energy billing in a German region to evaluate the effect of two behavioral nudges (consumption feedback and social comparison) on electricity consumption. Similar experiments have revealed significant treatment effects, yet the individual variance has proven...

We have accepted and promoted energy conservation policies in an unquestioning way. Perhaps it is the catchword, "conservation," and the mythology which surrounds it which have generated the unfounded enthusiasm. After all, who can be against conservation?

A growing number of policies and programs aim to increase investment in energy efficiency, because conventional wisdom suggests that people fail to take-up these investments even though they have positive private returns and generate environmental benefits. Many explanations for this energy...