{"id":41944,"date":"2024-01-18T09:19:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T09:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=41944"},"modified":"2024-01-18T09:19:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T09:19:01","slug":"using-behavioural-interventions-to-create-energy-saving-incentives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/using-behavioural-interventions-to-create-energy-saving-incentives\/41944\/","title":{"rendered":"How can behavioural interventions be used to create energy-saving incentives for consumers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the pursuit of sustainable energy practices, the NUDGE project undertook a comprehensive exploration, employing surveys to inform five field initiatives aimed at testing diverse energy-saving behavioural interventions.<\/h2>\n

Operating in five distinct EU countries and catering to diverse demographics and energy contexts, the project employed behavioural interventions to tackle challenges such as increasing self-consumption, improving energy knowledge, optimising electric vehicle charging, and reducing various forms of energy consumption.<\/p>\n

The pilot projects sequentially implemented nudging interventions, combining feedback, awareness, gamification, goal setting, push notifications, and educational approaches to influence energy behaviours.<\/p>\n

Concrete solutions investigated<\/h3>\n

The results of the survey were used in the subsequent phases of the NUDGE project<\/a>, which involved the design and implementation of five field initiatives (pilots) to test a wide range of energy-saving behavioural interventions.<\/p>\n

The pilots targeted consumers in 5 different EU countries (Greece, Belgium, Germany, Portugal and Croatia), in different environments (residential, energy communities, schools), belonging to different age groups (including young children), belonging to different income classes (low, medium, high), served by different energy carriers (electricity, natural gas), with the inclusion of prosumers and drivers of electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

Specifically, the pilots aimed at:<\/p>\n