Panel Panel 7. Human and Social Dimensions of Energy Use: Trends and Their Implications

Changing How People Think About Energy
Marjorie Isaacson, Community Energy Cooperative
Larry Kotewa, Community Energy Cooperative
Anthony Star, Community Energy Cooperative
Michael Ozog, Summit Blue Consulting

Fiddling with Thermostats
James Woods, Portland State University

Winning Hearts and Minds (and Air Conditioners): Marketing Demand Response to the Reluctant
Mark S. Martinez, Southern California Edison
Christine R. Geltz, Geltz Communications

Assessment of LIHEAP and WAP Program Participation and the Effects on Wisconsin's Low-Income Population: An Examination of Program Effects on Arrearage Levels and Payment Patterns
Johna Roth, TecMarket Works
Nick Hall, TecMarket Works

Solar Heating: Like Having a Nuclear Power Plant in the Wardrobe? An Analysis of How People Living with an Alternative Energy System Experience this New Technology
Erica Löfström, Linköping University, Department of Technology and Social Change

Looking at Lifestyle: The Impacts of American Ways of Life on Energy/Resource Demands and Pollution Patterns
Loren Lutzenhiser, Portland State University
Susan Lutzenhiser, Portland State University

Adoption Issues for Automatic Demand Response Program by a Multinational Company
Chris Shockman, Shockman Consulting
Juozas Abaravicius, Lund University
Mary Ann Piette, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Why Comprehensive Residential Energy Efficiency Retrofits Are Undervalued
Robert L. Knight, Bevilacqua-Knight Inc.
Loren Lutzenhiser, Lutzenhiser Associates
Susan Lutzenhiser, Lutzenhiser Associates

Effectiveness of Displaying Energy Consumption Data in Residential Buildings: To Know Is to Change
Tsuyoshi Ueno, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
Kiichiro Tsuji, Osaka University
Yukio Nakano, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

Measuring the Success Rate of ECMs in New Construction
Lara Greden, The Weidt Group
Prasad Vaidya, The Weidt Group
James Douglas, The Weidt Group
Tom McDougall, The Weidt Group
David Eijadi, The Weidt Group
Richard Walker, MidAmerican Energy
Fredrick Leuthauser, MidAmerican Energy

The Effects of Household Characteristics and Energy Use Consciousness on the Effectiveness of Real-Time Energy Use Feedback: A Pilot Study
Daisy Allen, Oberlin College
Kathryn Janda, Oberlin College

Modeling Firms' Energy-Efficiency Investment Drivers in Commercial Buildings
Catherine Cooremans, HEC, University of Geneva

A Retrofit for Sustainability: Meeting Occupants' Needs within Environmental Limits
Andreas Hermelink, University of Kassel, Center for Environmental Systems Research

Quantifying the Rebound Effects of Energy Efficiency and Energy Conserving Behaviour in Sweden
Jonas Nässén, Chalmers University of Technology, Physical Resource Theory
John Holmberg, Chalmers University of Technology, Physical Resource Theory

Reducing Standby Consumption in Households: By Means of Communication or Technology?
Kirsten Gram-Hanssen, Danish Building Research Institute
Erik Gudbjerg, Lokalenergi A/S

Using Scenario Analysis to Forecast Long-Term Residential Electric Energy Consumption in California
Alan North, Itron, Inc.
Michael Rufo, Itron, Inc.

The Parable of the Frog: Introducing New Temperature Regimes in Multifamily Housing
Michael Bobker, Association for Energy Affordability
Da-Wei Huang, Association for Energy Affordability
Daniel Harris, Association for Energy Affordability

Actual Versus Perceived Energy Savings: Results from a Low-Income Weatherization Program
John Gardner, Skumatz Economic Research Associates, Inc.
Lisa A. Skumatz, Skumatz Economic Research Associates, Inc.

Redefining Homework: Are the Green Schools Program Students Taking Energy Efficiency Home with Them?
Doug Bruchs, Quantec, LLC
Michelle Levy, Quantec, LLC
Swarupa Ganguli, Alliance to Save Energy

The Commercial Energy Consumer: About Whom Are We Speaking?
Christopher Payne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Don't Supersize Me! Toward a Policy of Consumption-Based Energy Efficiency
Jeffrey Harris, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Rick Diamond, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Maithili Iyer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Christopher Payne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Carl Blumstein, University of California Energy Institute

Assessing the Needs of California's Low-Income Population
Kathleen Gaffney, KEMA, Inc.

Sociological Perspectives on Energy Efficiency Program Efforts to Promote the Adoption of High Technology Diagnostics by HVAC Technicians
Rachael Shwom, Michigan State University
John Taylor, Consortium for Energy Efficiency