Staats, H., van Leeuwen, E., & Wit, A. (2000).
A longitudinal study of informational interventions to save energy in an office building.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
33, 101-104.
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.
DESCRIPTORS: _energy conservation, informational interventions,
behavior maintenance, office buildings