Behavior and Human Dimensions of Energy Use Program

Understanding peoples’ choices is a key part of the climate mitigation puzzle. Learning what motivates or inhibits climate action and energy conservation can teach us how to improve policy or enact change in the absence of policy. ACEEE is researching ways users can change their behavior to save energy, and ways that these behaviors can be encouraged and amplified.

• BECC CONFERENCE
  The Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference (BECC) is the premier conference focused on understanding human behavior and decision making and using that knowledge to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future. Since 2007, BECC has fostered understanding individual and organizational behavior and decision making related to energy usage, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, and sustainability. Beginning in 2019, BECC has run a webinar series featuring prominent speakers and researchers in the field of behavior change for energy conservation and climate mitigation. Below is a selection of those webinar presentations. For more information about the BECC conference or webinar series, visit beccconference.org
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• TIP SHEETS FOR ENERGY PROFESSIONALS
  At ACEEE, we believe behavioral science should be accessible and applicable by all. This is why we’ve created a few tips sheets for energy professionals in the field. We released these tips sheets alongside reports to provide quick easy-to-follow suggestions for experts who could use the information.
  
  1) Tip Sheet for Home Energy Assessors: How to Talk about Home Energy Upgrades
  2) Effective Home Energy Audit Reports
  
  
 

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