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Raising the AC temperature in the tropics

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dc.contributor.authorKoch, Ingrid
dc.contributor.authorLim, Noah
dc.contributor.authorSomasundaram, Jeeva
dc.contributor.funderNational University of Singapore
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-08T13:14:12Z
dc.date.available2024-07-08T13:14:12Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractIn tropical countries,air conditioners (ACs) account for a significant fraction of energy consumption. We conduct a randomized control trial to examine how people can best be induced to raise their AC temperature by 2 °C over time,to reduce energy consumption. Subjects were randomly assigned to (1) raise the AC temperature gradually,by 1 °C in period 1 and an additional 1 °C in period 2; (2) increase the temperature by 2 °C in one go during period 2; or (3) a no-incentive control condition. We find that raising AC temperatures gradually worked better in achieving higher AC temperatures during the intervention and post-intervention periods. Energy consumption data confirmed that these higher AC temperatures translated into energy savings. Our findings demonstrate the effectiveness of gradual targets to initiate and sustain behavioral change in energy conservation and other related domains. © 2023
dc.description.fundingtypeWe thank Teck-Hua Ho for his extensive feedback and support during all stages of the project. We also thank Dmitry Taubinsky and Sharon Ng for their helpful discussion in the project's early stages. We acknowledge the help rendered by NUS research assistants with the data collection. We also thank the NUS administration for allowing us to conduct the experiment on the campus. We also thanks the Future resilient systems, Singapore ETH centre for the funding support.
dc.description.keywordAC temperature
dc.description.keywordEnergy conservation
dc.description.keywordGradual targets
dc.description.keywordIncentives
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dc.identifier.citationSomasundaram, J., Koch, I., & Lim, N. (2023). Raising the AC temperature in the tropics, one degree at a time. Energy Economics, 128, 107191.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.107191
dc.identifier.issn1409883
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85177619298&doi=10.1016%2fj.eneco.2023.107191&partnerID=40&md5=40b15e9ceddd27d819a17089b34eeb90
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3012
dc.journal.titleEnergy Economics
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relation.departmentOperations & Business Analytics
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.schoolIE Business School
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectAC temperature; Energy conservation; Gradual targets; Incentives
dc.subject.keywordAC temperature
dc.subject.keywordEnergy conservation
dc.subject.keywordGradual targets
dc.subject.keywordIncentives
dc.subject.otherAir conditioning
dc.subject.otherEnergy utilization
dc.subject.otherTropics
dc.subject.otherAir conditioner
dc.subject.otherAir conditioner temperature
dc.subject.otherCondition
dc.subject.otherEnergy-consumption
dc.subject.otherGradual target
dc.subject.otherIncentive
dc.subject.otherIncentive control
dc.subject.otherRandomized control trials
dc.subject.otherReduce energy consumption
dc.subject.otherTropical countries
dc.subject.otherEnergy conservation
dc.subject.otherair conditioning
dc.subject.otherenergy use
dc.subject.otherhigh temperature
dc.subject.otherincentive
dc.subject.othertropical region
dc.titleRaising the AC temperature in the tropics
dc.titleone degree at a time
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dc.volume.number128
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