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The Impact of Incentives on Employees to Change Thermostat Settings—A Field Study

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dc.abstract.enWhen looking for energy-saving solutions, one should bear in mind the savings that can be obtained through behavioral changes. The article shows that a simple incentive can have a statistically significant impact on employees’ pro-ecological behavior. First, the introduction refers to the general perspective of striving for a global implementation of the Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs). Additionally, the stakeholders’ point of view is presented, based on reports submitted to the Responsible Business Forum competition (Poland). The two motivating trends are referenced, which include increasing the contribution of powering office buildings to the overall energy demand and increasing the appreciation of behavioral changes as alternatives or complements to technological solutions in pursuit of the SDGs. The following sections of the article present an experiment carried out at one faculty of the University of Warsaw, which consisted of checking the effect of the incentive to lower the temperature in offices after working hours on the actual change in the behavior of the employees. After several weeks of observation of end-of-day thermostat settings in several dozen offices, a statistically significant effect was found. This proves that even simple incentives can lead to pro-ecological behavioral changes.
dc.affiliationUniwersytet Warszawski
dc.contributor.authorZalewska, Mariola
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-26T10:16:53Z
dc.date.available2024-01-26T10:16:53Z
dc.date.copyright2021-08-27
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.accesstimeAT_PUBLICATION
dc.description.financeŚrodki finansowe, o których mowa w art. 365 pkt. 2 ustawy
dc.description.number17
dc.description.versionFINAL_PUBLISHED
dc.description.volume14
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/EN14175315
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.uw.edu.pl//handle/item/122458
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/17/5315/htm
dc.languageeng
dc.pbn.affiliationmanagement and quality studies
dc.relation.ispartofEnergies
dc.relation.pages1-14
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.subject.enenergy saving
dc.subject.enchanges in workplace behavior
dc.subject.enknowledge sharing
dc.subject.enfield experiment
dc.subject.ensustainable development
dc.titleThe Impact of Incentives on Employees to Change Thermostat Settings—A Field Study
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication