http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/27/the-psychology-of-saving-energy-alex-laskey-at-ted2013/ The TED Blog shares interesting news about TED, TEDTalks video, the TED Prize and more. Fri, 24 May 2013 22:08:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/27/the-psychology-of-saving-energy-alex-laskey-at-ted2013/comment-page-1/#comment-38097 Sat, 11 May 2013 06:02:37 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=70160#comment-38097 […] use less of these precious resources but can also help us learn more about human behavior. In fact Alex Laskey of Opower showed that psychology of saving energy is driven by social pressure rather than cost savings or […]

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/27/the-psychology-of-saving-energy-alex-laskey-at-ted2013/comment-page-1/#comment-34800 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:06:54 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=70160#comment-34800 [...] TED Blog “The locals who heard the message that 77% of their neighbors turned down their A/C, Also turned down their AC, creating a marked difference in energy consumption. As Laskey says, ‘If something is inconvenient, even if we believe it, persuasion won’t work. But social pressure? That’s powerful stuff.’” [...]

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/27/the-psychology-of-saving-energy-alex-laskey-at-ted2013/comment-page-1/#comment-34099 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:48:13 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=70160#comment-34099 When will the video of the talk be posted?

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/27/the-psychology-of-saving-energy-alex-laskey-at-ted2013/comment-page-1/#comment-32063 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:02:31 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=70160#comment-32063 [...] Results of the original pilot were not overly encouraging, so the team had to get a bit creative in its revised approach. For more information, see the TED Blog post titled The Psychology of Saving Energy: Alex Laskey at TED2013. [...]

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/27/the-psychology-of-saving-energy-alex-laskey-at-ted2013/comment-page-1/#comment-31927 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:21:37 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=70160#comment-31927 [...] Although a video of this TED Talk has not been produced yet, a brief outline of the presentation can be found at this post: The psychology of saving energy: Alex Laskey at TED2013. [...]

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/27/the-psychology-of-saving-energy-alex-laskey-at-ted2013/comment-page-1/#comment-31914 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:16:10 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=70160#comment-31914 [...] could potentially improve the quality of life for every person on Earth. Alex Laskey spoke about changing the way that people think about energy. If we checked out energy use just like we check our phone every few hours, how much could we save [...]

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/27/the-psychology-of-saving-energy-alex-laskey-at-ted2013/comment-page-1/#comment-31551 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:28:06 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=70160#comment-31551 [...] The psychology of saving energy: Alex Laskey at TED2013 [...]

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