Abstract
Lights off behavior makes contribution to energy saving, meeting the realistic requirements of building a sustainable society. Several studies investigated the effectiveness of prompt on energy saving behavior, but few focused on how to make prompt more effective by “packaging”. In this current study, light-shaped prompt was designed with inspiration from light itself and 18 washrooms were studied in an ABAB-B method to verify whether the light-shaped visual prompt could promote lights off behaviors more than ordinary one, with a duration of 9 weeks, during which a one-week follow-up was conducted 4 weeks after ABAB was finished, to investigate the sustained effect of light-shaped visual prompt on lights off behaviors. Study showed that light-shaped visual prompt could exert more effective influence on lights off behaviors than the ordinary one. Individuals’ lights off behavior persisted throughout the follow-up period. This study provided a new perspective for improving the effectiveness of prompt. But further study on more well-designed visual prompt of diverse shape was necessary for the maximization of effectiveness and expanded application.
Highlights
Energy is vital to human survival and reproduction
Light-shaped prompt was designed with inspiration from light itself and 18 washrooms were studied in an ABAB-B method to verify whether the light-shaped visual prompt could promote lights off behaviors more than ordinary one, with a duration of 9 weeks, during which a one-week follow-up was conducted 4 weeks after ABAB was finished, to investigate the sustained effect of light-shaped visual prompt on lights off behaviors
No visual prompt was removed during the entire period, only one ordinary prompt dropped on floor during B1 and was re-pasted timely
Summary
Except industrial and commercial sectors, individual energy saving behavior is of great importance for reducing the environmental load and building a sustainable society. It is really both urgent and meaningful to promote energy saving behaviors of individuals. The key to improving this negative phenomenon is to promote lights off behaviors of individuals
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