Keeping up with the Joneses : examining community-level collaborative and competitive game mechanics to enhance houshold electricity-saving behaviour

Wemyss, Devon; Castri, Roberta; De Luca, Vanessa; Cellina, Francesca; Frick, Vivian; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Gabani Bianchi, Pamela; Hertach, Christian; Kuehn, Tobias; Carabias, Vincente

Publication type:	Conference paper
Type of review:	Peer review (abstract)
Title:	Keeping up with the Joneses : examining community-level collaborative and competitive game mechanics to enhance houshold electricity-saving behaviour
Authors:	Wemyss, Devon Castri, Roberta De Luca, Vanessa Cellina, Francesca Frick, Vivian Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn Gabani Bianchi, Pamela Hertach, Christian Kuehn, Tobias Carabias, Vincente
Conference details:	4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency, Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9 September 2016
Issue Date:	2016
Language:	English
Subjects:	Gamification; Intervention; Community-level; Electricity-saving behaviour; Household; Smart metering
Subject (DDC):	150: Psychology 333.79: Energy
Abstract:	To test the effectiveness of competitive and collaborative settings on engaging households, a mobile app, called Social Power, was developed to provide electricity meter feedback in two gamified environments. The project aims at stimulating social engagement and promoting behavioural change to save electricity at the household level by forming Teams of neighbours in two Swiss cities. The household participants are assigned to one of two teams: either a collaborative team where citizens in the same city try to reach a fixed, collective 10% electricity savings target together, or a competitive team which tries to save the most electricity in comparison to the other city.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/16631
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Management and Law
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Management and Law

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Wemyss, D., Castri, R., De Luca, V., Cellina, F., Frick, V., Lobsiger-Kägi, E., Gabani Bianchi, P., Hertach, C., Kuehn, T., & Carabias, V. (2016). Keeping up with the Joneses : examining community-level collaborative and competitive game mechanics to enhance houshold electricity-saving behaviour. 4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency, Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9 September 2016.

Wemyss, D. et al. (2016) ‘Keeping up with the Joneses : examining community-level collaborative and competitive game mechanics to enhance houshold electricity-saving behaviour’, in 4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency, Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9 September 2016.

D. Wemyss et al., “Keeping up with the Joneses : examining community-level collaborative and competitive game mechanics to enhance houshold electricity-saving behaviour,” in 4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency, Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9 September 2016, 2016.

WEMYSS, Devon, Roberta CASTRI, Vanessa DE LUCA, Francesca CELLINA, Vivian FRICK, Evelyn LOBSIGER-KÄGI, Pamela GABANI BIANCHI, Christian HERTACH, Tobias KUEHN und Vincente CARABIAS, 2016. Keeping up with the Joneses : examining community-level collaborative and competitive game mechanics to enhance houshold electricity-saving behaviour. In: 4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency, Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9 September 2016. Conference paper. 2016

Wemyss, Devon, Roberta Castri, Vanessa De Luca, Francesca Cellina, Vivian Frick, Evelyn Lobsiger-Kägi, Pamela Gabani Bianchi, Christian Hertach, Tobias Kuehn, and Vincente Carabias. 2016. “Keeping up with the Joneses : Examining Community-Level Collaborative and Competitive Game Mechanics to Enhance Houshold Electricity-Saving Behaviour.” Conference paper. In 4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency, Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9 September 2016.

Wemyss, Devon, et al. “Keeping up with the Joneses : Examining Community-Level Collaborative and Competitive Game Mechanics to Enhance Houshold Electricity-Saving Behaviour.” 4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency, Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9 September 2016, 2016.