A 4-year study of households has shown how the increasing focus on our homes as sites of work, rest and play can increase energy use despite soaring prices.
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The EU energy label, showing customers the energy consumption of what they’re buying, can be upgraded to help make more homes and buildings energy efficient.
Shifting from fossil fuels to electricity is climate-friendly, but serious cooks don’t think much of electric stoves. Will induction cooking finally catch on as an alternative?
The increasing energy performance of household appliances makes it necessary to re-evaluate these informative stickers.
From its roots as an electric version of snake oil, by the 1930s vibrators were just another household electric appliance that could soothe your pains at the end of a long day.
People who use an appliance a lot save more from an energy efficient model. With the right app, they could easily get a sense of their own potential savings when they shop.
We use our fridges, washing machines and air conditioners every day. That means that we should consider much more than the up-front retail price when choosing to invest in a new one.
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Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Professor, Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University, Monash University
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Director, Glowpear, Board member, ISDRS, Vice President, AHA and Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, RMIT University
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Professor of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Research Fellow Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University
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Professor of Systems Science and Director, Clinical Science and Engineering Research Laboratory, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Energy Economics, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science, University of Stirling
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Energy Systems Transformation (EST) Research Group, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Marketing, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Postdoctoral Lecturer in English, New York University
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Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University
