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Title: Revealing myths about people, energy and buildings

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OSTI ID:1010617

In this essay we take a closer look at some energy myths, focusing on the ways energy professionals and the public alike, talk, write and teach about how energy affects the way in which we design, operate, retrofit and inhabit buildings. What myths about people, energy and buildings are current today? Who tells these myths and why do we believe them? How do myths affect our behavior? Myths are a way of understanding the world we live in. They may represent incomplete understanding, or be based on premises that are scientifically not valid, but they help us understand and explain how the world works, and we shape our behavior accordingly.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Environmental Energy Technologies Division
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1010617
Report Number(s):
LBNL-45862; TRN: US201108%%498
Resource Relation:
Conference: ACEEE 2000 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA, August 20-25, 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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