The silver bullet myth of sustainable energy savings

Pasqualetti, Martin J; Tabbert, Michael K; Boscamp, Robert L

doi:10.1016/J.TEJ.2010.09.005

Title: The silver bullet myth of sustainable energy savings

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Especially in the U.S., people like to think that solving problems just requires finding the proper ''silver bullet.'' Such fixes are not sustainable. Any utility company wanting sustainable long-term savings in personal energy demand requires a more thorough commitment that might be referred to as ''head'' (education), ''heart'' (motivation), and ''hands'' (action). (author)

Authors:: Pasqualetti, Martin J; Tabbert, Michael K; Boscamp, Robert L

Publication Date:: Fri Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010

OSTI Identifier:: 21390708

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Electricity Journal

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 8; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; Journal ID: ISSN 1040-6190

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY DEMAND; HUMAN POPULATIONS; EDUCATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION

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                    Pasqualetti, Martin J, Tabbert, Michael K, and Boscamp, Robert L. The silver bullet myth of sustainable energy savings.  United States: N. p., 2010. 
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                    Pasqualetti, Martin J, Tabbert, Michael K, & Boscamp, Robert L. The silver bullet myth of sustainable energy savings.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TEJ.2010.09.005

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                    Pasqualetti, Martin J, Tabbert, Michael K, and Boscamp, Robert L. 2010.  
        "The silver bullet myth of sustainable energy savings".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TEJ.2010.09.005.

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@article{osti_21390708,

  title        = {The silver bullet myth of sustainable energy savings},

  author       = {Pasqualetti, Martin J and Tabbert, Michael K and Boscamp, Robert L},

  abstractNote = {Especially in the U.S., people like to think that solving problems just requires finding the proper ''silver bullet.'' Such fixes are not sustainable. Any utility company wanting sustainable long-term savings in personal energy demand requires a more thorough commitment that might be referred to as ''head'' (education), ''heart'' (motivation), and ''hands'' (action). (author)},

  doi          = {10.1016/J.TEJ.2010.09.005},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21390708},
  journal      = {Electricity Journal},

  issn         = {1040-6190},

  number       = 8,

  volume       = 23,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010},

  month        = {Fri Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010}

}

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