milieu centraal brussel 24 juni
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During EU Sustainable Energy Week we focus on the role of consumers in the energy fieldTRANSCRIPT
Vera Dalm
director
Public InformationOrganization
Milieu Centraal
We provide information by:
Website: more than 5.000 visitors per day Social media: twitter, facebook etc Media: print media, newspapers and -sites,
radio/television Sites from organizations, local governemnt etc Company’s: they use our content or we campaign
together
Funding by:
Company’s
Public/private organizations
(e.g. Alliander, NS)
Dutch government (departments I&M and BZK)
Main goal
Translate (scientific) research into public accesible information
in order to support consumers in making sustainable
choices help end users in their decisions
Research before starting campaign
- motives / goals
- facts / fiction
- intuition reasoned behaviour
Major awareness of the problem
2008 20130%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1928
63
61
1710
Tendency of the importance of energy saving
not important at all
not important
neutral
important
very important
Do you think it’s important or not to save energy in your own household?|‘2013’ n=1013 | ‘2008’ n=1104
What are constraintsfor energy efficiënt homeheating?
Fear of less comfort
Thougt: it doesn’t save much
Forget to act
What appeals to you?
Lower energy costs
More comfort
Contribution to a better environment
Independent of energy companies
What are barriers for insulation? (1)
Energy is important,but not urgent
No ‘plug and play’: Doing research takes a lot of
effort Reconstructing isn’t fun/
inconvenient Doubt when moisture occurs
What are barriers for insulation? (2)
Cost overestimation, underestimation of savings
Limited rule of thumb ‘payback time’
Lack of money to invest(but…saving are available)
‘Put your savings in your walls’An investment with a comfortable feeling
Core message
Better living comfort
One time costs, savings and yields in three main situations
No mess, ready in half a day
Info overload
Choose main issuesLittle effort Lots of effort
High effect High priority / act now Mailbox sticker(>30 kg for each house a year)Reducing the wast of food by half (now 50 kg per person is wasted)
Long term strategy
Reduce meat consumptionChange mobility
Low effect Good to do
Bring your own shoppingbag (3 kg pppy)Refill waterbottle (0,3 kg pppy)Unplug charger (effect 0)
No priority
Micro CHP (instead renovate your house to an energy neutral house)
Searching for interaction
Motivation by peers
Make feedback possible and easily accesible
Tips and test: social comparison
Surprising messages
Providing info at right moment
Benchmark
Join in with other concerns
Use of tools based on real concerns and motivations
Old <-> new
Information ‘custom made’ and practicalOld <-> new
Use of surveyspublic available or specific
Use of surveys to generate publicity
We need you
Science and practice
work together
Thanks for your attention
How to save energy in your house?
Home insulation Energy efficiënt HVAC Solar panels Energy efficiënt devices Small actions Behaviour
Split up!
Old house, new built residence
Own house, own house with shared ownership, social tentant, private tenant
Existence
Savings or no savings at all
Tangible example”:Company cavity wall insulation
Goal: sell cavity wall insulation
Target: Owners of singel-familiy dwellings, built before 1980, savings, lack of cavity wall insulation
Trigger: thermograms
Endorsement byMilieu Centraal
Yearly (energy)savings
Financial yield comparable with savings account with 12% return.
Fiction and facts about moisture
Where are the opportunities?