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Bekker, Marthinus J.; Cumming, Tania D.; Osborne, Nikola K. P.; Bruining, Angela M.; McClean, Julia I.; Leland, Louis S., Jr. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
This experiment investigated the combined use of visual prompts, daily feedback, and rewards to reduce electricity consumption in a university residential hall. After a 17-day baseline period, the experimental intervention was introduced in the intervention hall, and no change was made in the control hall. Energy usage decreased in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dormitories, Energy Management, Cues
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Acharya, Vishesh; Young, Brent R. – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2008
This article presents a study of the techno-economical feasibility of manufacturing biofuel ethanol at small scale from agricultural sources in New Zealand. It investigates possible agricultural products and wastes as potential feedstock and looks at laboratory-scale fermentation trials to determine their ethanol yields. The ethanol requirement to…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Production, Agriculture, Foreign Countries
Isaacs, Nigel; Donn, Michael – 1987
A study of the energy savings potential in New Zealand schools demonstrates that considerable reductions in energy costs can be achieved through energy management. An initial examination of available 1985 light, heat, and water expenditures for 268 secondary schools (84 percent of the secondary schools in New Zealand) is followed by the selection…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Electronic Control