Online shopping is spreading so fast that transportation in the US have already taken over power plants as first emitters of the country, with obvious environmental consequences…
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Certain firms could dramatically increase their profits… by just switching to energy efficient lighting systems. Really?
By analyzing “nudged” retirement plans in Sweden since 2000, researchers found that these decisions were indeed persistent and seem to last nearly two decades… “if not forever”.
How sound analyses of data on students and grades allowed to dramatically increase the graduation rates in Georgia State University in just ten years?
Bitcoin mining is now consuming more electricity than 159 countries and is projected to reach Denmark’s electricity consumption by about 2020…
In a recent experiment we conducted in China, we found that the current level of air pollution may matter for a decision related to acquire or not new LED light bulbs…
From 2011 to 2013, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District in California automatically enrolled 174,000 households in a variable-pricing plan…
When big cities switch from traditional light bulbs to white LEDs, we should observe a decrease in the total amount of light that a satellite can see, but we don’t…
Read more →This is probably the reason you are reading this post right now…
The jury is still out on the effectiveness of nudge interventions in the longer term...
Andrea Reda, Head of Regulatory Policy at CEPS in Brussels
As physical spaces are able to influence behaviors, also technologies shape how we evolve and interact in our context and ultimately can affect the performances of social organizations…
“Energy labeling has zero effect on the price. The scheme doesn’t seem to be achieving its intended purpose” says Professor Olaf Olaussen at the NTNU Business School…
Contrary to popular belief, it is not because employers pay women less than men for doing the same jobs…
Financial incentives for forest owners in Uganda to keep their forest intact brought the rate of tree loss cut roughly by half, with benefits calculated as 2.4 times as large as the programme costs…
In this experiment in Mali, we find that women purchase and use cookstoves more when they receive information on a peer who purchased (or previously owned) the product, particularly if she is viewed as respected…
While Google is nudging its employees in eating less meat to improve their health, it is also helping in reducing further the company’s carbon footprint…
How Big Data analytics can make a difference in helping politicians and scientists finding new solutions to tackle climate change?
Read more →Data are truly changing our world rapidly, and businesses are leading the adoption of Big Data driven decisions, while the political world seems to lack a bit behind. But there are a few notable exceptions, where policy not only gives access …