Excessive electricity consumption negatively affects the economic growth of developing countries, and is a major cause of carbon emissions throughout the globe. This experiment investigated how the use of energy efficient behavior reminder affects electricity conservation in a New York City Public High School. In this experiment, during the first 10 days of the experiment, custodians were not reminded to turn off lights. From Day 11-20, reminders were sent to custodians every Monday and Fridays to turn off the light. During Day 21-30, reminders were sent everyday to remind custodians to turn off the lights. The results showed daily reminders had a significant decrease in electricity consumption compared to when no reminders were sent, but there was no significant difference between the percentage of lights being on, making it difficult to confirm if the custodians followed the reminders. The reminder of turning off lights was not a major source of electricity consumption and other factors might have consumed a larger portion of electricity.. More schools should be studied in order to validate the results. Future studies/research can test the effects of energy saving behavior reminders on electricity conservation from turning off electronic devices, such as smart boards or computers, at the end of the day.
Abstract Excessive electricity consumption negatively affects the economic growth of developing countries, and is a major cause of carbon emissions throughout the globe. This experiment [...]
Editor-in-Chief, Milan Toma, Ph.D., SMIEEE, Assistant Professor, Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology; Senior IEEE Member.
Thomas Pham, M.H.R., M.P.A., Reading Partners VISTA; Americorps Member (Volunteer and Organizer); CEO of Clarity Consultants, LLC.
Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Ph.D., F.G.A.C., F.G.S.A., Research Scientist in the Chemistry Dept. at Williams College, Williamstown, MA. Director with the RFK Science Research Institute, Glenwood Landing, NY.
Joel Blickstein, Ph.D., Co-founder and co-director of the RFK Science Research Institute, Glenwood Landing, NY.
Raymond K.F. Lam, Sc.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Technology, Queensborough Community College, NY.
Michael Nizich, Ph.D., Director, Entrepreneurship & Technology Innovation Center; Director, NSA/DHS CAE Cyber Defense Education Program; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, New York Institute of Technology.
Yusui Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences, New York Institute of Technology.
The Effects of Energy Efficient Behavior Reminders on Electricity Conservation in a New York Public High School 
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