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Trial Status in_development completed
JEL Code(s) C93, D83, Q25 C93, D61, D83, D91, L95, Q25, Q55
Last Published April 12, 2022 08:14 AM August 16, 2025 11:26 PM
Intervention (Public) The experiment examples how goals, information, and incentives provided through GreenBe’s Water Savers mobile app influences water usage. We experimentally manipulate the design of weekly Water Savers Challenges on the mobile app to gain such behavioral insights. The experiment examines how goals, information, and incentives provided through GreenBe’s Water Savers mobile app influence water usage. We experimentally manipulate the design of weekly Water Savers Challenges, specifically with goal difficulty and rewards for achieving goals, on the mobile app to gain such behavioral insights.
Intervention End Date May 15, 2022 May 29, 2022
Planned Number of Clusters 500 households 1000 households
Planned Number of Observations 2,688,000 half-hourly water usage levels at the individual level (500 households x 16 weeks x 7 days/week x 48 intervals/day) 5,376,000 half-hourly water usage levels at the individual level (1000 households x 16 weeks x 7 days/week x 48 intervals/day)
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms 100 households control, 100 households in one of 4 different experimental conditions that have 2 x 2 combinations of {high incentives, low incentives} x {easy goals, hard goals} 200 households control, 200 households in one of 4 different experimental conditions that have 2 x 2 combinations of {high incentives, low incentives} x {easy goals, hard goals}
Keyword(s) Environment And Energy Behavior, Environment And Energy
Secondary Outcomes (End Points) Post-trial survey outcomes on water-saving actions households took to conserve water to meet their goals.
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External Link URL https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5394817
External Link Description SSRN link for the preprint
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Other Primary Investigators

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Affiliation University of Melbourne
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Affiliation South East Water
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