First European Conference on Energy Efficiency and Behaviour Maastricht

January 26th, 2010

On 18 and 19 October 2009 the First European Conference on Energy Efficiency and Behaviour was held in the Dutch city of Maastricht. The conference, organized by SenterNovem focused on understanding the behaviour decision making of individuals in the contribution of reducing carbon dioxide emissions’. Because this topic is closely related to the goals of Living Lab, a member of the team (Lenneke Kuijer, Delft University of Technology) presented a paper in the Technology and Behaviour session. The presentation was successful and well received resulting in a number of new contacts.
Overall the conference was experienced as very useful. Especially the presentations of, and contact with some well known scholars from the field like Hal Wilhite, Charles Vlek, Paul Stern, Elizabeth Shove, Cees Midden, Eva Heiskanen, Evert Hasselaar and many others provided valuable insights. An overview of the confereces’ program and some of its presentations can be found on the conference website through www.conference-energy-behaviour.nl.