Peak-hour change to go green

Adelaide Advertiser
Tuesday 8/9/2009 Page: 14

GREENHOUSE gas emissions could be reduced significantly if residents adjusted their electricity usage in peak times, an Adelaide behaviour specialist says. Sinclair Knight Merz behaviour change specialist Elizabeth Ampt said water use and car travel had reduced because people had been encouraged to change their habits voluntarily.

She said peak electricity demand was growing much faster than base energy demand and new power stations and substations had to be built to meet it. "Modification of consumer behaviour has the potential to defer some of this investment and achieve carbon emission benefits for the community," she said.