Understanding the role of different types of energy-related information on consumer purchases is important for the design of effective energy-efficiency policies. Now, a randomised experiment adds energy-cost information to conventional EU energy labels and finds a tension between energy efficiency, price and total energy cost.
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Boogen, N. Designing effective energy information. Nat Energy 7, 308–309 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01010-z
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