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Personal Actions: The Correlation Between Water And Energy Conservation, Jaedyn N. Billerbeck, Joshua Galloway, Yele Wagoner, Betty Castenada, Kimberly A. Barchard

Psychology Faculty Presentations

Water and energy conservation are growing concerns around the world.

Energy conservation policies create both energy and water savings (Gu et al., 2016). Conversely, water conservation impacts energy usage (Sokolow et al., 2016). Heating water in the home accounts for 20% of the home’s energy use (Chini et al., 2016).

Our study examines the relationship between water conservation and energy conservation.

Climate-Friendly Purchasing: An Exploratory Factor Analysis, Grace Hyde, Betty C. Grace, Mia Dominguez, Yuhan Bi, Kimberly A. Barchard

Psychology Faculty Presentations

Climate change includes long-term shifts in global temperatures, shrinking ice caps, and rising sea levels.

Human activities are the main cause of such changes (Lynas et al., 2021)

Individuals can mitigate the effects of climate change through their purchasing choices (Jakučionytė-Skodienė et al., 2022).

To understand the strategies people use, we examined the factor structure of the Climate-Friendly Purchasing Choices domain from the Climate Change Action Inventory (CCAI; Barchard et al., 2022).