Reducing Energy Consumption by Considering the “Wisdom of the Crowd”: USA and China Study

Ali Hashemi Araghi; Ehssan Sakhaee

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Reducing Energy Consumption by Considering the “Wisdom of the Crowd”: USA and China Study

Ali Hashemi Araghi, Ehssan Sakhaee

Published in International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering (Volume 3, Issue 5)

Received: 2 November 2014 Accepted: 6 November 2014 Published: 20 November 2014

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Effective implementation of useful schemes that are readily accepted and implemented by a society for change require investigating the perceptions of problems and solutions as seen by a society, primarily those who are stakeholders and are most affected by change. This research aims to investigate the perceived problems and solutions of energy consumption in the two countries that contribute to the highest level of energy consumption in the world – namely China and the United States. The aim is to provide policy makers and government of better understanding the “wisdom of the crowd” when considering implementation for change – in this case reducing energy consumption in two separate societies.

Published in	International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering (Volume 3, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijepe.20140305.17
Page(s)	261-265
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2014. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Energy Wastage, Fossil Fuel Emissions, Solving Energy Consumption, Non-Renewable Energy Sources, Renewable Energy Sources

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Ali Hashemi Araghi

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ehssan Sakhaee

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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Ali Hashemi Araghi; Ehssan Sakhaee. Reducing Energy Consumption by Considering the “Wisdom of the Crowd”: USA and China Study. Int. J. Energy Power Eng. 2014, 3(5), 261-265. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepe.20140305.17

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Ali Hashemi Araghi, Ehssan Sakhaee. Reducing Energy Consumption by Considering the “Wisdom of the Crowd”: USA and China Study. Int J Energy Power Eng. 2014;3(5):261-265. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepe.20140305.17

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