In this paper, we carry out a field experiment that contributes in two important ways to the literature on how social comparisons affect residential energy and water use. First, we study a social comparison treatment that is continuous and communicated via pre‐installed in‐home displays, which are salient and updated in real time. Second, we estimate the effects of provision of social comparisons on two different resources – electricity and water – in the same experimental setting. We find that, on average, our social comparison reduces daily residential energy consumption by 6.7 percent but has no effect on overall residential water use.

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实时的社会比较：住宅用电和用水的现场实验*

在本文中，我们进行了一项现场实验，以两种重要方式为文献提供了社会比较如何影响住宅能源和用水的文献。首先，我们研究了一种社会比较治疗方法，该方法是连续的，并通过预先安装的室内显示器进行通信，这些显示器可以实时进行显着更新。其次，我们在相同的实验环境中估计提供社会比较对两种不同资源（电和水）的影响。我们发现，平均而言，我们的社会比较将每天的住宅能耗降低了6.7％，但对总体住宅用水没有影响。