Background: A lack of physical activity is considered to cause 6% deaths globally. Feedback from wearables such as trackers has the potential encourage daily activity. To date, little research available on natural development adherence or factors that predict which users manage keep using their tracker during first year (and thereby increasing chance healthy behavior change) and discontinue after a short time.

Energy planning in the built environment increasingly takes place local settings. Suitable models should therefore be able to capture dynamics, such as stakeholder behaviour, resource availability and building characteristics. In relation key challenges of energy transition environment, efficiency renewable heating, little attention has been paid model characteristics needed address these challenges. This paper analyses available from scientific community professional practice. Secondly,...

Social learning is the process of exchanging and developing knowledge (including skills experiences) through human interaction. This key planning needs to be better understood, given increase variety non-planners influencing processes. article explores who learns what from whom social in planning. We unpack theoretically able map it, employ empirically-based storytelling discuss its relevance practice. conclude that can lead positive negative outcomes provides a useful analytical lens...

In two studies it is demonstrated that people's self-construal level may influence the extent to which they spontaneously produce divergent ideas. Study 1, shown construing self at a personal (“I”) induces motivation be independent, alone, and different, whereas social (“we”) accepted, together, conform. 2, that—in absence of explicit instructions different—personal self-construals lead more diversity (e.g., drawing golf cart as an example motor vehicle), less car vehicle). Possible...

This article highlights the psychological dimension of social learning. Insights from psychology address interrelated role personal and group dynamics in can provide a useful starting point for rewarding use learning as an analytical tool co-creative planning. Such approach to proves beneficial (i) identify both positive negative potential effects learning, (ii) untangle hidden power relationships at play individual small levels relation factors, (iii) discern individuals groups within their...

In the last decade, number of local energy initiatives (LEIs) has increased in western European countries. Although several success factors and barriers development LEIs have been studied by other scholars, there limited scholarly interest overall impact so far. Therefore, aim this study was to explore their determining achievement. Additionally, levels engagement were used categorise for that impede impact. Initiatives two provinces north Netherlands studied. For data collection, 84...

In three studies we examined the effects of private and public self-awareness on saliency behavioral standards. We used several well-known manipulations to test or activation expected found that was related relatively social standards, such as “getting along well” with others, conveying a positive image, wanting be accepted. Private individualistic standard authentic even being different from others. The consequences these results are discussed in light previous research. It is argued it...

Participatory energy planning at the local level engages citizens, builds legitimacy and trust, increases successful implementation of renewable energies. In context heat planning, technology choices highly vary depending on social conditions including input therefore benefits process. This research adds to current literature, which lacks concrete examples verified approaches that clarify what guiding principles participatory are how opportunities challenges can be dealt with. paper...

It is essential to consider the social context when designing sustainable energy systems that lead successful implementation in neighbourhoods. Current methods often only techno-economic aspects and are insufficiently capable of including factors, because they unclear about which factors relevant how can be quantified. This paper explores neighbourhoods characterized socially by studying pre-existing neighbourhood characteristics, focussed on socio-economic status cohesion. The built around...