Saturday, October 20, 2012

Enthusiasm for solar panels is contagious

Solar panels on houses

Residents are more likely to install solar panels on their own homes if their neighbours have also embraced the technology.

A study by Yale and New York University investigating the effects of social interaction on adoption of solar photovoltaic panels -- i.e. whether other people's enthusiasm for solar power is contagious -- discovered that an increase of just ten solar panel installations in a post code was accompanied by 7.8 percent increase in the probability of adoption by others.

 

By: Philippa Warr, Edited by: Nate Lanxon

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Source: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-10/19/solar-power-contagious

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