February 28, 2013
Laskey introduces an experiment he ran with his team at Opower. People received one of three different messages on their doors about why they should try to save energy: You can save $54 this month. You can save the planet. Or you can be a good citizen Which one won? None. No one message showed a marked difference. So Opower added a fourth message: Your neighbors are doing better than you. That one worked.