10.2190/1JK6-QWGM-RFK8-V1KP 1JK6QWGMRFK8V1KP 2 Effects of a Presidential Prompt on Energy Conservation in College Classrooms 17 25 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 1JK6QWGMRFK8V1KP.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=1JK6QWGMRFK8V1KP 1 Paul D. Luyben Stare University of New York, College, Cortland A high salience prompt was used to reduce energy use in college classrooms. A letter, personally signed by the President of the College, was sent to each of ten professors who taught prior to an unscheduled period. The letter informed the professor that he or she taught prior to an unscheduled class and requested assistance in turning off the lights. A multiple baseline design was used. The results showed a 39 per cent increase in lights turned off after the prompt. The significance of this finding is discussed and subsequent research suggested. F. J. Atelsek and I. L. Gomberg, Energy Costs and Energy Conservation Programs in Colleges and Universities: 1972-73 - 1974-75, <i>Higher Education Panel Reports</i>, Number 31, American Council on Education, Washington, D. C. P. D. Luyben and J. E. Luyben, Effects of a "Presidential Prompt" on Energy Conservation in College Classrooms, Paper presented at the Midwestern Association of Behavior Analysis Annual Convention, Chicago, May 1977. M. H. Palmer, M. E. Lloyd, and K. E. Lloyd, An Experimental Analysis of Electricity Conservation Procedures, <i>Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis</i>, in press. R. Kohlenberg, T. Phillips, and W. A. Proctor, Behavioral Analysis of Peaking in Residential Electrical Energy Consumers, <i>Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 9</i>, pp. 13-18, 1976. S. C. Hayes and J. D. Cone, Reducing Residential Electrical Energy Use: Payments, Information and Feedback, <i>Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 10</i>:3, pp. 425-435, 1977. R. A. Winett and M. T. Nietzel, Behavioral Ecology: Contingent Management of Consumer Energy Use, <i>American Journal of Community Psychology, 3</i>:2, pp. 123-133, 1975. R. A. Winett, Prompting Turning-Out Lights in Unoccupied Rooms, <i>Journal of Environmental Systems</i>, in press. M. Hersen and D. H. Barlow, <i>Single Case Experimental Designs: Strategies for Studying Behavior</i>, Pergamon Press, New York, 1976. S. Siegel, <i>Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences</i>, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1956. Environmental Design Human Factors Society, 1977.