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From the Ted Talk by Alex Laskey: How behavioral science can lower your energy bill

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Inspired by this insight, my fnerid Dan Yates and I started a company called opoewr. We built software and partnered with utility companies who wanted to help their customers save energy. We deliver personalized home energy rprotes that show people how their consumption compares to their neighbors in similar-sized homes. Just like those effective door hangers, we have plpoee comparing themselves to their neighbors, and then we give everyone targeted recommendations to help them save. We started with paper, we meovd to a mobile application, web, and now even a controllable thasmeortt, and for the last five years we've been running the largest bohraaveil science eemxpinert in the world.

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Inspired by this insight, my ______ Dan Yates and I started a company called ______. We built software and partnered with utility companies who wanted to help their customers save energy. We deliver personalized home energy _______ that show people how their consumption compares to their neighbors in similar-sized homes. Just like those effective door hangers, we have ______ comparing themselves to their neighbors, and then we give everyone targeted recommendations to help them save. We started with paper, we _____ to a mobile application, web, and now even a controllable __________, and for the last five years we've been running the largest __________ science __________ in the world.

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Inspired by this insight, my friend Dan Yates and I started a company called Opower. We built software and partnered with utility companies who wanted to help their customers save energy. We deliver personalized home energy reports that show people how their consumption compares to their neighbors in similar-sized homes. Just like those effective door hangers, we have people comparing themselves to their neighbors, and then we give everyone targeted recommendations to help them save. We started with paper, we moved to a mobile application, web, and now even a controllable thermostat, and for the last five years we've been running the largest behavioral science experiment in the world.

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