1 2Adolescents are an important population to target with energy-saving interventions: not only 3 are adolescents high consumers of energy, but they are also the adult consumers of the future. In the 4 present study, an online energy-saving intervention was developed based on implementation 5intentions, a widely-used psychological behaviour change technique. 180 adolescents, aged [13][14][15]6 were recruited using purposeful sampling and were allocated to either the intervention or control 7 condition. A significant increase in adolescent's self-reported energy-saving behaviour was found 8 amongst adolescents who had received the intervention, which was sustained at the six week follow-9 up. However, some adolescents were more affected by the intervention than others: adolescents who 10 already actively engaged in energy saving (as identified by their readiness to change prior to the 11 intervention) reported a significant increase in energy-saving behaviours as a consequence of 12 participation in the intervention, whereas those who were not already saving energy did not. 13
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