arXiv:2604.03881cs.CYcs.AI2026-04被引 1

用AI生成个性化节能建议,显著提升宿舍用电节水行为。

LLM-generated personalized nudges for improving pro-environmental behavior: Field evidence from resource conservation

  • 基于用户数据和历史记录,用大模型生成每周定制节能建议。
  • 相比普通反馈,用电量减少0.56度/间/天,节能率高出18.3个百分点。
  • 建议更具体、有行动指引,适合可持续城市治理场景。

推动亲环境行为仍是可持续城市建设的重大挑战。传统反馈提示仅展示个体行为与目标的差距,却难以提供日常改进的具体指导。本研究探讨在每周能耗反馈基础上,添加大语言模型生成的个性化行动建议能否提升亲环境行为,以日均用电和热水消耗为案例。我们开发了一个LLM代理,结合用户档案、近期用电记录和过往互动历史,生成包含使用报告、个性化建议、行为改变情景及预计节约量的周度消息。该代理在2024年11月至2025年1月期间,对北京233名大学生宿舍居民进行了三组随机对照实地实验,干预共五轮。参与者接收文本提示、图文增强提示或大模型生成的个性化提示。每日用电量与淋浴热水用量通过宿舍电表读数与账单记录测量。相比文本反馈,大模型生成的个性化提示使每间房每日用电减少0.56千瓦时(p=0.014),节能率提高18.3个百分点;热水节约方向一致但幅度较小且估计不精确(9.8个百分点,p=0.087)。个性化提示包含更多规划性、设备特异性和行动导向语言,并与更持久、聚焦任务的参与行为相关。研究结果为将生成式AI融入可持续城市治理提供了可行路径。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Encouraging pro-environmental behavior remains a major challenge for sustainable cities. Conventional feedback nudges can show individuals how their current behavior compares with environmental goals but often provide limited guidance on what to do differently in daily life. This study examines whether supplementing weekly feedback on participants' behavior with LLM-generated personalized action suggestions improves pro-environmental behavior, using daily electricity and hot-water conservation as a case study. We developed an LLM agent that generated weekly conservation messages from participant profiles, recent consumption records, and prior interaction history, combining a usage report with personalized suggestions, behavioral-change scenarios, and estimated savings. The agent was evaluated in a three-arm randomized field experiment with 233 university residents in Beijing from November 2024 to January 2025. Participants received text-based nudges, image-enhanced nudges, or LLM-generated personalized nudges over five intervention rounds. Daily electricity use and shower hot-water use were measured using dormitory meter readings and billing records. Compared with text-based feedback, LLM-generated personalized nudges reduced electricity consumption by 0.56 kWh per room-day (p = 0.014), corresponding to an 18.3 percentage-point higher saving rate. Image-enhanced feedback alone showed no clear improvement. Hot-water savings followed the same direction but were smaller and less precisely estimated (9.8 percentage points, p = 0.087). Personalized nudges contained more planning, appliance-specific, and action-oriented language and were associated with more sustained, task-focused engagement. These findings offer a pathway for integrating generative AI into sustainable urban management.

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