Energies 2015,8 11006 interventions;(2)discrete interventions.These approaches mainly provide occupants with the information about their consumption behaviors and associated impacts.The continuous intervention typically includes occupancy interactions(peer pressure and word-of-mouth)and continuous feedback techniques [110-112]. The discrete intervention mainly includes green community-based social marketing campaigns,energy efficiency education and training,and discrete feedback techniques [104,113-115].Social marketing campaigns are some commercial marketing techniques for the purpose of social engagement to influence occupants to change their social behaviors in order to save energy in built environments [116,117]. Education and training are also important for improving occupants'knowledge regarding energy-saving behaviors.Verplanken and Wood [104]and Gockeritz et al.[105]discussed how improving occupants'energy behaviors first requires changing individuals'beliefs and intentions regarding energy use.In this context,periodically holding energy meetings and workshops for occupants in individual commercial buildings has shown to be effective in improving energy-saving knowledge of built environments.In particular,these discrete interventions educate occupants about how to conserve energy, and occupants can share their energy-saving knowledge with each other through continuous interventions. Some consider combining discrete and continuous interventions as the most ideal and effective intervention technique. In addition to dividing interventions into continuous and discrete categories (see Figure 3), Archer et al.[118]divided the models motivating energy-saving behaviors into two groups: (1)rational-economic model;and (2)attitude model.In the rational-economic model,occupants are assumed to perform energy-saving behaviors that are economically advantageous.In the attitude model, occupant energy-saving behaviors result from promising and desirable attitudes about conservation. While occupancy-focused interventions assume the non-energy-saving behavior of occupants and work to improve occupants'behaviors,the rational-economic model assumes occupants have energy-saving behaviors.However,the attitude model needs occupancy-focused intervention to change the occupants' attitude to saving energy Occupancy Interactions Continuous Interventions Continuous Feedback Techniques Occupancy-focused Discrete Feedback Interventions Techniques Green Social Marketing Discrete Interventions Campaigns Energy Efficiency Education and Training Figure 3.Occupancy-focused interventions for improving energy-use behaviors [12,79]. It is noteworthy that the influence of an intervention technique significantly depends on social structures/networks within the built environment [85,119].In fact,organizational network and structure dynamics determine occupant engagement levels with an intervention technique,and therefore structures/networks could impact the results achieved by employing an intervention tool for improving energy-saving behaviors [68].Misunderstanding the influence of social structures might change occupants'behaviors into bad habits,a concept known as the rebound effect [120].Some interventionEnergies 2015, 8 11006 interventions; (2) discrete interventions. These approaches mainly provide occupants with the information about their consumption behaviors and associated impacts. The continuous intervention typically includes occupancy interactions (peer pressure and word-of-mouth) and continuous feedback techniques [110–112]. The discrete intervention mainly includes green community-based social marketing campaigns, energy efficiency education and training, and discrete feedback techniques [104,113–115]. Social marketing campaigns are some commercial marketing techniques for the purpose of social engagement to influence occupants to change their social behaviors in order to save energy in built environments [116,117]. Education and training are also important for improving occupants’ knowledge regarding energy-saving behaviors. Verplanken and Wood [104] and Göckeritz et al. [105] discussed how improving occupants’ energy behaviors first requires changing individuals’ beliefs and intentions regarding energy use. In this context, periodically holding energy meetings and workshops for occupants in individual commercial buildings has shown to be effective in improving energy-saving knowledge of built environments. In particular, these discrete interventions educate occupants about how to conserve energy, and occupants can share their energy-saving knowledge with each other through continuous interventions. Some consider combining discrete and continuous interventions as the most ideal and effective intervention technique. In addition to dividing interventions into continuous and discrete categories (see Figure 3), Archer et al. [118] divided the models motivating energy-saving behaviors into two groups: (1) rational-economic model; and (2) attitude model. In the rational-economic model, occupants are assumed to perform energy-saving behaviors that are economically advantageous. In the attitude model, occupant energy-saving behaviors result from promising and desirable attitudes about conservation. While occupancy-focused interventions assume the non-energy-saving behavior of occupants and work to improve occupants’ behaviors, the rational-economic model assumes occupants have energy-saving behaviors. However, the attitude model needs occupancy-focused intervention to change the occupants’ attitude to saving energy. Figure 3. Occupancy-focused interventions for improving energy-use behaviors [12,79]. It is noteworthy that the influence of an intervention technique significantly depends on social structures/networks within the built environment [85,119]. In fact, organizational network and structure dynamics determine occupant engagement levels with an intervention technique, and therefore structures/networks could impact the results achieved by employing an intervention tool for improving energy-saving behaviors [68]. Misunderstanding the influence of social structures might change occupants’ behaviors into bad habits, a concept known as the rebound effect [120]. Some intervention Occupancy-focused Interventions Continuous Interventions Occupancy Interactions Continuous Feedback Techniques Discrete Interventions Discrete Feedback Techniques Green Social Marketing Campaigns Energy Efficiency Education and Training