Providing free autopoweroff plugs: measuring the effect on households' electricity consumption through a field experiment
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Providing free autopoweroff plugs : measuring the effect on households' electricity consumption through a field experiment. / Jensen, Carsten Lynge; Hansen, Lars Gårn; Fjordbak, Troels ; Gudbjerg, Erik .
I: The Energy Journal, Bind 33, Nr. 4, 2012, s. 187-211.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Providing free autopoweroff plugs
T2 - measuring the effect on households' electricity consumption through a field experiment
AU - Jensen, Carsten Lynge
AU - Hansen, Lars Gårn
AU - Fjordbak, Troels
AU - Gudbjerg, Erik
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Experimental evidence of the effect of providing households with cheap energy saving technology is sparse. We present results from a field experiment in which autopoweroff plugs were provided free of charge to randomly selected households. We use propensity score matching to find treatment effects on metered electricity consumption for different types of households. We find effects for single men and couples without children, while we find no effect for single women and households with children. We suggest that this could be because of differences in saving potential (e.g. some households do not have appliances where using a plug is relevant), differences in the skills relevant for installing the technology and differences in the willingness to spend time and effort on installation. We conclude that targeting interventions at more responsive households, and tailoring interventions to target groups, can increase the efficiency of programs
AB - Experimental evidence of the effect of providing households with cheap energy saving technology is sparse. We present results from a field experiment in which autopoweroff plugs were provided free of charge to randomly selected households. We use propensity score matching to find treatment effects on metered electricity consumption for different types of households. We find effects for single men and couples without children, while we find no effect for single women and households with children. We suggest that this could be because of differences in saving potential (e.g. some households do not have appliances where using a plug is relevant), differences in the skills relevant for installing the technology and differences in the willingness to spend time and effort on installation. We conclude that targeting interventions at more responsive households, and tailoring interventions to target groups, can increase the efficiency of programs
U2 - 10.5547/01956574.33.4.9
DO - 10.5547/01956574.33.4.9
M3 - Journal article
VL - 33
SP - 187
EP - 211
JO - Energy Journal
JF - Energy Journal
SN - 0195-6574
IS - 4
ER -
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