Real-Time Feedback and Residential Electricity Consumption: British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador Pilots — Executive Summary
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- Added:Thursday, May 13th, 2010
- Writer(s):Dean C. Mountain, Ph.D.
- Publication Date:June 1, 2007
- Publisher:Mountain Economic Consulting and Associates Inc.
- Abstract:This is an abstract only. A pilot study was undertaken in British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador to determine whether provision of a real-time feedback device is sufficient to provide residential customers with the information needed to reduce their electricity consumption. The pilot was intended to establish whether use of such a device can help customers save money and be an aid in promoting a “conservation friendly” culture. In this report, we have determined a quantitative level of energy savings at the household level that can be linked to the provision of a real-time feedback monitoring device in the home. In the spring and summer of 2005, participants in the pilot began using real-time monitors. The monitor provided instantaneous feedback on a household’s electricity consumption. In comparison to previous pilots and demonstration projects regarding direct feedback provided by real-time monitors, the sample was followed for a relatively long period of time. Pilot participants and control customers are followed over a 3.5 year period. The experimental design consisted of a stratified random sample, spread across a wide geography, diversity of weather regions, a wide variation in heating, cooling, water heating and appliance configurations, and a large variety of household income and demographic characteristics.
- Tags:British Columbia, canada, Newfoundland, Pilot Studies, residential