10 (Electricity)-10 (Gas)-10 (Water) + (Plus) Multi-family Competition and Energy Star Portfolio Manager Benchmarking Pilot Program Design

摘要

The 10 (Electricity) – 10 (Gas) – 10 (Water) + (Plus) Multi-family (MF) Competition and Benchmarking Pilot program is an approach to engage multi-family (MF) complexes to reduce electricity and gas usage by 10% and water more than 10% within a 12-month period using experimental design. The pilot will use a randomized encouragement design (RED) in a randomized control trial (RCT) in order to assess intervention strategies to motivate MF complexes to save energy. MF complexes will be randomly assigned to a control group or one of two treatment groups. Treatment groups will receive encouragement (i.e., incentives) to participate. Treatment Group 1 will receive feedback about their energy usage through a Comparative Usage Report, using ES Portfolio Manager as the tool, to engage property owners. Treatment Group 2 will also receive feedback through the same Comparative Usage Report, but will additionally engage in a MF complex-to-complex and MF city-to-city competition, to engage tenants. The MF market barriers are well documented, especially the split incentive barrier between property owners and renters. By engaging the apartment complex as a whole, this program design will be able to engage both property owners and renters to collectively achieve energy efficiency and conservation goals.