Examining the Longer Term Impact of RCS (Residential Conservation Service) Home Energy Audits on the Implementation of Conservation Measures

摘要

The purpose of this special evaluation is to carefully examine the issue of longer term (Residential Conservation Service (RCS) impact. This has been attempted through two main areas of inquiry. First, RCS audit participants and non-participants were compared, over a two year post-audit time period, in terms of all reported energy conservation behavior. Second, the particular issue of the extent of completion of earlier reported plans for conservation was examined via follow-up interviews with households first interviewed approximately three months after having had an audit. (ERA citation 09:022755)