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- Title
Bridging the Energy Efficiency Gap: A Field Experiment on Lifetime Energy Costs and Household Appliances.
- Authors
Kallbekken, Steffen; Sælen, Håkon; Hermansen, Erlend
- Abstract
Providing consumers with information that can lead to more energy-efficient choices can help reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions while reducing costs to consumers. A natural field experiment is conducted in collaboration with an electrical retailer to test strategies for influencing sales of household appliances. The experiment involves two product categories, fridge-freezers and tumble driers. Information on lifetime energy cost of appliances is provided through a label and training of sales staff. For fridge-freezers, the authors find no significant effects. For tumble driers, the combined treatment and training treatment reduce average energy use of tumble driers sold by 4.9% and 3.4%, respectively. The effect is strongest initially, over 12% on average for the first 3 months for the combined treatment but declines over time. The effect is significant at the 5% level for the combined treatment while not significant for sales staff training.
- Subjects
BAND gaps; ENERGY efficiency of household appliances; CALORIC expenditure; ENERGY consumption; ENERGY management; CONSUMER education
- Publication
Journal of Consumer Policy, 2013, Vol 36, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0168-7034
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10603-012-9211-z