Collaborative Research: Energy Efficiency and Energy Justice: Understanding Distributional Impacts of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs and the Underlying Mechanisms

合作研究：能源效率和能源正义：了解能源效率和节约计划的分配影响及其潜在机制

• 批准号: 2315029
• 负责人: Destenie Nock
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Carnegie-Mellon University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-15 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2315029&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Energy; Efficiency; Justice

The adoption of energy efficiency technologies and conservation behaviors has the potential to significantly reduce energy demand and improve people's physical and financial well-being. This is particularly important for households facing energy poverty, who may forgo basic needs or engage in risky behaviors to meet their energy needs. U.S. electric utilities currently offer over 900 energy efficiency and conservation programs that aim to reduce household energy consumption and improve living conditions. These programs either provide information to help individuals change their energy consumption habits or offer financial incentives such as rebates and loans to lower the costs of adopting energy-efficient technologies. There is mixed evidence, however, regarding the cost-effectiveness of these programs, as their impacts depend on factors including income levels, rebound effects, and energy consumption behaviors. Unfortunately, many energy efficiency and conservation programs are not effectively reaching disadvantaged communities, and the equity of their impacts is under-studied. There is a need to investigate how these programs can effectively change energy consumption behavior and address instances of energy poverty in households.This project examines the heterogeneous impacts of multiple energy efficiency and conservation programs and the underlying mechanisms that contribute to inequitable program impacts. This project has three parts: 1) evaluating the heterogeneous impacts of four different energy efficiency and conservation programs using quasi-experimental designs, 2) examining how the heterogeneous impacts are related to multi-dimensional energy poverty, and 3) modeling energy behaviors to uncover the mechanisms behind inequitable program impacts. The data include actual consumption information provided by a Tallahassee energy provider as well as survey and experimental results. This project not only provides a fundamental scientific contribution to uncovering the distributional impacts of energy programs and their underlying mechanisms, but also has direct societal benefits by helping develop more effective and better-targeted programs to improve consumers’ financial and physical well-being, particularly in disadvantaged communities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

采用能源效率技术和节能行为有可能显着减少能源需求，改善人们的身体和经济福祉，这对于面临能源贫困的家庭尤其重要，他们可能会忘记基本需求或采取冒险行为来满足自己的需求。美国电力公司目前提供 900 多项能源效率和节约计划，旨在减少家庭能源消耗并改善生活条件。这些计划要么提供信息来帮助个人改变能源消费习惯，要么提供回扣和贷款等经济激励措施。降低采用成本然而，关于这些计划的成本效益的证据不一，因为它们的影响取决于收入水平、反弹效应和能源消耗行为等因素。不幸的是，许多能源效率和节约计划并不有效。弱势社区，其影响的公平性尚未得到充分研究。需要了解这些计划如何有效改变能源消费行为并解决家庭能源贫困问题。该项目研究了多种能源效率和节约的异质影响。有助于实现这一目标的方案和基本机制该项目分为三个部分：1) 使用准实验设计评估四种不同能源效率和节约计划的异质影响，2) 研究异质影响与多维能源贫困的关系，以及 3) 建模数据包括塔拉哈西能源供应商提供的实际消耗信息以及调查和实验结果，不仅为揭示能源的分配影响提供了基础科学贡献。计划及其基本机制，而且还具有直接的社会效益，体现在帮助制定更有效、更有针对性的计划，以改善消费者的财务和身体福祉，特别是弱势社区。该奖项体现了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为值得授予通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来提供支持。