A review of assumptions and analysis in EPRI EA-3409: Household appliance choice: Revision of REEPS (Residential End-use Energy Planning System) behavioral models

Technical Report · Mon May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5494735

Wood, D J; Ruderman, H; McMahon, J E

This paper revises and extends EPRI report EA-3409, Household Appliance Choice: Revision of REEPS Behavioral Models.'' That paper reported the results of an econometric study of major appliance choice in new residential construction. Errors appeared in two tables of that report. We offer revised versions of those tables, and a brief analysis of the consequences and significance of the errors. The present paper also proposes several possible extensions and re-specifications of the models examined by EPRI. Some of these are judged to be highly successful; they both satisfy economic intuition more completely than the original specification and produce a better quality fit to the dependent variable. We feel that inclusion of these modifications produces a more useful set of coefficients for economic modeling than the original specification. 8 refs., 15 tabs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/CE
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5494735
• Report Number(s): LBL-20332; ON: DE90002609
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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