Electricity saved in a residential weatherization pilot program

Journal Article · Thu Jul 25 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · Public Util. Fortn.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5528106

Hirst, E; White, D; Geoltz, R

The Bonneville Power Administration operated a residential weatherization pilot program from 1980 through 1982 which provided free home energy audits to 7200 electrically heated homes in the Pacific Northwest and gave zero-interest loans to weatherize 4100 of them at a total cost of almost $11 million. Estimates of the net energy-saving effect of the program for each year of its operation and of the comparable total energy savings indicate a slow drop in the electricity savings each year after the retrofit because of increases in electricity prices and other factors which continue. Ambiguities in the audit-only households demonstrate the importance of measuring the effects of conservation programs for several years after participation. 5 references, 5 figures, 2 tables.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN
• OSTI ID: 5528106
• Journal Information: Public Util. Fortn.; (United States), Journal Name: Public Util. Fortn.; (United States) Vol. 116:2; ISSN PUFNA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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