Market for active solar in new residential construction: a survey of homebuilders
A data collection done in late 1980 is repeated for comparison one year later to determine changes in attitudes, intentions, and actual installation behavior related to active solar energy systems. The questionnaire and method of taking the survey are described. Questions included in the survey asked about builders: the history of solar installations; plans or likelihood of building with solar in the future; attitudes and opinions about solar; demographics, including firm size, location, markets and job responsibilities. Builders who had installed active solar energy systems were compared with those who had not. Builders perceptual patterns are analyzed, as are their attitudes about consumers' criteria. A model is developed of likelihood of installation. (LEW)
- Research Organization:
- Neomathics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-81CS30571
- OSTI ID:
- 5642952
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/30571-T1; ON: DE82009329
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ATTITUDES
BUILDERS
BUILDINGS
FORECASTING
HEATING
INSTALLATION
MARKETING RESEARCH
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PERSONNEL
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
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SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR WATER HEATING
SPACE HEATING
SURVEYS
WATER HEATING