Effects of feedback on residential electricity demand: Findings from a field trial in Austria
Effects of feedback on residential electricity demand: Findings from a field trial in Austria
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10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.012
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2013-10
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9
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J. Schleich;M. Klobasa;Sebastian Gölz;M. Brunner
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作者：
J. Schleich;M. Klobasa;Sebastian Gölz;M. Brunner
本文分析了在奥地利林茨进行的一项涉及1500多户家庭的现场试验中提供用电反馈的效果。这些家庭中约有一半收到了反馈以及有关节电措施的信息（试验组），而其余的家庭则作为对照组。试点小组的参与是随机的，但家庭可以在两种反馈方式中进行选择：访问门户网站或通过邮寄方式提供书面反馈。横截面OLS回归的结果表明，提供给试点组的反馈对应于平均家庭约4.5%的电力节省。我们的分位数回归结果表明，对于用电量第30至第70百分位数的家庭，对用电量的反馈具有统计学意义，并且在绝对值和用电量份额方面的影响最大。对于低于或高于此范围的干扰，反馈似乎没有影响。最后，控制潜在的内分泌偏误引起的非随机参与的反馈类型的群体，我们发现通过门户网站提供的反馈，并通过邮政的影响没有差异。
This paper analyzes the effects of providing feedback on electricity consumption in a field trial involving more than 1500 households in Linz, Austria. About half of these households received feedback together with information about electricity-saving measures (pilot group), while the remaining households served as a control group. Participation in the pilot group was random, but households were able to choose between two types of feedback: access to a web portal or written feedback by post. Results from cross section OLS regression suggest that feedback provided to the pilot group corresponds with electricity savings of around 4.5% for the average household. Our results from quantile regressions imply that for households in the 30th to the 70th percentile of electricity consumption, feedback on electricity consumption is statistically significant and effects are highest in absolute terms and as a share of electricity consumption. For percentiles below or above this range, feedback appears to have no effect. Finally, controlling for a potential endogeneity bias induced by non random participation in the feedback type groups, we find no difference in the effects of feedback provided via the web portal and by post.