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Journal
Journal of Environmental Systems
ISSN
0047-2433 (print) 1541-3802 (electronic)
Volume
14
Issue
2
Date
1/1/1984

Article Facts

Title
Comparisons Among Participants and Nonparticipants in the Bonneville Power Administration Residential Weatherization Pilot Program
DOI
10.2190/N99E-DW49-9LAK-XL0U
Authors
  • Eric Hirst
  • Richard Goeltz
  • Benson Bronfman
Pages
103-114
Online Date
05/09/2002

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Comparisons Among Participants and Nonparticipants in the Bonneville Power Administration Residential Weatherization Pilot Program

Eric Hirst
Richard Goeltz
Benson Bronfman

DOI: 10.2190/N99E-DW49-9LAK-XL0U

Abstract

Between 1980 and 1982, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) operated a Residential Weatherization Pilot Program. The program offered free home energy audits and zero-interest loans to encourage installation of retrofit measures in electrically heated homes. The households that participated in the BPA program differed considerably from households eligible for the program that did not participate. Generally, participants had larger families, more education, higher incomes, and had fewer retrofit measures in place before the program started than did the nonparticipants.

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