One hundred and sixty public utility customers were included in a study which assessed the effectiveness of government subsidies of energy-efficiency improvements as means of achieving residential conservation. Subjects were assigned to treatment conditions representing different levels of effort in order to investigate the relevance of the effort justification paradigm to energy conservation research. Analysis of variance and correlational analyses were employed to compare consumption of groups and determine relationships between conservation and various matching and independent variables. It was concluded that government subsidies in the forms of loans and grants achieved significant, durable energy savings. The data failed to demonstrate the relevance of the effort justification paradigm to conservation research. The conservation achieved by the subsidy programs compares favorably with gains reported by other investigators (Hollenbeck, 1983). The results of this study suggest that further research into the use of government subsidies, including the use of feedback and low-interest loans, is warranted. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-01, Section: B, page: 0376. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75758 |
| Contributors | HOLLENBECK, BURTON GEORGE, JR., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 93 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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