Estimated that a typical manufactured home could achieve net savings of $279 per year if all buyers took advantage of energy efficient measures that produced net savings.
Carrico’s 2011 paper seeks to provide an accessible, brief summary for policymakers of the key findings of behavioral and social science studies on household energy behavior.
Discusses opportunities for change in households and organizations, and identifies opportunities that have been underused in much of energy policy. The paper suggests design principles for interventions by governments and other organizations.
Analyzed the complex influences on individual behavior and the challenges of designing and implementing large scale, effective interventions for reducing energy use.
Includes case studies of policy successes as well as a chapter on policy levers that jurisdictions can use to advance the deployment of smart grid assets such as advanced metering.
Surveyed different types of behavior change programs, including the deployment of smart meters and other technologies designed to give consumers real-time usage feedback, and periodic home energy reports.
An industry standard by which a home’s energy efficiency is measured.
An effort to define fields that help home buyers using the Multiple Listings Service quickly find green homes, and make it easy to fully promote the special features of a green home.
The LEED for Homes program is a private standard and certification system that verifies the energy efficiency of a property and estimates cost savings for potential homebuyers.
Catalogs a variety of Green Building Certifications, Rating Systems, and Labels.