Recommendations of Potential Interventions that Could Motivate Reductions in Residential Energy Use at the Husky Village Housing Complex, UW Bothell
Abstract
Husky Village currently
has
the
highest energy consumption
per person
o
n
the
UWB
campus
,
which has made finding means to reduce energy use
in this facility
a high priority
.
T
his study
was designed to contribute to efforts to lower the energy footprint of Husky Village
.
Primarily,
the study sought
to test
discrete interventions
to moti
vate a decrease in energy use among
residents of
Husky Village
following
promising
methods
used in the
literature
.
I
sought to
expl
ore
how two potential intervention processes, providing feedback on energy consumption
and encouraging goal setting, could i
mpact subsequent energy use
, and developed a factorial
experiment to test the efficacy of these methods alone and in combination
. Unfortunately,
only one unit of students opted to participate in the intervention
and survey
. Although it is
possible that s
tudents reduced their energy use in response to the notice
regarding
the study
alone, no
significant
differences in energy use over the course of the study were seen among
the treatment groups
.
Secondarily, this study contributes a fine scale analysis of t
he electricity
metering data from the apartments that could be used for future administrative interventions.
I
found
that
three apartments ha
d
un
usual energy consumption
, which should be investigated
further by campus staff
. Re
commendation
s
are made for mo
re successfully engaging students
in
assessments and interventions
to encourage participation in
energy conservation efforts at
Husky Village.
In addition, suggestions
are made
for
policies that could
reduce energy
consumption
over
the short term.
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