Does information encourage or discourage tenants to accept energy retrofitting of homes?
通过选择实验研究提供节能改造信息对公房租户同意改造意愿的影响,发现舒适性信息促进而财务信息抑制支持,且租户要求节能账单节省比租金涨幅高30%才同意。
We study whether providing information about the consequences of residential energy retrofitting encourages public housing tenants to agree with retrofitting, and how this differs by type of information offered. We run a choice experiment in which tenants select between retrofitting packages that differ on the renewable technology used, the energy bill savings, the corresponding rent increase and the CO2 reduction. Two subsamples of participants get additional information on the financial respectively comfort-related consequences of retrofitting. We find that an average tenant is willing to agree with retrofitting when energy bill savings are 30% higher than the rent increase. Information on comfort-related consequences of renovations makes people more likely to choose for retrofitting. On the contrary, information on financial consequences reduces the support for retrofitting.