The residential standards demonstration program: Occupant survey analysis

Abstract

EXECUTfVES~YWe present the findings of a mail questionnaire sent to all participants III the Residential Standards Demonstration Program (RSDP) during the Summer of 1986. The primary objective of this investigation is to compare occupants of MCS ("super" energyefficient) houses with occupants of "Control" ("current practice") houses to see whether the two groups are similar or different with respect to energy-related behavior, house characteristics, attitudes, and demographics.The results indicate that the MCS and Control groups are different from one another, but the effect of these variables on space conditioning energy use is not uniform .Chapter 1.