Service 

Report

Enwgy Information Administration

Office of Energy Markets and End Use

U;S. Department of Energy

Washington, O.C. 20585

^ ± SR-EEUD--84-I

leather izat ion Program Evaluation

§]•: b? ..

Gerald E. Pealjody

of Energy Markets and End Use 

Energy End Use Division

August 20, 1984

This raport has not received a complete technical review by the Energy In 

formation Administration (E1A) and, therefore, should not be represented 

as an official EIA product.

|||lsS|; program in 198 l^^lRia; study is based -on a

scatii;f|^ipiiii|', national samp 1* Of : - households chac aarcicipscac in 

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This tai|jlpli|iiias a full discussiJW of cha. findings from the study. 

Iz aI:S^2||iiip^lii:|i|eacs the sample ;::3s4scr.ion orocass, the data collectio

of daca :IiSa;liysis.
CONTACTS

The following information is provided in case questions arise concerning 

this report:

General information about Energy Information Administration data on 

energy consumption may be obtained from W. David Montgomery, Director, 

Office of Energy Markets and End Use, (202-252-1617) and Lynda T. 

Carlson, Director of the Energy End Use Division (202-252-1112). Direct 

supervision of the report was provided by Nancy Leach, Acting Chief of 

the Residential and Commercial Branch (202-252-1114).

The text of this report was prepared by Gerald Peabody (202-252-1125), 

based on a final report submitted by the Response Analysis Corporation. 

The Response Analysis Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey, was the data 

collection agent for the study. Questions concerning the Residential 

Energy Consumption Survey can be answered by Wendel Thompson on 

(202-252-1119), who was also the technical supervisor for this study.
ABLE OF "-CONTENTS

-';:.- ' -.- Page

List of Figures .................... .^. .. . . .............. iv

List of Tables^, , .> . : . ................. .-. .; . ,....,.,...... v

Introduction ..... ................... ..-. ................. 1

Methodology and; Staple Characteristics . . ............... 4

Weatherizatiga rProgram Energy Savings ...... .............. 12

Appendix A:: Supplemental Tables . .... ................ 31

Appendix B: Data Collection Procedures .............. 38

Appendix C: : Procedures for Data Adj-tiseBent .......... 47

Appendix Di : Jttaljsis of Weatherizatioa

: . ;;;: .;f|wittgs by Means of Mate shed 

, ;: ; ; --/ :: l;||pi|>-a-irl8ons Using 1980 and 1981

: ; V ^:tSiS- :. .............. »V. , , ................ 63

Appendix E:: "SttCT'ey Materials .... .;,... ............... 73

iii
LIST OF FIGURES

Page

1. Weather Zone Differences Between Weatherized Homes and

All Low-Income Homes in the U.S. ........................... 7

2. Households Included in Study: Total » 1,727 ............... 16

3. Average Percentage of Energy Savings in Year Following

Weatherization ............................................. 20

4. Percent Reduction in Main Heating Fuel Consumption of

Individual Homes, Natural Gas and Electricity Only ......... 30

iv
: ; : LIST OF TABLES

Page

1. Comparisons of ^eatherized Homes' and All Families Below 

125 /$f*|i|t of /Poverty Level Living in Single-Family 

Homes : General Similarities . .....,:. ....................... 3

2. Conroaris<|Ss of : Percentage Distribution of Weatherizad 

Homes : i;aai::Ail Families Below 125 Percent of che Poverty 

Level -LiSingr in Single-Family Homes by Several

.. ............... . . .. . . ....................... 9

3. Average -feifal. Consumption of Main .Heating Fuel per

Hous;eiwl4;;; : fQr Weatherized Homes and for All Households 

witi : inci|jes Under 125 Percent of the Poverty Level 

(Million ;;|ta)- ........................................

4. Factors .Affecting Use of Household Energy Consumption

Data -Ja- lletfgy Savings Analysis , .,. ......................... 17

5. Estiatated:: Average Energy Consumption and Savings per

iiiilC for Tear After Weatherlzation .................... 21

6-. En«rff;:S4ytngs Related to Type and Cost of Weatherization

Services;':. . .... ...................-."......................... 23

7. Averfge. /Energy Consumption and Savings per Household of 

the ifaia pleating Fuel for the Major Subgroups of 

Households ................................................. 25

3. Average :Cost Savings per Household for che Main Home

Heatihg Fuel of Weatherized Households ..................... 23

9. Average ;; ost Savings per Household for the Main Home 

HeatiAg Fuel Related to the Costs of Weatherization 

Services ................................................... 28

Al. Seasons lor Dropping Households from Portions of Energy

Savings j&nalysis ........................................... 32

A2. Energy Consumption and Savings Estimates for Household 

Grpuns Defined by Factors Affecting Energy Consumption 

Data" ....... ................................................ 34

A3. Percent of Households by Percentage of Main Heating Fuel 

Saved: in -Individual Homes During Post-Weatherization 

Period, by Main Heating Fuel ............................... 36

31. Companies in Fuel Supplier Survey and Number of Households

Supplied ................................................... 43
LIST OF TABLES (Continued)

Page

32. Energy Consumption Records and Missing Data for Survey 

Households Using Electricity, Natural Gas, Fuel Oil or 

Kerosene, or LPG (Percentage of Households Using the 

Fuel) ...................................................... 46

Cl. Comparison of Actual Average Annual Pre- and ?ostWeatherization Consumption with Predicted Consumption

for Different Fuels ........................................ 61

Dl. Average of Selected Variables for Weatherized Sample and

for RECS Cases Before and After Match Weighting ............ 67

D2. Subgroup Averages Used to Construct Adjustment Ratios ...... 70

D3. Fuel Oil/Kerosene Consumption (in Gallons) for

Weatherization Cases and Matched RECS Cases ................ 73

04. Utility Gas Consumption (In Therms) for Weatherization

Cases and Matched RSCS1 Cases .............................. 74
INT50DUCTION

The Study in Brief

This report.presents the findings' of a systematic evaluation of che 

energy savings resulting from che weatherization assistance program for 

low-income households. The evaluation is based on a national sample of 

single-family homes (including mobile homes) selected from chose which 

participated - ia.: . che weatherization assistance program. The sample covers 

che gamut of conditions under which che program has been administered by 

community action agencies in all parts of the United States.

This study is based on a total sample of 1,727 homes, which is

statistically representative of all the single-family homes receiving 

low-income weacherization services in calendar year 1981. The income 

profile of JaiailifS with weatherized homes is roughly the same as chat 

for all faaiiils"with incomes below 125rpercene of the poverty level in 

1981. The .geographic distribution of the sample, however, is strikingly 

different frot^the distribution of all U.S. low-income households. More 

of che homes that were weacherized in 1981 were in che colder weacher 

zones, and fewer were in temperate and warm weather zones. Partly 

because of this climate difference, these homes consumed significantly 

higher quantities of energy for home heating, prior co weatherization, 

than the average for all low-income households.

The analysis of energy savings is based on comparisons of actual utility 

and fuel de:aJ.er fills for electricity, natural gas, fuel oil and 

kerosene, ,ai|d.liqiiefled petroleum gas, for the year before weatherization 

and the year after. Statistical adjustments were made for differences in 

weather conditions in the 2 years and for other factors to improve che 

accuracy of the savings estimates.

Highlights of Findings

1. WeathertzeS households saved an average of 14 million 3tu oa energy 

in the :year following weacherization. A range of average savings vas 

obtained by a number of different calculations. The range of average 

savings;''pel household are:

o 9.1 to 9.7 percent of total household energy consumption

o 10.4 to 10.9 percent of total household use of che tsain home 

.heating fuel

o 13.i to 13.7 percent, as an upper bound of savings, of che main 

home heating fuel used specifically for home heating purposes.

2. Energy-; savings Of weatherized homes were related to the type and cost 

of weatherization activity. Households receiving che most extensive 

weatherization services insulation plus storm windows or 

doors*«say: 8d more than cwice'as much energy as weatherized homes "hat 

were; not insulated.
3. The general pattern of post-weatherization energy savings is

duplicated in all major subgroups of veacherizad homes. Findings are 

within a percentage point or two of the 10 to 11 percent range for 

post-weacherization savings in use of main home heating fuel for 

homes grouped by

o main home heating fuel of the household

o weather zonea

o heated square feet

o age of householder

o race of householder.

4. Annual cost savings for the main home heating fuel, at 1981-1982 

prices, average $71 per weatherized home. Average cost of 

weatherization services (for materials only) was $400. Average 

dollar savings varied roughly in proportion to the cost of the 

weatherization services.

Cautions on Interpreting the Results

The energy savings obtained from a particular conservation improvement 

can be precisely determined only by measuring energy consumption under 

identical circumstances before and after the improvement is made. This 

condition is impossible to meet, however, because conditions are always 

changing. Weather and energy-use patterns, such as thermostat settings 

and intensity of use of the home, are two of the factors that are likely 

to change.

A second variable that adds to the difficulty of evaluating a particular 

conservation change is that its effectiveness will depend upon the 

characteristics of the specific house. The effectiveness of attic 

insulation, for example, will depend upon the amount of heat lost through 

the roof relative to other sources of heat loss.

A third complexity in evaluating the weatherization program is the wide 

variation in the types of conservation improvements made and possibly in 

the quality of "installation. The improvements were determined by the 

house's characteristics and the policies of the local agency conducting 

the weatherization.

As a result, this study can only provide an estimate of the average 

effectiveness of the program for a large sample of households. This 

study does not provide a useful estimate of the savings obtained for a 

particular house or from a particular improvement. The discussion of the 

findings elaborates on this point.

A strength of this study is the large sample of weatherized homes 

included in it. These homes cover the range of circumstances that effect 

energy use. Consequently, the average savings estimated here can be 

reliably attributed to the program.
•t

The next chapter of this report gives a general descripcion of the 

procedures followed ia conducting this study and of the characteristics 

of the households studied. The main findings of the report are discussed 

n the third chapear. The Appendices provide a complete description of 

the methodology followed in the study for the more technically inclined 

reader. tS<e appeltdices also include additional information on the study, 

including detailed tables and the questionnaires used for the household 

interview and those sent co the fuel suppliers.
METHODOLOGY AND SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS 

Objective of che Study

The purpose of this study was Co provide a systematic, objective 

evaluation of energy savings from che weatherization assistance program 

for low-income households.

Low-income persons have been particularly hard hit by rising fuel prices. 

Their homes are more likely to be poorly insulated, and they are least 

likely to have the money necessary to make energy-conserving home

improvements. The weatherization assistance program is intended to 

reduce che impact of higher fuel costs on low-income households and 

generally to assist in the National energy conservation program.

It is estimated that 13 million households are eligible for assistance 

under the program. Through 1983, approximately 1.4 million homes had 

received some weatherization assistance through programs of che U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor organizations.

DOE administers the program through six Operations Offices, which review 

grant applications and State plans, make grant awards, and monitor State 

programs. The States generally allocate the funds among local 

governments and organizations, particularly community action agencies, Co 

implement the program.

Sample Selection and Data Collection

Energy savings were evaluated by obtaining and analyzing actual bills for

household energy consumption for pre- and post-weatherizacion annual

periods. Research findings are based on a national sample of

single family nomes (including mobile homes) weatherized in calendar year

1981.

This was not a demonstration project in which an evaluation was based on 

homes weatherized under ideal conditions in one or s. faw closely 

monitored settings. A sample of households was selected from che 

mainstream of the program. The method of sampling provided assurance 

chat che gamut of conditions under which the program was carried out in 

1981 was covered.

Probability sampling procedures were used in all stages of selection of 

the national sample of households. The starting point was a set of 29 

sample areas (counties or groups of counties) well dispersed throughout
the United States. Sample areas were composed of a total of 111 

counties, including one or more counties in each of 24 States and the 

District of Columbia.*

In brief, the selection of specific households within sample areas 

included the following steps:

o A complete list of community agencies that administered the 

JloijN-iacome weatherization program in 1981, in sample counties, 

was completed from contacts with State energy assistance 

offices.

o Each community agency was contacted by mail and telephone to

obtain overall information on the total number of homes

weatherized in 1981.

o Systematic random sampling procedures vera used to select a 

sample of homes weatherized in, 1981 from the records of each 

agency. The agencies had no influence on the selection 

procedure.

High levels of cooperation were obtained from State and community agency 

officials at each step in the sampling process.

Interviews were completed with a very high proportion of households 

selected for the study. Altogether, 2,159 single-family homes were 

selected for inclusion in the data collection phase of the study. 

Interviews were completed with 1,727 households, which was 91.2 percent 

of those aligiola. Interviewers visieed all of the 2,159 homes selected 

to obtain personal interviews. Of the homes visited, 70 were vacant and 

196 others were found* to be ineligible for inclusion in the study, 

primarily because they were no longer occupied by the family w^o lived in 

the home at the time of the weatherization activity.

This study was conducted as an adjunct to the Residential Energy 

Consumption Survey (REGS). RECS, which has been conducted since 1978, is 

a comprehensive survey of energy use by a Nationally representative 

sample of households. The sampling and interview procedures followed in 

RECS have been used in this study, with appropriate modifications co 

allow for the special nature of the target population of weatherized 

homes. The questionnaire used in SECS has also been used in this study, 

again with modifications necessary due to the special requirements of 

this study. More complete details about the sampling and interview 

procedures are given in Appendix 3. Further information about RECS and 

findings from the latest available survey are given in Residential Energy 

Consumption Survey: Consumption and Expenditures, April 1981 Through 

March 1982, Energy Information Administration, DOE/EIA-0321, September 

1983.
The interviews were conducted in April and May 1983 and averaged about 53 

ainutes. The interviews included questions on structural features of che 

house related to energy, such as insulation, doors, and windows; the 

heating and cooling systems and the fuels used with chese systems; 

household appliances; receipt of government assistance for che cost of 

heating; and demographic daca on household members.

Toward the end of the household interview, the respondent was asked for 

the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of utility companies and fuel 

dealers that supplied the household. Respondents were also asked to sign 

a waiver authorizing data collection directly from companies for utility 

bills and fuel deliveries for the three-year period from January 1980 

through December 1982.

The fuel supplier survey involved collection of data from 574 companies. 

The survey covered four fuels electricity, natural gas, fuel oil or 

kerosene (considered to be a single fuel for purposes of this study), and 

liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). In many cases more "han one dealer had 

supplied fuel oil or kerosene or LPG to the household, and each of the 

dealers was contacted.

Characteristics of Weatherized Homes

There are similarities and differences between the families in the study 

and other low-income families living in single-family homes in the United 

States (Tables 1 and 2).

The similarities include:

o The income profile of families in weatherized homes is roughly 

the same as that for all families with income below 125 percent 

of the poverty level.

o Weatherized homes are about the same size as other Low-income 

homes, both in terms of number of heated square feet and number 

of persons in the household.

o The families are about the same in racial composition.

The most striking difference between weatherized homes and all U.S. 

low-income homes is in their distribution by weather zones. Far more of 

the weatherized homes are in the colder weather zones of the United 

States, and fewer are in the temperate or warm zones (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Weather Zone Differences between Weatherizsd Homes 

and All Low-Income Homes in the U.S.

?trc«flt of 

Households

Colder weather zones 

(5,500 heating degree 

days or more)

71%

Warmer weather zones 

(fewer than 5,500 

heating degree days)

names 

All U.S. low-income homes
Table 1. Comparisons of W'eatherized Homes and All Families Below 125

Percent of Poverty Level Living in Single-Family Homes: 

_______General Similarities_____________________________

All Households 

Below 125 Percent

of Poverty Level Weatherized 

_________________________(1981 REGS)__________Households

Family Income**

Less than 35,000 58 52

35,000 - $9,999 36 36

$10,000 or higher 6 12

Heated Square Feet

Less than 1,000 44 42

1,000 - 1,599 35 32

1,600 or more 21 26

Number of Persons in Household

1 28 33

2 27 24

3-4 25 26

5 or more " 20 17

Race of Householder

White 77 72

Black 21 25

Other _2 _3

Total 100 100

Source: 1981 REGS, Energy Information Administration for all households 

below 125 percent of poverty level. Data collected for this study shown 

for weatherized households.

**1980 family income for all households below 125 percent of the poverty 

level; 1981 family income for weatherized households.
Table 2. Comparisons of Percentage Distribution of Veatheriaed Homes and

Ail Families Below 125 Percent of the Poverty Level Living ir. 

_______Single-Family Homes by Several Variables__________________

All Households 

Below 125 Percent

of Poverty Level Weatherized 

__________________________(1981 aECS)_________Households_____

Weather zone

More than 7,000 heating

degree days 11 33

5,500 - 7,000 16 27

4,000 - 5,499 21 19

Less than 4,000 52 21

Houses built

Before 1940 4.0 53

1940 - 1964 35 29

1965 or later 25 18

Age of householder

Under 45 35 27

45 - 59 18 18

60 or older 47 55

Sources of income

Wages , 30 26

Social Security 47 58

Food Stamps 28 39

AFDC 11 15

SSI 11 17

Unemployment 6 7

Source: 1981 REGS, Energy Information Administration, for all 

households below 125 percent of poverty level. Data collected for chis 

study shown for weatherized households.

This difference is associated at least in part with the weather-zone 

difference between the two groups of houses. Another important 

difference ia that the average energy consumption of weatherized homes in 

the pre-weatherization annual period was 30 percent higher than the 

average for all U.S. low-income homes.
Other noteworthy differences include:

o Weatherized homes tend to be older (more were built before 

1940).

o Householders in weatherized homes are older (more are over 60).

o Occupants of weacherized homes are less likely to get at least 

part of their income fron wages or salaries, and more likely to 

receive benefits from Social Security, food stamps, and other 

Government assistance programs.

Another important comparison between the sample of weatherized homes 

considered in this study and the universe of low-income households is 

their consumption of energy. Since the weatherization program is focused 

on energy used for home heating, consumption of the main heating fuel is 

considered.

Table 3 shows total consumption of the main heating fuel for the 

weatherized houses and for all households from the 1981 RECS with incomes 

less than 125 percent of the poverty level that live in single-family 

houses. The time periods for the consumption of the two groups are not 

the same. The 1981 RSCS sample covers consumption for the period April 

1981 through March 1982. The period of consumption for che weatherized 

sample varies from household to household, covering a one-year period 

begining a month or so after the weatherization was completed. For most 

weatherized households, the post-weatherization periods includes most of 

the 1981-1982 winter that was also included in the 1981 SECS period.

The data in Table 3 indicate that weatherized households consumed an 

average of 118.8 million Btu, which was 35.5 million Btu, or 40 percent, 

more than all households in single-family homes and with incomes below 

125 percent of the poverty level. This higher consumption level is to be 

expected since more weatherized homes are located in colder weather 

zones. For households in weather zones with 5,500 or more heating 

degree-days, consumption for the main heating fuel is similar for the two 

groups.

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Tabla 3. Average local Cor.sumpei.on of Main Heating Fuel per Household

for Weatherized Homes and for All Households with Incomes 

_______tinder 125 Percent of the Poverty Level rMillion 3tu)_____

Households Under 

125 Percent Poverty in, 

Weatherized Single-Family Homes 

__________________________Households________(1981 REGS)_____

Total 118.3 83.3

Weather Zone (HDD)

Under 5,500 92.0 65.2

5,500 or more 135.6 129.4

Source: 1981 RECS, Energy Information Administration for all households 

below 125 percent of poverty level. Data collected for this study shown 

for weatherized households.

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WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM ENERGY SAVINGS 

Analysis of Energy Savings

This study provides estimates of the energy savings obtained from the 

Weatherization Assistance Program. The savings are estioiated from energy 

consumption data for a one-year period ending shortly before the 

veatherization vas carried out and for a one-year period starting just 

after the weatherization vas completed. The consumption data are based 

on actual utility company bills and records of fuel deliveries to the 

weatherized homes. Whenever possible, utility company records vere 

obtained for the three-year period from 1980 through 1992 for homes 

weatherized some time in 1981.

To estimate the energy savings, adjustments must be made to the raw data 

on fuel consumption obtained from the utility companies,, These adjust 

ments are described in the following sections. First, the data must be 

annualized to provide consumption figures for precise one-year periods 

before and after the weacherization. Secondly, the data are adjusted to 

correct for changes affecting consumption that occurred during the time 

period of the study that are not related to weatherization., Third, not 

all the households that were interviewed could be included in the final 

analysis of energy savings for a variety of reasons. The third section 

discusses the criteria for selecting the different groups of households 

that were used to make the final estimates of energy savings.

Annualization of Energy Consumption Records

The community agency records usually indicated the month in which the 

veatherization activity was completed, but not necessarily the exact span 

of dates in which the work was carried out. Consequently, a set of rules 

was established for constructing equal length pre- and postweatherization periods of 1 year. Application of the annualization rules 

created a buffer zone of about 3 months between the annual periods used 

in the energy savings analysis. This buffer zone prevented any unusual 

energy consumption activity, just before, during or just: after the 

accomplished weatherization, from affecting the savings estimates.

The annualization rules followed are discussed fully in Appendix C. 

Application of these rules give estimates of actual energy consumption 

for pre- and post-weatherization annual periods. Briefly, "the rules for 

the different fuels are the following.

For deliveries of fuel oil/karosene and LPG, a specific set of 12 months 

was defined for the pre-weatherized annual period and similarly for the 

post-weatherization annual period. For electricity and natural gas 

bills, the rules defined annual periods that were usually in the range of 

360 to 370 days. An additional adjustment was then made to the first and 

final billing periods for pre- and post-weatherization years, as 

required, to standardize each of the annual periods to 365 days.

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Adjustments to Account for Changes in Weather Conditions and Household 

Composition

It is tempting, but naive, to calculate energy savings by comparing the 

actual consumption figures for the pre- and post-weatherization periods. 

This procedure provides meaningful estimates of the energy savings for a 

one-year period to the weatherization only if the pre- and 

post-weatherization periods are identical except for the weacherisation.

Changes in the weather, in energy use patterns (such as raising or 

lowering the thermostat setting), in household composition, or in any 

other factor affecting energy use will also contribute co differences in 

consumption between the pre- and post-weatherization periods. The 

changes due to the weatherization must be isolated from these ocher 

changes to estimate the effect of the weatherization program.

In general, a household's energy use will change from year co year for a 

number of reasons related to changes in weather, stock of appliances, 

thermal integrity of the house and energy-related behavior. Some changes 

will be relatively small, such as the increased consumption from che 

purchases of a small electrical appliance, while others may be quite 

large, such as an increase in consumption for space heating due eo a 

substantially colder winter. In general, it is difficult co decamine 

all the factors that contribute to an observed change in total energy 

consumption and their relative importance.

For an individual weatherized home, therefore, weatherization will be one 

of many factor? contributing to changes in energy .consumption. To 

estimate the effect of che weatherization alone, it is necessary co 

account for all the. other changes. For a single household, it is 

difficult (and beyond the scope of this study) to isolate che 

contribution of one factor, such as the weatherization, to che change in 

total energy consumption. However, by averaging over a large number of 

households, many of the factors that lead to change will cancel ouc, and 

it is possible to isolate che effects of changes chat persist across all 

households.

The approach followed in chis study is to use average consumption for 

large groups of households Co estimate che average affect of 

weatherization. For this estimate, it is firsc necessary co adjust for 

all other factors that lead Co systematic changes in consumption among 

the households in the study. Any change that occurred co all households 

will not, of course, be canceled out by averaging over che households, so 

che change must be accounted for in the analysis.

In chis study, there were two important changes chac require adjuscmencs. 

Probably the most important is weather, because climace has such a large 

influence on consumption for home heating. Heating Degree Days (HDD) 

were, on average, 5 percent higher in the year after weatherizacion than 

in the year before. The second factor is household composition. 

Households were slightly smaller, on the average, in che year after 

weatherization than in che vear before.

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A multi-variate statistical procedure has been used co account for the 

changes in weather and household composition. The procedure adjusts 

each household's consumption in the pre-weatherisatior. period to 

correspond to conditions in the post-weatherization period. This 

adjusted consumption is the amount that would be predicted co be consumed 

in the post-weatherization period without weatherization under the 

climate and household composition situation that occurred in the 

post-weatherization period. The calculated savings for each household is 

the difference between this predicted consumption and the actual 

consumption in the post-weatherization period:

SAVINGS » PREDICTED CONSUMPTION - ACTUAL CONSUMPTION.

This formula is used to calculate the energy savings for the 

weatherization program for the households in the study. Complete data 

for estimating consumption were not available from all households 

selected to be in the study. Before considering the findings from the 

study, the selection of households used for the energy savings analysis 

is discussed.

Households Used in the Energy Savings Analysis

There were a number of reasons why some households in the study could not 

be used in the analysis. These reasons pertained chiefly to difficul 

ties in obtaining a complete and accurate record of the household's 

consumption of its main heating fuel for the more-than-rwo-year period 

that would permit an analysis of differences before and after the 

accomplishment of weatherization. Specific data collection and analysis 

problems of this type included the following:

o The household used wood or coal as its main heating fuel.

Experience indicated that records on consumption of these fuels 

could not be obtained with sufficient precision to permit 

analysis of quantities consumed before and after 

weatherization.

o The household switched its main heating fuels some time within 

the period covered by the study.

The adjustment procedures are discussed in detail in Appendix C. The 

approach is based on a multiple regression analysis of end use 

consumption of data from the RECS, as described in Residential Energy 

Consumption Survey: Regression Analysis of Energy Consumption by End 

Use, Energy Information Administration, DOE/EIA-0431, October 1983".
o Records for the household's single main heating fueleiectricity, natural gas, fuel oil/kerosene or L?G wera not 

available or not complete for the period relevant Co the energy 

savings analysis. This happened in some cases when che 

household respondent did not sign a waiver that would have 

permitted us Co request consumption records from fuel 

suppliers. Frequently, fuel suppliers were unwilling or unable 

co trace records back for the required period of time. The 

latter reason usually applied to use of fuel oil/kerosene or 

LPG rather than che use of electricity or natural gas.

In combination, reasons of the cypes above ruled out of the energy 

savings analysis 638 (37 percent) of the 1,727 homes for which personal 

interviews had been completed (Figure 2). This established a base of 

1,089 households for which main heating fuel records were judged co be 

complete and which were included in at least some phases of che analysis 

of energy savings data.

Within this base of 1,089 households, energy savings data were analyzed 

in a variety of ways. In one approach to the analysis, all of che 1,089 

households were included. In other approaches, one or both of che 

following groups of households were dropped:

o Households for which complete energy consumption records could 

not be obtained for fuels other than che main heating fuel. 

For these households, energy savings could be estimated for che 

main heating fuel but not for total energy consumption.

o Households for which unusual factors related to energy

" consumption might either mask or exaggerate differences in fuel 

use between the pre- and post-weatherization annual period. 

Households in this group include those who used a significant 

quantity of wood as a supplemental heating fuel, chose for whom 

some nonhousehold use of a fuel (e.g., for business or farm) 

was included in cheir fuel bills, and chose with changes in 

their pattern of fuel use for hot water or air conditioning.

Taken in combination, these factors affected 343 of che 1,089 households 

in che total base for the energy savings analysis (che combination of 

groups of households labeled B, C, and 0 in Table 4). To help judge che 

way these factors might affect estimates of energy savings, four sacs of 

households were defined:

1. The maximum number of households (1,089) for which main heating 

fuel estimates were available Groups A*3 + C*D + Ein 

Table 3.

2. A maximum number of households (965) for which total ene_rgv_ 

consumotion estimates were available Groups A * C * D in 

Table 3.

3. A minimum number of households (863) for which main heating 

fuel estimates were available, excluding chose with unusual 

factors that might affect energy savings estimates Groups 

A + 3 * C in Table 3.

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Figure 2. Households Included in Scudy: Total = 1,7

Included in all parts 

of analysis: All data 

available, no unusual 

factors identified that 

might affect savings 

estimates.

Not included in energy 

savings analysis: Use 

wood or coal as main 

heating fuel, or complete 

fuel Bills for main 

heating fuel could not 

3e oOtain«d

Included in some jiartii of 

analysis: Some data "o: 

available, or unusual fjc'::>r 

•rthcn mignt affect an«rt;y 

savings estimates

16
Table 4. Factors Affecting Use of Household Energy Cor.sunpci.on Daca. 

_______in Energy Savings Analysis ___

Complete Daca 

Available for 

Main Heating

All Households Complete Daca Fuel, But: Data 

in Base for Available for Missing for at 

Energy Savings Total Energy Least One Other 

_______ Analysis________Consumption______Fuel________

Total 1,089 965 124

No unusual factors

related to energy A 3

consumption 840 746 94

One or taore unusual

factors related to

energy consumption,

but none related to

consumption of C

main heating fuel 23 23

One or more unusual

factors related to

consumption of aain D E

heatiag fuel 226 196 30

17
Main Findings on Savings from Weatherizaticn

Four sees of findings on :he savings from che weacherizacion program are 

presented. The firsc is :he average savings for all households. Savings 

are expressed as a percent of total consumption, as a percent of 

consumption of the fuel used for space heating and as a percent of total 

space heating consumption. (The latter figure is the most significant 

since weatherization only affects space heating consumption.)

Second, the savings associated with different types of weatherization

activities are examined. Them, the savings from weatherization for 

different subgroups of the population are considered. Finally, an 

estimate of the annual cose savings for the first year after the 

weatherization is complete is presented. This section of the report is 

concluded with an examination of the distribution of weatherization 

savings among individual households. The findings are discussed in 

greater detail in the Appendices.

Average Savings Due to Weatherization

Weatherized households saved an average of 1& million 3tu of energy in 

the year following weatherization. Savings are in the range of 10 to 11 

percent of use of the taain home heating fuel. Average annual energysavings are presented in three ways in Figure 3.

0 Weatherized households saved 9.1 to 9__L7_percant of total 

household energy consumption.

These figures were based on utility and fuel supplier 

bills fer all household uses of electricity, natural gas, 

fuel oil/kerosene, and LPG depending, of course, on which 

of these fuels were used by the household. Wood or coal, 

'when used as a supplemental heating fuel by the household, 

were not included in the base for these savings estimates.

o Weatherized households saved 10.4 to 10.9 percent of total 

household use of the main home heating fuel. 

Uses of the fuel other than for home heating were usually 

included in che household bills used to calculate these 

savings estimates; for example, when natural gas was used 

as the household's main heating fuel, it was often used 

for hot water and cooking.

o Weatherized households saved 13.1 to 13.7 percent, as an 

upper bound, of savings of the main home 'heating fuel 

specifically for home heating purposes.

Calculations of these figures differed from those for the 

figures above in an important way. Percentage savings for 

total household consumption and for total use of the main 

home heating fuel were based on total bills for fuels used 

by the household (all bills, and the bill for the main 

home heating fuel, respectively). Calculation of fuel

18
savings specifically for home heating purposes were 

necessarily based on a different procedure. A statistical 

model was used to estimate fractions of each fuel used for 

specific purposes home heating, air conditioning (vheq. 

used by the household), hot water, and other purposes.'

When applied in the calculation of fuel savings 

percentages, the calculations assumed chat total savings 

of the home heating fuel were accounted for specifically 

by reduced use of the fuel for home heating purposes. The 

savings range of 13.1 Co 13.7 percent must therefore be 

interpreted as an upper bound of fuel savings specifically 

for home heating purposes.

"Residential Energy Consumption Survey; Regression Analysis of En 

Consumption by End rJse, Energy Information Administration, DOE/EIA-0431, 

October 1983. See Appendix C for a discussion of the procedures that 

were followed to make the estimates of savings for home heating.

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Percentages wichin each bar of Figura 3 show che range of results for 

four groups of households, defined in terms of completeness of fuel 

consumption data and, other characteristics that might: affect pre- and 

posc-weatherization comparisons. The narrow range or percentages (for 

example, 10.4 to 10.9 percent savings of home heating fuel) demonstrates 

the relative stability of overall results among seta of households 

defined in different ways.

Results of one set of calculations are displayed in snore detail in Table 

5, based on all households for which estimates of total energy 

consumption (electricity, natural gas, fuel oil/kerosene and LPG) were 

available for both the pre- and post-weatherizatian annual periods.

Figure 3. Average Percentage of Energy Savings 

in Year Following yeatherization

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Note on sampling error

The standard error of che percent savings figures shown in Figure 3 and 

Table 4 is approximately one percentage point. This means that the 

chances are 2 in 3 chat the possible range of error due to sampling alone 

is no greater than one percentage point, plus or minus, around the 

percent savings figures observed for this sample of households. The 

chances are remote, about 1 in 20, that che sampling error is greater 

than two percentage points. _________

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Table 5, Estimated Average Energy Consumption and Savings per Household 

for Year After Veatherization

Total for Use of Main 

Total Energy Household's Main Heating Fuel 

_________________Consumption___Heating Fuel______for Space Heat

Predicted consumption, 

year after 

veatherization

(million Btu) 152.4 132.6 105.5

Actual consumption,

year after

weatherization

(million Btu) 138.4 118.8 91.6

Average Savings

(million Btu) 13.9 13.3

Percent savings 9.1 10.4 13.1

Unless otherwise noted, all remaining findings in this section were based 

on the sample of 1,965 households for which estimates of total energy 

consumption were available for both pre- and post-weatherization annual 

periods.

Savings Relative to Weatherization Cost

Energy savings of weatherized households are related to the type and cost 

of weatherization activity. Households that were insulated ar.d in j»h_ich^ 

stona windows or doors were installed saved most.

Community agencies generally reported multiple types of weatherization 

services to homes included in the study. The most frequent types of 

activity were weatherstripping or caulking (about 9 homes out of 10) and 

attic, wall, or floor insulation (about 8 homes our of 10). Just over 

half of the homes received storm windows or storm doors.

Percent 

of ^Homes

Weatherstripping or caulking 91 

Attic, wall, or floor insulation 81 

Storm windows or doors 53 

Other services (insulation of 

hot water heaters, repairs, etc.) 69

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There were marked differences in post-weatherization energy savings for 

households who received different types of weatherization activity. As 

shown in Table 6, homes that were insulated in the weatherization program 

saved substantially more energy in the post-weatherizaticn annual period 

than did homes that were not insulated. For homes that were insulated 

and in which storm doors or windows were installed, the energy savings 

were more than double the energy savings of homes that were not 

insulated. These significant differences in energy savings were observed 

in absolute number of Btu saved and in the percent savings.

A similar, although less dramatic, difference in energy savings was 

observed for homes differing in the cost of weatherization activity. 

Homes that received higher-cost weatherization services started at a 

higher pre-weatherization level of fuel consumption and experienced more 

energy savings, both in terms of the absolute number of 3tu saved and in 

their percentage savings.

In terms of, the actual number of Btu saved, in homes for which the cost 

of weatherization materials was $400 or more, almost tvice as many Btu 

were saved as in homes for which the cost of materials was less than 

S400. The difference for percentage of savings is smaller because the 

actual amount of energy used by homes receiving higher-cost 

weatherization activity started at a higher level.

Most agencies reported costs for materials only because labor costs had 

not been calculated separately for each home. These findings excluded 

homes for which cost figures were reported for the total of both 

materials and labor.

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Table 6. Energy Savings Related co Type and Cose of Veacherization 

______ Sen/Ices_____________________________________

Tvrje of Weatherinaticr. Accivicv

Insulation Insulation

Plus Scorn No Storm

Windows or Windows or No Noe 

_______Doors_______Poors_______Insulation _Available

Number of homes'1 402 395 153 15

Predicted

consumption, year

after weatherization

(million Btu) 146,4 121.5 126.3 NA

Actual consumption, 

year after 

weatherization

(million Btu)

Average savings

(million Btu)

Percent savings

128.6

17.3

12.2

Cost of

Under 3400

108.7

12.8

10.5

Weatherization

3400

119.1 NA

7.2 NA

5.7 NA

(Materials Only)

Moc 

or Mora Available

Number of homes 320 468 177

Predicted

consumption, year

after weatherization

(million Btu) 110.6 134,9 NA

Actual consumption,

year after

weatherization

(million Btu) 101.1 119.1 NA

Average savings

(million Btu) 9.5 15.9 NA

Percent savings 8.6 11.7 NA

"Figures are the actual number of homes in the sample on which che 

findings were based. Information needed to determine placement in 

columns of table was unknown for seme households. For chose households 

no data are given (NA).

23
Weatherization Savings by Population Subgroups

The general pattern of posc-weatherizacion energy savings are duplicated 

in all aajor subgroups of veatherized homes. Data summarized in Table 7 

show savings in the main heating fuel for weatherized. homes grouped by

o the main home heating fuel used by the household

o major weather zones

o heated square faet

o age of householder

o race of householder.

In each case, findings were within a percentage point, or cvo of the 10 to 

11 percent range for post-weatherization savings in the use of the main 

heating fuel for all weatherized homes.
Table 7. Average Energy Consumption and Savings per Household of the 

_______Main Healing ?uel for the Majgr_J5afagroups of HousehoJLds__^

Main Home Heating Fuel______

Natural

Gas

Fuel Oil/ 

Kerosene L?G ElectricitNumber of homes 568

Predicted average 

consumption, year 

after weatherization

(million Btu) 130,2

Actual average 

consumption, year

after weacherization 

(million Btu) 134.2

Average savings

(million Btu) 16,0

183

113.9

102.9

11.0

71

80.3

? 2.6

51.0

5.2

Percent savings 10.7 9.7 10.2 8.5

Heated Square Feet

Under 1,000 1,000 or More

Mot 

Available

Number of homes 324

Predicted average 

consumption, year 

after weatherization 

(million Btu) 104.6

Actual average

consumption, year

after weatherization

(million Btu). 92.3

Average savings

(million Btu) 12.2

599

133.1

15.0

N'A

Percent savings 11.7 10.2 NA

The conversion of kwh of electricity to Btu did not include Btu used 

the production of electricity; a conversion factor of 3,412 Btu/kwh was 

used.

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Table 7. Average Energy Consumption and Savings per Household of the

Main Heating Fuel for the Major Subgroups of Households 

________(Continued) __________________________________

Weather Zones

Cold Zones (5,500 

or More Heating 

Degree Days)____

Temperate Zones 

(Fewer than 5,500 

Heating Degree Days

Number of homes 616

Predicted average 

consumption, year

after weatherization

(million Btu) 150.4

Actual average

consumption, year

after weatherization

(million Btu) 1.35.6

Average savings

(million Btu) 14.8

349

104.4

92.0

12.4

Percent savings 9.3 1,1.9

Age of gouseholder

Number of homes

Predicted average 

consumption, year 

after weatherization 

(million Btu)

Actual average 

consumption, year 

after weatherization 

(million Btu)

Average savings 

(million Btu)

Under 65

477

147.3

Not

65 and Over Available

.35

U. lias -b J D *J

Percent savings

133.3 

14.1

9.5

105.7 

13,9

11. ,6

NA 

NA

NA

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Table 7. Average Energy Savings per Household for Major Subgroups of 

Households (Continued)

Race of Householder

White Black

Mot 

Available

Number of homes 698

Predicted average 

consumption, year 

after weatherizacion 

(million Btu) 121.6

Actual average

consumption, year

after weatherization

(million Btu) 109.0

Average savings

(million Btu) 12.6

243

170.3

19.2

19

NA

N'A

MA

Percent Savings 10.4 11.2

Energy Cost Savings from Weatherization

Annual cost savings for the main home heating fuel at 1981-1982 prices 

averaged S7I per weatherized home. Weatherized households paid an 

average of $643 for their main home heating fuel in the year following 

weatherization (including all or most of the winter of 1981-1982). This 

was $71 less than the predicted average of $714 if no weacherization 

activity had taken place. The figures in Table 8 for percentage of-cost 

saved are close to those shown earlier for percentages of 3tu saved for 

each of the four main heating fuels.

When related to the cost of weatherization materials, dollar savings vary 

in rough proportion to costs (Table 9). Homes for which costs were SiCO 

or higher for materials only (average cost for this group is 3510) saved 

an average of $88 in the year after weatherization. Homes for which 

costs were under $400 (average cost for.this group was 5220) saved an 

average of $46 in the year after weatherization.
Table 3. Average Cost Savings per Household for the Main Home Heating 

Fuel of Weatherized Households

Main Home Heating Fuel

All Natural Fuel Oil/

Homes Gas Kerosene LPG Electricitv

Number of homes' 959

Predicted average 

consumption, year 

after weatherization 5714

Actual average 

consumption, year

666

$631

18:

31,010 $656

40

$354

after weatherization

Average savings 

(million Btu)

Percent savings

3643 $568 

$ 71 $ 63

9.9 10 . 0

$ 912 

$ 98

9.7

$535

$ 71

10 . 8

$781 

$ 73

8.5

The number of homes represented in this table is slightly smaller than 

in Table 6 because energy price data were not available for six 

households.

Table 9, Average Cost Savings per Household for the Main Home Heating 

_______Fuel Related to the Costs of Weatherization_Servlces______

Cost of Veatherizatior. (Materials Onlv)

Under $400

Number of homes

Predicted cost, year 

after weatherization

Actual Cost, year 

after weatherization

Average savings

317 

$627

$581 

3 46

$400 or More

466 

$760

$673 

$ 88

Not 

Available

182 

NA

NA 

MA

Percent Savings 7.3 11.6
Distribution of Consumption, Changes per Household

The main findings presented in the precaeding section were estimates or 

savings due co weatherizacion based on the average consumption changes 

for groups of households. Individual households had consumption changes 

that varied around the average. The distribution of changes in 

consumption per household of che main haacing fuel is shown in Figure 4.

About 77 percent of weatherized homes used less of chair main home 

heating fuel in the post-weatherizatioti annual period than they did in 

the pre-weatberizatien period after adjusting for weather and household 

composition. The remaining 23 percent of households used snore of cheir 

main heating fuel. Slightly more than half of weatherized homes (53.3 

percent) experienced savings in the range between 0 and 20 percent, 

There were, as noted above, many reasons apart from weatherization for 

variation is. consumption from one year to the next, even after 

adjustments had been mads for weather differences and differences in 

household composition. Some households may have changed che pattern of 

use of their home heating fuel between the pte- and post-weatherization 

periods. Indicated increases in fuel use may reflect: higher thermostat 

settings for additional comfort or other changes in che way che home was 

used even by the same number of people.

Measurement problems related to fuel consumption or weather patterns aay 

also affect the findings for individual homes. Some fuel bills were 

based oa estimated rather than actual consumption." If the estimates 

occurred at the beginning or end of an annual period, some fuel 

consumption may have been Inappropriately assigned co an annual period in 

which it did sot occur, The overall weather pattern for an area which 

included many weatherized homes may not have exactly fit the specific 

conditions that prevailed for some individual homes. Measurement errors 

may affect savings estimates for individual homes by a number of 

percentage points but would be expected to have no more than a trivial 

affect oa overall averages. For those reasons, consumption changes for 

individual homes were not as useful as overall averages for estimating 

the effectiveness of the weatherization program.

These findings were based on homes using natural gas or electricity as 

their main space heating fuel. In general, consumption of those fuels 

was established for specific calendar periods between meter readings. 

Findings for fuel oil/kerosene and LPG included a higher proportion of 

extreme variations from year to year because delivery records did not 

exactly match the period during which the fuels were consumed.

"Estimated consumption" in this context refers to estimates ~ade by 

utility companies for billing purposes when actual meter readings were 

not available.

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Consumption of Individual Homes, Macural 

Gas and Electricity Only

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30
APPENDIX A 

Supplemental Tables

31
Table Al. Reasons for Dropping Households from Portions of Energy 

Savings Analysis

Households in 3cudv Sanrole

Total Households in Sample

Households dropped from all parts 

of analysis

Did not live in home for at. least 

12 months prior to weatherization

Wood or coal is niain heating fuel

Changed main heating fuel during 

period covered by study

Incomplete or missing consumption 

data for main heating fuel

Numb e r

1,727

638

49a

201

54

334

Percent

100.0

36.9

2.8

11.7

3.1

19.3

Total number of households for which

main heating fuel consumption estimates

were available (groups A ' 3 + C + D * 

E in Table 4, page 16) 1,089 63.1

Households with missing or incomplete

data for one ore more fuels other

than main heating fuel (groups B + E

in Table 4, page 16)' 124

Households with data available for

total energy consumption; one or

more unusual factors related to

energy consumption (groups C * D

in Table 4, page 16) ' 219 12.7

Data not available for annual

period as normally defined for

year before and/or after

weatherization 61 3.5

Household used one or more

cords of wood as supplemental

heating fuel in year prior to

interview 49 2.8
Table Al. Reasons for Dropping Households from Portions of Energy 

________Savings Analysis (Continued)_____________________

Households in Studv Samnie

 lumber Percent

Changes in air conditioning and/

or in hot water fuel during

period covered by study 50 2.9

Some household fuel bills

include nonhousehold uses

of energy (farm, business, or

nonhousehold recreational

uses) 10 0.6

Changes in heated or total

square feet during period

covered by study 13 0.3

Incomplete or missing square

feec measurements 36 2.1

Number of households in all parts 

of energy savings analysis (group 

A in Table 4, page 16) 746 43,2

"Number of households co which reasons apply are mutually exclusive; 

i.e., a household dropped for a reason listed closer to the top of che 

table is not duplicated in the count for a reason listed later in the 

table.

See technical discussion in Appendix C.

33
Table A2. Energy Consumption and Savings Estimates for Household 

Groups Defined by Factors Affecting Energy Consumption 

Data

Use of 

Main

Total for Heating 

Households' Fuel for 

Total Energy Main Heat- Space 

Consumption ing ?ua 1 Heat___

Maximum number of households

(1,089) for which main^heat 

ing fuel estimates were 

available Groups A + B « 

C * D in Table 4, page 16.

Predicted consumption,

year after weatherization 

(million 3tu)

Actual consumptions year 

after weatherization 

(million 3tu)

Average savings

(million Btu)

a. a 133,1

118.7

14.3

106.0

91.6

14.3

Percent savings

Maximum number of households!

(965) for which total energy

consumption estimates wera

10.8 13.5

available Groups A * C in 

Table 4.

Predicted consumption,

year after weatherization 

(million Btu)

Actual consumption, year 

after weatherization 

(million Btu)

Average savings 

(million Btu)

152.4

138.4

13.9

132.6

118.8

13.8

105.5

91.6

13.8

Percent savings 9.1 13.1
Table A2. Energy Consumption and Savings Estimates for Household 

Groups Defined by Factors Affecting Energy Consumption 

Data (Continued) ___________ _____________

Total Energy 

Consumption

Total for 

Households' 

Main Heating Fuel _

Use of

Main

Heating

Fuel for

Space

Heat

Minimum number of households 

(863) for which main heating 

fuel estimates were available, 

excluding those with unusual 

factors that might affect 

energy savings 

estimates Groups A + 3 in. 

Table 4. .

Predicted consumption, 

year after weatherization 

(million Btu)

Actual consumption, year 

after weatherization 

(million Btu)

a.a. 130.1

116.5 90.3

Average savings 

(million 3tu) 13.6 13.6

Percent savings

Minimum number of households

(746) for which total energy

consumution estimates were

9.1 10=3 13.1

available, excluding those 

with unusual factors that 

might affect energy savings 

estimates Group A only 

in Table 4.

Predicted consumption, 

year after weatherization 

(million Btu)

Actual consumption, year 

after weatherization 

(million Btu)

Average savings 

(million Btu)

149.4

135.0

14.4

130.3

116.1

14,2

103.4

89,3

Percent savings 9.6 10.9

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Table A3. Percent of Households by Percentage of Main Heating Fuel Saved 

in Individual Homes During Posc-Weatherizacior. Period, by 

Main Heating Fue1

Fuel Savings 

Percentage

Number in sample

Below

-20.0

-10.0

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

-20.0

to -10.1

to - 0.1

to 9.9

to 19.9

to 29.9

eo 39.9

or above

Total

Natural Gas

or Electricity

(711)

3.2

3.8

16.2

27.2

26.6

15.4

5.0

2.6

100.0

Fuel Oil/Kerosene 

or LPG

(254)

13.2

5 . 7

L3 . 9

17,8

19.2

11 , 1

7,8

11.3

100 , 0

Note: Natural gas and electricity are metered fuels; actual billing 

periods were used to estimate savings in the post-weatheriaation annual 

period. Fuel oil/kerosene and LPG estimates are based on che cine 

periods during which deliveries were made to households. The amount of 

fuel actually consumed within an annual period aiay be different from the 

amount of fuel delivered eo che household during chat period, depending 

on che beginning and end of period inventories of fuel on hand.

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Sampling Error of Energy Savings Estimates

An approximation of the sampling error of observed savings in energy 

consumption was computed for the percentage savings in consumption of 

main home heating fuel. The approximation was based on the sample of 

households (n-965) for which estimates of total energy consumption were 

available for both the pre- and posc-weatherization periods. Average 

percentage savings were computed for each Primary Sampling Unit (PSU) in 

che national sample for which savings estimates were available for 30 or 

more households; PStJ's with fewer than 30 households were grouped into 

weather zones as follows:

Less than 4000 HDD

4000 - 5499 HDD

5500 - 7000 HDD 

More than 7000 HDD

Sixteen average savings figures were produced in this way: 12 for 

individual PSU's and 4 for £he remaining PSU's in the sample grouped by 

weather zones. The minimum of 30 households established for computation 

of the figure for an individual PSU was intended to provide a reasonable 

level of stability to the computations. The use of PSU's and PSU groups 

for the computations reflects the actual cluster sampling design. 

Systematic random procedures were used to select households within each 

PSU. The selected households in each PSU were the ultimate clusters.

The 16 observations of percentage savings estimates for PSU's and PSU 

groups were distributed as follows:

Percentage Savings of Number of PSU's 

Main Home Heating Fuel or PSU Groups

4.0 1

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14,0

16.0

18.0

- 5.9

- 7.9

- 9.9

- 11.9

-13.9

- 15.9

-17.9

-19.9

Total

Mean =10.3

6

1

2

16 

Standard Deviation = 3.4

Computed in this way, the approximate standard error of the average 

percent savings figure is 0.9 percentage points.

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APPENDIX 3

Data Collection Procedures

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DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES

Selection of Sample Households

The universe for this study included, with some restrictions, singlefamily homes (including mobile homes) in the United States for which work 

under Che low-income weatherization assistance program was completed 

during calendar year 1981. The restrictions to this definition were:

o homes weatherized under che low cast/no cost previsions 

of the program (weatherization costs under 350) were 

excluded

o homes in Hawaii were excluded because available records 

indicated that few, if any, homes had been weatherized 

under the program

o homes were excluded from the universe if families occupying 

the housing unit at the time weatherization work, was 

completed had moved prior to data collection for this study 

in April and May 1983.

Probability procedures were used at all stages of sample selection. The 

starting point was a subset of 29 of the 131 PSU's used for che 

Residential Energy Consumption Surveys (RECS) for 1980 through 1982. To 

construct the RECS sample, the 3,141 counties and independent cities in 

the 50 States and che District of Columbia were divided int.o 1,782 PSU's 

on the basis of Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SKSA), county 

and independent city boundary lines, and population characteristics. The 

PSU's were grouped into 131 strata for the RECS sample and one PSU was 

selected from each stratum. To select the subset of 29 PSU's for "his 

study, the 131 PSU's were regrouped into 25 master strata based primarily 

on geographic region and metropolitan or nonmetropolitan status. 

Probability procedures were then used to select two PSU's from each of 

four nonmetropolitan master strata outside the South, and to select one 

PSU from each of the other 21 master strata. Differences in the numbers 

of PSU's selected from the 25 master strata were intar.ded to reduca che 

variation in weights that would be needed to produce overall national 

estimates for the low-income weatherization study.

In one of the original 29 PSU's selected for che study, che only agency 

implementing the weatherization program during 1981 was unable Co provide 

names of participants. Because of the importance of representing each 

stratum in the sample, a substitute PSU was drawn from the same master 

stratum.

The 29 PSU's were the sample areas from which weatherized homes were 

selected. Sample areas were composed of 111 counties, including one or 

more counties in each of 24 States and the District of Columbia.

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Selection of specific homes within sample areas included, :ha following 

seeps.

o Starting ia late 1982, state energy assistance offices were 

contacted to compile a. complete list of community agencies 

that administered the low-income weatherizacion program in 

1981 in sample counties.

o Each community agency was contacted by mail and talephone 

to obtain overall information on the total number of 

homes weatherizad ia 1981.

o Systematic random sampling procedures were used :o select 

a sample of homes weatherized in 1981 from ::he records of 

each agency. This selection procedure was entirely 

controlled by the EIA contractor.

Of the total of 108 agencies contacted, 96 participated in the study by 

providing access to their records. Information on weatherized households 

obtained from these agencies included, when available, ::he names, 

addresses, and telephone numijers of residents, types of living quarters 

(single- or multiple-family), cost of weatherization services, whether 

costs covered materials only or also included labor,, she types of 

weatherization improvements to the home, and dates of the weatherization 

work.

Agencies that were unable or unwilling to provide access to their records 

were generally those who weatherized very few homes In 1,981 and in some 

cases were no longer in existence. Fewer than 5 percent of all homes 

weatherized in 181 were accounted for by these nonparticipating agencies.

Procedures for the selection of specific households from agency records 

were designed to place control of this s-tep in "he hands of the research 

staff carrying out the study. Two procedures were used for the selection 

of records from agency files:

o 51 agencies, generally those with fewer than 150 homes 

weatherized in 1981, were asked to provide information 

on all homes weatherized during that year

o 45 agencies were, visited and a systematic random sample of 

weatherized homes were selected from the agency files. 

This group included 39 agencies who had weatherized 150 or 

more homes in 1981, plus 6 others who requested assistance 

ia compiling information on weatherized homes from their 

records.

Approximately 4,500 homes were included in this first; selection from 

agency records. An additional systematic random sampling step reduced 

the sample to approximately 3,000 homes for which talephone screening 

contacts were then attempted to check addresses provided by agencies and 

to determine whether weatherized units were still occupied by families 

living in the units at: the time the weatherizacion wcrk was completed.

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A final sampling stap reduced che number of housing units selected for 

personal contact Co 2,159. Homes that could not be contacted by 

telephone were retained in che sample but were sampled at a lower race 

than homes thac had been screened by telephone.

Household data collection

The 2,139 homes selected in che final sampling step were visited by 

interviewers during April and May 1983. Interviewers found that 78 units 

were either ao longer used for dwelling purposes, or were not habitable, 

or were not single-family dwellings. Of the 2,081 remaining housing 

units, 70 were ineligible due to vacancy and 118 were ineligible because 

they were no longer occupied by the family who lived in. the home at che 

time of weatherisation. Personal interviews wera completed during April 

and May 1983 at 1,727 of the 1,893 eligible units s for a response rate of 

91.2 percent.

The Interviewers

A total of 102 interviewers completed one or more personal interviews for 

this study. Each interviewer conducted an average of 17 interviews. The 

most interviews completed by one interviewer was 44,

Somewhat over half (57) of the interviewers had worked on earlier REGS 

assignments. Those who had not worked on RECS assignments were trained 

in one-day regional meetings or, in a few cases, were trained 

individually by an experienced interviewer or supervisor.

The Interview

The average personal interview lasted 58 minutes with 85 percent of the 

interviews lasting between 35 and 80 minutes. The interview with the 

householder (or his or her spouse) covered structural features o£ the 

house related to energy, such as insulation, doors, and windows; the 

heating and cooling systems and the fuels used in these systems; use of 

wood; energy conservation efforts; household appliances; receipt of 

government assistance for the cost of heatings; and demographic data on 

household members.

At the and of the interview, respondents were asked to sign a waiver 

authorizing the contractor to obtain records of energy consumption from 

the housing unit's energy supplier(s). Ac this time, the interviewer 

also measured the dimensions of the housing unit, using a retractable 

50-foot metal tape measure, and recorded che dimensions on a rough-drawn 

diagram of the floor plan.

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Weighting Procedures

Weights were used in developing estimates from the survey data. The 

weight for each sample household reflects the probability of selection of 

that household and an additional adjustment co help correct for potential 

biases arising from the failure to contact all survey units.

The procedure included calculation of a basic assignment weight as 

follows for each sample household:

BASIC ASSIGNMENT WEIGHT - PSUWT * NFIRST * NSECOND * STHISD

Total 1978 oopulation in stratum group 

* Total 1978 "population in ?SU

is the inverse of the probability with which a sample PS1J was chosen.

NTIRST is the inverses off the probability of selection in step 1 

(selection of households from agency lists)

NSECOND is the inverse of che probability of selection in step 2 

(selection in central office for inclusion in telephone screening phase)

NTHISD is the inverse of che probability of selection in step 3 

(selection after phone screening for field interviewer contact)

A nonresponse weight was computed for households in each PSU, separately 

for those households for which telephone screening contacts were 

successfully completed and for those housholds for which telephone 

screening contacts were not completed.

NR WEIGHT

Number of eligible households in assigned PSU for field 

contact

Number of completed interviews in PSU 

The final weight for each household was equal to

BASIC ASSIGNMENT WEIGHT * NON5ESPONSE WEIGHT
Fuel Supplier Survey

The overall objective of cha fuel supplier survey was to provide data on 

which Co estimate che pre- and post-weacherizacion fuel consumption and 

expenditures of che weatherized households. Four ucilicy fuels were 

covered in Che survey electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, and LPG,* For 

each of the fuels, the goal was to obtain complete consumption records 

for the three-year period January 1, 1980, through December 31, 1982.

Toward che end of the household interview, each household reported for 

each use of the fuel, whether or noe the fuel was paid for by the 

household, included in she rent s or paid another way. For those 

households that paid directly, che respondent was asked for the names, 

addresses and telephone numbers of che fuel companies supplying the 

household; Chase respondents were also asked co sign a waiver, 

authorizing consumption data to be collected from che suppliers.

Altogether che fuel supplier survey included initial contact attempers 

with 574 companies. The number of companies in che survey supplying each 

fuel and the tocal number of households supplied are shown in Table 31.

Table 31. Companies in Fuel Supplier Survey and lumber of Households 

____________Supplied_______ __________ ______________________

Fuel Suoolier

Number of 

Cotnoanies

Number of Survev 

Households Suooliad

Electricity ........

Natural Gas ........

Fuel Oil or Kerosene. . . ,

LPG .............

97

56

325

132

1,647

939

435

337

The total number of companies in the survey was 374, Those included 15 

chat supplied both electricity and natural gas; 1 chat supplied natural 

gas and LPG; and 20 that supplied fuel oil and LPG.

These figures represent the number of households that signed an 

authorization form and chat paid directly to the utility company for all 

uses of the fuel. Excluded are 6 fuel oil households and 6 LPG 

households supplied by unknown companies.

"Households using LPG for outdoor cooking grills only were not included 

in che LPG data collection; LPG used by chase households is excluded from 

consumption and expenditures estimates.
Data collection for the fuel supplier survey began in May L983 and 

continued through August 1983. Procedures for electricity and natural 

gas companies included at least the following steps:

o An initial letter from the Administrator of the Energy 

Information Administration, addressed to the president or 

other official in the company outlining the general natural 

of the request for participation. The letter also announced 

that a telephone contact would be made to determine the name 

of the person to whose attention the survey materials should 

be sent. Enclosures in the letter included a printed statement 

entitled "About the Survey of Households Receiving Low-Income 

Weatherization Assistance," specimen copies of reporting and 

authorization forms, and a postage-paid postcard with a check 

list of available publications and data tapes.

o The telephone contact referred to in the initial letter.

o The mailing of survey materials to the person named as contact 

person,

o A follow-up telephone contact a few days later r,a answer 

questions or discuss survey procedures as necessary.

o Completed forms or copies of records returned by mail.

o A letter from the E1A thanking the company for its effort.

The personal contacts established at an early point largely precluded 

mailings of materials to an inappropriate person and the delays that 

might develop from such mailings.

Procedures for fuel oil or kerosene and LPG dealers were the same as for 

electric and natural gas companies up through and including the mailing 

of survey materials to the company person named as the contact. Those 

companies, however, often had only one or two households for which 

information was to be supplied, and data collection was generally 

completed by telephone.. An aarlier pretest of the procedure had 

indicated a somewhat greater likelihood that companies would respond by 

telephone rather than as a ressult of a request to complete and return the 

foras by mail. Companies chat chose to return the forms by mail, 

however, were not discouraged from doing so. After the company returned 

the information, additional contact with companies and households was 

sometimes required to identify the correct record in the company files.

Energy Consumption Records

The fuel supplier survey was conducted for households that paid their own 

fuel bills directly to the supplier and authorized access to their 

records. Households lacking consumption records because they did not pay

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"bills directly to suppliers are fewer than 2 percent of survey households 

for each of the four fuels (see Table B2). Between 3 and 5 percanc of 

the households for che four fuels did act sign authorization for~s 

(access to records denied).

Table 32 shows that complete and usable records were much more often 

received for electricity and natural gas consumption than for use of fuel 

oil or kerosene and LPG. Some dealers supply fuel oil, kerosene, and L?G 

on a cash-and-carry basis and simply do not keep records of individual 

purchases by households, or do so only for a limited period of time. 

Also, households may change their source of supply for fuel oil, 

kerosene, and LPG, leading to additional difficulties in reconstructing a 

record spanning the more than 2 years required for the comparison of preand post-weatherizatioa fuel consumption. In some instances, companies 

vho formerly supplied fuel oil, kerosene, or LPG to survey households 

were no longer in business at the time of data collection for this study.

"or electricity and natural gas, the most frequent reason for unusable 

records was that companies were not able to retrieve information for 

individual households for the full period needed to compare ore- and 

post-weatherization fuel consumption. Among the records received from 

electric and natural gas utility companies and classified as unusable, 

more than two-thirds were complete for the post-weatherization annual 

period but not for the year before weatnerization.
Table 32. Energy Consumption Records and Missing Oata for Survey 

Households Using Electricity, Natural Gas, Fuel Oil or 

________Kerosene, or L?G (Percentage of Households Using the Fuel)

Natural Fuel Oil 

Survev Households Electricitv Gas or Kerosene L?G

Total Households

Using the Fuel ......„.,„„„.» 100.0 100.0 1CC.O 100.0

(Sample Number) .....„„,„ ,.... (1,725) (l,03i) (514) (367)

Usable Records Received

From Fuel Supplier3 .<,.,„<„., 86.7 80.0 t-9,2 59.9

Unusable Records Received

from Fuel Supplier ....,..,„.. 7.5 14.4 26,3 21.3

Household Pays Directly to 

Supplier—No Records

Available for the

Household ..............,„,.. 4.5 4.2 23,3 16.9

Household Mot Identified

in Company Records ......... 1.3 1.6 i7.7 10.4

Company Refused to

Participate ............... * * l,i . 0.3

Company Unknown or Not

Located ................... * * 1.2 1.6

Authorization Form Not:

Signed .................... 3.2 2.6 3,3 4.6

Fuel Used Included in Rant

or Paid in Other Way ....... 1.3 1.4 ;.2

Records were considered usable if they covered a full ;?ear segment in 

bpth the pre- and post-weatherization annual periods.

Includes households with mixed payment methods: one or acre uses of a 

specified fuel paid directly to a supplier, and other uses included in 

rent or paid in other way.

^Represents or rounds to ;:ero.
APPENDIX C

Procsduras for Data Adjustment
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL CONSUMPTION FOR THE YEAS 3EFORE 

AND THE YEAR AFTER WEATHERIZATION

The month during which vsacherization was completed was known for 

virtually all housing units in the sample (1717 of 1727 or 99.4 percent). 

Any comparison of preand post-weatherization fuel consumption chat 

attempts to estimate savings should try to avoid contamination of the 

estimated before/after change by excluding consumption daca for a time 

interval that immediately surrounds the date of weatherization. By 

"backing off" in both directions from che month of weatherization to 

construct che before and after consumption estimates two difficulties are 

avoided:

o uncertainty as to the exact period of weatherization 

activity

o possible unusual consumption activity just before,

during, or j-use after the accomplished weaehe;:ization.

On the other hand, the above objective must be balanced against the 

difficulty of obtaining actual billing information for a long time span. 

3y "backing off" too ouch, Che billing data simply nay ioc exist for the 

construction of annualized 'estimates.

The strategy decided upon for this analysis established a. three-month 

buffer zone centered on che month in which weatherization was completed 

by backing off one month before and one after. For example, if the 

weatherization month was June 1981, the period of May through July 1981 

was regarded as a buffer zone. Pre-veatherization consumption was then 

estimated from billing data for the period May 1, 1980 co April 30, 1981, 

and post-weatherization consumption from data for the period August 1, 

1981 to July 31, 1982. Ii: is obvious that exact billing data for these 

tvo annual periods were typically unavailable.

The following paragraphs outline the specific rules used co approximate 

before and after annualized consumption, while observing the three-month 

buffer zone centered on the weatherization month insofar as possible.

If billing data were deficient to the extent that an approximate "before" 

annualized consumption over a time interval that raspecTMs the three-month 

buffer was impossible, an approximation over the time interval April 1, 

1980 to March 31, 1981, was attempted. Similarly for an "after" 

consumption an approximation was attempted with April 1, 1981 to March 

31, 1982, as the substitute time interval. These alternative standard 

year intervals were chosen because they reflected the survey periods for 

3ECS.

Data from the continuing national RECS survey are used Throughout this 

analysis. They establish baseline statistics; they furnish models that 

allow adjustment of the weatherized sample measurements co altered 

conditions of weather, household demographics, and housing unit 

characteristics; and they are used in various ways as comparison data 

from a pseudo control group,, For each RECS survey, annualized fuel
consumption is always reported and estimated for the "standard year"

April I to March 31: RECS1 data is for April 1, 1980 to March 31, 1981,

and RECS2 data is for April 1, 1981 to March 31, 1982.

Since the median month of weatherization completed is May 16 co June 15, 

the typical three-month buffer zone mentioned above is April 15 to July 

15, so that the typical "before" and "after" annual periods described 

above are April. 16, 1980 to April 15, 1981, and July 16, 1981 to July 15, 

1982, respectively. Very roughly then, the RECS1 standard year nay be 

viewed as a most reasonable approximation to the "before" period that we 

wish to represent pre-weatherization consumption, and the RECS2 standard 

year as a less reasonable, but still acceptable, approximation for the 

"after" period that we wish to represent post-weatherization 

consumption.*

Rules for Defining Time Segments and Annualized 

and Utility Gas Bills

stimates or Electricity

Four time segments were defined, each encompassing a period of close co 

365 days for which bills were available and subject co the constraint 

dates shown below. Segments 3 and 4 correspond co the pre- and 

post-weatherization periods surrounding the three-month buffer zone 

centered on the weatherization month. Segments 1 and 2 correspond co the 

RECS1 and RECS2 standard year intervals.**

Constraint Dates

Segment 1

Segment 2

Segment 3

Segment 4

Preferred Beginning 

or Ending Date

Begin 040180 

Begin 040181 

End WMB-01 

Begin WMA2-01

Must Begin on 

or After

111579 

111530 

111579 

WMA-16

Must End on 

or Before

063081 

073082 

WMB-15 

021583

Here and throughout, WMB denotes the month prior to, WMA the month 

following, and WMA2 second month following the aonth in which 

weacherization was completed.

The number of days within the constraint days for which billing data were 

available (counting the first and last days each as one-half day) were 

determined first. If less than 330 days of data were available within

*This logic is silly with respect to individual cases but is corract 

for aggregated data. Note chat, if it is assumed that weatherization 

leads to consumption savings or at least to no change in consumption for 

most cases, then any bias introduced by the use of the RECS standard cime 

intervals for a certain percentage of cases is in the direction of a. 

reduced estimate of average savings for the entire group,

**Throughout the analysis, segments 3 and 4 data were used whenever 

available. Segment 1 or 2 data were used only when segment 3 or 4 data 

were respectively unavailable. Mo case was used for any portion of the 

analysis if either segments 1 and 3 were both unavailable, or segments 2 

and 4 were both unavailable.

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the constraint period, chen no annualized estimates Jor consumption or 

cost wera attempted or reported for that segment. If 330 to 380 days of 

data were available within the constraint period, annualized consumption 

and cost were estimated by scaling all available data co a 365-day 

period, as described below. If more than 380 days of data were available 

within the constraint period, a procedure was followed chat attempted to 

reduce the period of available data to the range of 351 1:0 380 days, 

while observing the preferred beginning or ending dace insofar as 

possible; the resultant period was then scaled to a 365-day period.

Redefining periods of greater than 380 days:

The exact procedure for accomplishing this depended upon the segment 

involved.

Segment 1: Within the 381* days for which bill data wera available, 

the beginning dace closest to April I, 1980, was notad. 

From that beginning date, the number of days available 

through the ending date that occurred on or before the final 

constraint date (June 30, 1981} was determined. If chis 

number of days was greater than 350, bills were cumulated in 

chronological ."sequence, starting at the beginning date noted 

above, until the total days covered just exceeded 350. If 

this number of days was 350 or less, bills were cumulated in 

reverse chronological sequence, starting with that bill whose 

ending date was closest to, but not later than, June 30, 

1981, until the t:otal days covered just exceeded 350.

Segment 2; Same procedure as for Segment 1, but with April 1, 1981, as

the preferred beginning date, and June 30, 1982, as the final 

constraint date.

Segment 3: Bills were cumulated in reverse chronological sequence, 

starting wich the bill whose ending data was closest to 

WM8-01, until the total days covered jus:: exceeded 350.

Segment 4: Bills were cumulated in chronological sequence, starting with 

the bill whose beginning dace was closes: to WMA2-01, until 

the total days covered just exceeded 350,

Scaling to 365-day estimates;

For each case with 330+ days of data available within the constraint 

period, annualized consumption, cost, and heating and cooling degree days 

were estimated through adjustment of the appropriate totals for the 

beginning and ending billing periods. Let D * 365 - (elapsed days for 

the available data span); if 381* days were originally available within 

the constraint period, the available data span refers to the redefined 

subperiod of 351* days as described above. Quantity, cost, and degree 

days for beginning and ending billing periods within the available data 

span were adjusted by using the multiplier ratios
Actual Davs in 3illing_Period - 0.5*D 

Actual Days in Billing Period

Adjusted amounts for the beginning and ending periods wars added ~o che 

actual amounts for intervening periods to yield annualized totals. ("oca 

to reader: throughout this cast, che * in formulas raeans multiply.)

Rules for Defining Time Segments and Annualized Estimates for Fuel Oil/ 

Kerosene and L?G Bills

Four time segments were again defined, each encompassing a period of

exactly 365 days.

Beginning and Alternative Beginning 

Ending Dates and Ending Daces

Segment 1

Segment 2

Segment 3

Segment 4

040180 - 033181

040181 - 033182

WMB-01, 1980 - last: day 

of WM82, 1981

WMA2-01, 1981 - last day

of WMA, 1982

none 

none

WM-01, 1980 -

of WHB, 1981

WMA-01, 1981 

WM, 1982

last day

- last aa-7

Each billing record for fuel oil/kerosene or L?G specifies a starting 

date (always the first day of a month) and an ending date (always the 

last day of a month). This billing record may be interpreted as a 

complete record of purchases for she set of months encompassed by the 

starting and ending datss. Thus, any specified month is either totally 

covered by, or totally excluded from, the billing period.

For each of the four segments, we determined whether the billing record 

was complete for at least the 365-day period spanned by the beginning and 

ending dates for that segment. If act, no annualized estimates for 

consumption or cose were attempted or reported for that segment. If 

completed consumption and cost were summed for all deliveries occurring 

within the 365-day period; and heating degree days were sutumed for -his 

same 365-day period.

If, for Segments 3 or 4, the billing period was incomplete for che year 

period spanned by the beginning and ending dates for that segment, we 

determined whether che billing record was, nevertheless, complete for the 

period spanned by che alternative beginning and ending dates. If now 

complete, consumption, cost, and heating degree days were summed over 

this alternate period.

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POST-WEATHERIZATION ADJUSTMENTS

AND DEVELOPMENT OF END-USE FRACTIONS

The most basic component of any analysis must surely involve a 

comparison of annualized consumption in the pre- and posc-veatherization 

periods. A naive and tempting estimate of percent: savings is simply

SAVINGS

pre-weatherization consumption - post-weatherization 

consumption ___________________ __ _______

pre-weatherization consumption

The problem with this approach, however, is immediately obvious. No 

account is taken of the fact chat weather conditions and household 

composition can and do vary from year to year.

The winter heating requirements for a given housing unit: can easily vary 

by as much as ± 10 to 15 percent for successive year:; (using heating 

degree days, say, as the index of space heating fuel consumption). A 

household with pre-weatherization consumption equal 1:0 

post-weatherization consumption would show SAVINGS « 0 according to the 

simple estimate above. It is quite likely, however, chat if space 

heating requirements for this case accounted for more than 50 percent of 

overall consumption, and if heating requirements were 10+ percent greater 

for the post-weatherization year, the household had, in fact, conserved 

at the 4 to 7 percent level. Even at the aggregated level, the shift in 

average heating requirements from pre- to posc-weacherization periods was 

at the +3 percent to +6 percent level: this suggested that the above 

estimate for SAVINGS would be a biased underestimate by several 

percentage points.

The number of persons in a household directly affects overall energy 

consumption in several measurable ways, particularly through the demand 

for hot water and the intensity of minor appliance usage. The above 

estimate for SAVINGS takes no account of shifts in household size, so 

that both individual and aggregate estimates would still manifest bias 

even if conditions of weather were assumed comparable. The bias would, 

of course, be smaller here, because the energy requiramer.es for hot water 

and minor appliance usage represent a much smaller fraction of the total 

energy requirements than chose for space heating. Vaatherized units show 

an average 3 to 4 percent decline in number of persons and a 7 percent 

increase in the number of single-person households in the post-weatherisation period. Altogether chis would yield an overestimate for SAVINGS.

To take these factors Into account, the estimate of percent savings is 

expressed in the form

SAVINGS

(predicted post-weatherization consumption 

- post-weacherization consumption)_____ __

predicted post-weatherization consumption

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vhara predicted post-weatherization consumption is an adjustment: in the 

actual pre-weatherization consumption. The adjustment cakes into account 

at Leas" the changes of weather and household composition between the 

pre- and post-weatherization periods. Predicted post-weatherizatior. 

consumption should be thought of as a predicted consumption for the 

"after" period, assuming chat no veatherization had occurred.

Among all energy requirements, those for space heating dominate. An 

estimate of percent savings for space heating has been constructed in the 

form

HEAT SAVINGS

(predicted post-weatherization consumption for space 

heating - post-weatherization consumption for space 

heating)________________________________ predicted post-veatherisation consumption for jpaca 

heating

Prediction models for consumption were developed for each fuel, ar.d a 

method was devised for disaggregating total consumption into its end-use 

components.* The modeling sequence and results and the method for 

fractionalization are summarized below.

Models for Predicted Post-weatherization Consumption

Regression consumption models were developed using SECSi and RECS2 

housing units for which approximately full-year data were available and 

acceptable. Separate models were developed for the four fuels: 

electricity, utility gas, fuel oil/kerosene, and LPG. These are end-use 

models that furnish individual household forecasts composed of separately 

interpretable components that reflect the major end uses of a fuel for 

heating, cooling, hot water, and general appliance usage.

Not all SECSI and RECS2 cases were used in the regression modeling. For 

each of the four fuels, any household satisfying at least one of the 

following conditions was designated as unacceptable for regression 

analysis:

o the household did noc use the fuel

o the household was interviewed by mail and not personally

o any one of the main space heating fuels, secondary spa-ce heating 

fuels, or water heating fuels was imputed

*The methodology for disaggregating total consumption into its end use 

components is described in Residential Energy Consumption Survey: 

Regression Analysis of Energy Consumption by Znd Use, Energy Information 

Administration, DOE/EIA-O31, October 1983.

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o the fuel was a main heating fuel and square footage data vere 

imputed

o the fuel had some, nonresidential use(s)

o full-year actual consumption data covering all uses of the fuel 

were not available (at least 330 days of actual data were 

required when the fuel was electricity or utility gas).

Those cases remaining after the above exclusions vere not all used in 

modeling, however. Because the aim was to create prediction equations 

and end-use decompositions for the weatherized sample, che REGS cases 

were further restricted by controlling living-quarters type, income, and, 

to a lesser extent, geography, thereby ensuring that the resulting RECS 

consumption models would have a more valid application co che 

veatherization sample. These restrictions included:

o deletion of all RECS multifamily housing unit types

o deletion of any RECS case with household income of 315,000 or 

more

o deletion of any RECS case whose RECS Sample Intersection (i.e., 

Census Division and DOE Region intersection) was not 

represented within the tfeatherization Survey.

The model equations are given below, together with relevant variable 

descriptions. The strategy for modeling consumption was not the same for 

all fuels. There were separate models for electricity for each structure 

type. For the other fuels, all structure types were modeled simulta 

neously, with an allowance for differentiation of structure types by 

inclusion of dummy variables for each of the nonsingle family detached 

types.

The sample size n gives the combined number of SECS1 and RECS2 cases 

used. The dependent variables are KWH for electricity, gallons for fuel 

oil/kerosene, and therms for both utility gas and LPG,*

*For justification and more detailed explanation of variable definitions 

and the modeling strategy, see

(a) "Imputing residential anergy consumption for RECS2: Jicdel aquations 

and procedural summary," Response Analysis technical report, March 

1983; and

Cb) Regression Analysis _o_f_ Energy Consumption by End Use, op. cit.
ELECTRICITY (SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED) 

N = 2007 R- - .635

?R£D - 667 * .974*ELNDX * 66*HELWHT * 69.3*WATES

•f 2.18*HEATUS£ *• 107.5*11X00 * . 24*HTXDD2 - .15*HTXWOD

- ,42*HTXYHS - ,36*HTXINC

+ 36*COLSOOM + 1.28*COLXINC * 5*COLUSEC

•f MAX(1198*HSBHMELH - 12. 7*HSELXDD,0) ,

ELECTRICITY (SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED) 

N - 114 R 2 = .726

?RED = - 235 + lo042*ELN3X - 199.4*HELWHT * 137.5"WATER

* ,57*( * 2,18*HEATUSE + L07.5*HTXDD +• . 24*HTXDD2 

- .15*HTXWOD - .42*HTXYHS - .36*HTXINC)

* .643*( * 36*COLROOM + 1.28*COLXINC - 5*COLUSEC)

* L.86*( + MAX(1198*HS3NMELH - 12.7*HSZLXDD,0) ) .

ELECTRICITY (MOBILE HOME) 

N - 226 R 2 » .571

?XED - 997 * 1.077*ELSDX •*• 311.3*HELWHT * 36*WATER

•*• 1.122*( + 2.18*HZATUSE •*• 107.5*HTXDD - ,24*HTXDD2 

- .15*HTXWOD - .42*HTXYHS - ,36*HTXINC)

* 1.189*( + 36*COLROGM •*. 1.28*COLXINC •*• 5*COLUSEC) .

UTILITY (PIPED) GAS 

» - 1265 R 2 - .651

PREID » .944*tIGASNDX + 73*HUGASWHT * 5.12*WATER

' + 92.6 - 169*HHT?223A

+ 12*KMHTH20'- 49*KMHTSH + .59*SLOPH20 > .45*SLOPFA

+ .38*SLOPSH + 14*HTXDD - .05*HTXDD2 - .053*HTieHS

* .0022*HTXAGE - .094*HTXSEC _ .002*HTXSTM

•*• MAX( - 185*HAVEAC - 2.25*COOLUSE •*• 12.37*COLROOM,0)

+ 260*HS3NMUGH

FUEL OIL / KEROSENE 

H"- 279 R 2 - .616

FRED - 211*HFGWHT * .54*WATER

4. 354 - 32*HHTYP11 -^ 409*KMHTH20 - 156*KMHTSH

* .101*SLOPH20 + .323*SLOPFA •»• .55*SLOPSH

- .044*HTXYHS * .Q04*HTXAGE - .0049*HTXTvOD - .0014*HTXS7M

- 165*HS3NMFOH ,

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LPG 

N » 342 R 2 =• .724

PP.ED - ,4*l?NDX * 45*HLPWHT •" 3.77*WATER

+ 57 - 15*HHTYP11 + 186*KMHTH20 - 50*KMHTSH + .25*HEATUSE 

+ 16.1*HTXDD - ,I05*HTXDD2 - ,05*HTXYHS - .05*HTXSEC

Composite and Index Variables:

(1) Heating variables.

The fundamental variable is HEATUSE. If the fuel in question 

was used as the main beating fuel, then HEATUSE =» 

HEATED*HDD65/100, where HEATED » heated area of the home and 

HDD65 * heating degree days (in 100s) to base 6~ degrees; 

otherwise, HEATUSE » 0.

If the fuel was used as a secondary but not main, heating fuel, 

an appropriate dummy variable (HSBNMELH, HSBNMTJGH, HSBNMFOH, or 

HSBNMLPH) was set 1:0 1. For a given fuel, the following 

variables may assume nonzero values only If that fuel was the 

main heating fuel:

HTXDD - HDD65j HTXDD2 - HDD65**2;

FTTXYHS " HEATUSE*(AGEBLDG - 3), where AGEBLDG is a slightly

receded version of the year-built variable; 

HTXAGE '- HEATUSE*(HHAGE - 50), where HHAGE is the respondent's

age; 

HTSSEC- =« HEATUSE*SECFUEL, where the temporary dummy variable

SECFUEL ••» 1 if a fuel other than the ;aain heating

fuel and wood was used as a secondary heating fuel; 

HTXWOD - HEATUSE*(WOODCORD), where WOODCORTJ =» number of cords

of wood used (in tanth of cords and truncated at 50)

as a secondary heating fuel; 

HTXINC =• HEATUSE*(INCOME - 14); 

HTXSTM » HEATUSE*(FCTSTORM), where PCTSTORM =» the percent of

(doors + windows) that were insulated; 

KMHTH20 is a. dummy variable, » 1 if the main heating equipment

used, a steam or hot water delivery system; 

KMHT7A is a dummy variable, » 1 if the main heating equipment

was a central warm air furnace; 

KMHTSH is a dummy variable, - 1 if the main heatinq equipment

was neither of the above;

SLOPH20 - HEATUSE*KMHTH20; SLOPFA =• HEATUSE*KMHTFA; 

SLOPSH * HEATUSE*KMHTSH; 

HSELXDD - HS3NMELH*HDD65.
(2) Water variables.

The fundamental variable is WATER, an index chat multiplies che 

number of household members by a weighted combination of cerms 

for'personal, clothes washing, and dishwashing use of hot 

water. If che fuel in question was used as the water heating 

fuel, then WATER = NHSLDMEM*(7.10 <• 2.65*min (WASHES +• LINGER, 

i) •*• 7.62*DISHWASH), where WASHER, WRINGER, and DISHWASH are 

dummy variables denoting ownership. In order to account for 

regional variability in energy consumption for water heating 

thac results from differences in the mean annual temperature of 

water delivered to households, we redefined the above to 

WATER » (l/83)*(83 * JHDD65 - 50)/2.5)*WATER. 

Finally, HELWHT, KUGASWHT, HFOWHT, and HLPWHT are dummy 

variables, =* 1 whenever the respective fuel was used as 

the water heating fuel.

(3) Appliance indices.

The appliance indices (ELNDX, UGASNDX, and LPNDX) used 

engineering estimates for various minor appliances, sometimes 

weighting these by the number of household members (e.g., oven, 

range, washer, dryer, dishwasher, and lighting) and sometimes 

not (e.g., refrigerator, freezer, [de]humidifier, furnace fan, 

and televisions]). For utility gas and L?G, the • only 

appliances used to construct an index were ovan, range, 

refrigerator, and dryer. No further details are sketched here.

(4). Cooling variables.

The variable names and computations ara similar for electricity 

and utility gas.

If the air conditioning fuel was electricity, then

CCL300M - NROOMAC*C3D65, where NeftOMAC = number of -coins air

conditioned; 

COL'JSEC - FROOMAC*HEATED*CDD65/100 if central air existed

where FRCOMAC * the fraction of rooms air

conditioned; and 

COLXINC « COLROOM*( INCOME -14).

If the air conditioning fuel was utility gas, then 

COLROOM was defined as above;

COOLUSE was defined by the formula for COLUSEC above; and 

HAVEAC is a dummy variable, » 1 if CD065 was nonzero.

If both fuels were used for air conditioning, COLROOM and 

CQOLUSE were redefined as 50% of their above values.

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(5 ) Living quarter s type codas. 

Two dummy variables appear; 

HHTfPll » 1 for mobile homes; and

HHTP223A - L for single-family attached homes 

that used utility qas as the main heating fuel..

Implementing Adjustment and Disaggregation

For each veatherization sample household, the low-income REGS models 

described above vere used for each fuel to adjust pre-weatherized annual 

consumption to a predicted post-weatherized annual consumption. The 

predicted value should be viewed as an adjusted version jf 

pre-weatherized consumption that has been adjusted so account for che 

different conditions of weather and and possibly different number of 

household members that prevailed during che "after" veatherization year, 

but otherwise assuming char, cto weatherization had, in fact, occurred.

The computational formula for adjustment was simply

predicted post-weatherizaeiott consumption a (PREDA/P'REDB)* (actual preweatherizacion consumption)

PRED3 and PSEDA are the RECS model prediction equations evaluated for che 

given housing unit and given fuel and using either the weather and 

household composition data appropriate to the pra.— weathe/rizacion. period 

(PREDB) or the post-weatheirization period .(PREDA) .*

Suppose, for example, that a given weatherization case used LPG for 

cooking, space heating, and hot water. The ratio term for adjusting 

pre-weatherized consumption of L?G was (PR EDA/ PREDB) where

PREDB = .4*LPNDX1 > 45*HL?WHT * 3."*WATER1

+ 57 - 15*HHTYP11 + 1516*KMHTH20 - 50*{C*HTSH + . 25*HEATUSE1 

> 16.1*HTXDD1 - ,105*HTXDD21 - 

157*HSBNML?H.

PREDA - ,4*LPNDX2 +• i5*HLPWHT f 3.77*WATES2

+ 57 - 15*HHTY?11 ^ 136KMHTH20 - 30*KMHTSK + .25*HEATUSE2

•*• 16.1*HTXDD2 - .-105*HTXDD22 - .05*HTXYHS2 - .05*'TTXSEC2

- .012*HTXVOD2 +• 157*HSBNMLPH.

*It will observed later that, while PREDA forecasts actual postweatherization consumption rather closely, PREDB seriously underestimates 

pre-weatherization consumption. This does not detract in any major way 

from the efficiency of the ratio adjustment given above.,

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In ehe PSEDB equation LPNDX1, VATEH1, and the heacing 

variables—HEATUSE1, ..., HTXWODl—denote che appliance index, watar 

index, and heacing variables which were evaluated using che number of 

residents reported to have Lived there during 1981 and using heacing 

degree days from che "before" period. Whereas, in che PREDA equation, 

LPNDX2, WATES2, and HEATTJSE2, . . ., HTXWOD2 denote chose same variables 

evaluated using the number of residents reported at the time of interview 

and using heating degree days from che "after" period. Some variables 

are the same in both versions: they represent dummy variables for Living 

quarters type (HHTYPH), heating equipment type (KJ*HTK2Q and KMHTSH), and 

secondary heating fuel (HS3NMLPH) , which are assumed to have remained 

constant throughout.

In general, then, heating degree day adjustments affect heating variables 

and che water index; cooling degree day adjustments affect cooling 

variables; aad household composition changes affect both the appliance 

indices and the water index. Adjustments were effected, separately, for 

each fuel used by a weatherization household. Adjusted total consumption 

was then simply calculated as the sum of the separately adjusted 

individual fuel totals. The SAVINGS estimates discussed earlier vere 

then calculated on both an individual fuel and an aggregated fuel basis.

Earlier it was mentioned that space heating requirements dominate overall 

energy consumption. It was therefore desirable chat HEAT SAVINGS also be 

estimated. The estimate chosen was constructed as follows:

(1) Let PSED denote cine predicted post-weatherization consumption 

as given above.

(2) The fraction of total consumption due to primary space heating 

was estimated as FRHEAT * (sum of tarns from PREDA relevant co 

primary heating)/FREDA.

(3) The portion of PRED attributable to space heating was estimated 

as PSEDHEAT = ?SHEAT*?RED. ,

The portion of PRED not attributable co space heacing vas 

therefore estimated as PREDREST » (I - FRHEAT)*?RED.

(4) Let REAL denote che actual post-weatherization consumption. 

The portion of REAL not attributable co space heating was 

estimated as REALKEST * PREDREST.

The portion of REAL attributable to space heating was estimated 

then as REALHEAT =» REAL - REALREST - REAL - PREDREST.

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(5) The estimated percent savings in primary space heating was 

HEAT SAVINGS =•' (PHEDHEAT - REALHEAT) /PSEDHEAT, which by 

substitution from (3) and (4) yields

(*) HEAT SAVINGS =» (PRED - REAL) /PREUHEAT .

The final estimate (*) has both a simple form and easy interpretation. 

It says basically that all of the estimated savings (i.e., FRED - SEAL) 

are due to savings in primary space heating and that no savings occur 

with respect to any other end use. (This assumption occurs at step (4), 

where it is estimated that REALREST - PREDREST.) Additionally, it is 

assumed that FRHEAT, the disaggregated fraction of total consumption due 

to primary space heating as estimated from the PREDA aquation, 

may actually be applied co PRED to yield PREDHEAT (cf. step (3)). This 

is an important assumption: that information gained from PSEDA (a 

prediction model from low-income non-veatherized cases) can be used to 

decompose information from P8ED (an adjusted estimate of pre-weatherized 

consumption for a weacherized case).

A good way to put these assumptions to perspective, and t:hus to evaluate 

the estimate (*), is to examine the accuracy of the average predictions 

PREDS and PSEDA, as summarized in Table Cl.
Table Cl. Comparison of Actual Average Annual ?ra- and PoscWeatherization Consumption with Predicted Consumption for 

Different Fuels

ELECTRICITY UTILITY GAS FUEL OIL /KEROSENE L?G

a- 1496

QUANT1TY3

PREDB

QUANTITYA

PREDA

PRED

QUANTITY3

PREDB

QtJANTITYA

PREDA

PRED

SAVINGS

6473

-2.1%

6609

6215

-3.9%

6468

6352

Appliances 

Only

a»699

4808

-3.

4968

4734

-3.

4906

4753

+ .4%

n- 828 n=* 257

1402 844 

+14.7%

1222 696

1284 742 

+ 2.3%

1249 694

1430 348

ELECTRICITY

Air Conditioner Water 

Only Only

n=»346 n=*279

6044 8068 

2% - 1.1%

6110 3196

5725 7849

5% - 2.1%

5851 S073

5812 7981

+1.5% -1.65%

n=223

452 

+21.3% *3.

417

405 

+ S.9 1? -3.

418

452

Air Conditioner 

and Water

a=»124

9089 

-1.6% -4.

9499

8471

- 2.8% -7.

9170

3814

+ 2.8%

, 9f

- <Tf

1/9

3%

6%

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In Table Cl, QUANTITY3 and QUANTTTYA are the actual pre- and postweather i:: at ion annual consumption averages. PREDB, PREDA, and PRED have 

cheir customary meaning and are given as averages. The percentages 

indicated give the excess (+%) or deficiency (-2) of CUANT:TYB(A) with 

respect to ?REDB(A). For each fuel, the only veacherized cases excluded 

from this summary are those for which either Segments 1 and 3 were both 

unavailable or Segments 2 and 4 were both unavailable (c,::,, , rules for 

defining segments). SAVINGS is defined as above.

The most striking feature of this table is the degree to which the RECS 

model PREDB severely underestimates consumption in the "before" period 

and then (using PREDA) racher closely forecasts consumption in the 

"after" period. The weaeherizacion sample households were clearly 

overconsumers (except for electricity) before their veatherization, 

whereas, after weacherizaciori, their consumption pat earn is approximately 

in line with that of all low-income non-weatherized) households.

If we look at the averages for electricity, overall and broken down into 

four large end-use categories that exclude cases where electricity was 

the primary space heating fuel, we see that PREDB and PREDA furnish 

forecasts that are generally very accurate, with a slight tendency toward 

overprediction. There is no suggestion of overcotisumpcion here, either 

before or after. This roughly, but reasonably, suggests that most of the 

serious overconsumption noticed above was due overwhelmingly to excessive 

consumption for space heating.

Finally, noce thac the estimates for SAVINGS for the four end-use 

subgroups for electricity ar« all positive and suggest that, although 

probably "smallish," real savings from end uses other than primary space 

heating do occur.

All of the above suggests the following:

(1) The numerator of our estimate HEAT SAVINGS is an overestimate 

t of actual savings in fuel use as a primary heating fuel.

(2) FRHEAT is a good estimate of the fraction of QLJANTITYA (»

actual post-weatherization consumption) due to primary space 

heatings but it: is likely an underestimate of the fraction of 

PRED (* adjusted pre-weatherization consumption) due to primary 

space heating because PRED reflects the serious overconsumptian 

of the "before" period that is in great part due to excessive 

primary space heating. Thus PREDEEAT * FRHEAT*?RED is likely 

an underestimate of adjusted pre-weatherization consumption for 

space heating.

(3) Together (1) and (2) imply that the estimate HEAT SAVINGS

furnishes an upper bound for percent savings for space heating.

(4) For all fuels except electricity, SAVINGS itself may reasonably 

be thought of as a lower bound for percent: savings for space 

heating. This is because fuel use for space heating dominates 

(averaging ac lease tvo-chirds of all fuel use for any of these 

three fuels): it would require unlikely high levels of percent 

savings for the other end uses to reduce; percent savings for 

space heating more r.han I or 2 percentage aoints below SAVINGS 

itself.
APPENDIX D

Analysis of Weatherizaeion Savings by Means of 

Hatched Comparisons Using 1980 and 'l981 RECS

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ANALYSIS OF WEATHERIZATION SAVINGS 3Y MEANS OF 

MATCHED COMPARISONS USING 1980 and 1981 RECS*

Overall Strategy

It was impossible to construct a single control group comprised of RECS cases, 

because the RECS1 and RECS2 samples consist of different: groups of households, 

Although RECS 3 utility data have recently become available, so that a control 

group selected from cases that appeared in both RECS.1 and SECS3 is theoreticallypossible, such a procedure would suffer from several, defects:

o The reduced number of cases available for selection to the 

control group would seriously degrade the efficiency of che 

matching procedure as described below (less than half of 

each RECS3 sample, would be in the overlap and therefore 

available for matching).

o RECS3 consumption data is for the period April 1, 1982 

through March 31, 1983, which is roughly one year later 

than the one year consumption period just following 

completion of che weatherization work (vheireas che RECS2 

consumption period coincides much more nearly with 

the post-year period for weatherization households). This 

means that RECS3 consumption data would require adjustment 

that accounts for RECS2/SECS3 changes that occurred indepen 

dently of climate changes, switches of fuels(s) and equipment, 

etc.

Matching Strategy

Although details varied slightly for the two fuels, che overall criteria for 

snatching and sequence of matching operations followed these general guidelines,.

(A) The following matches *rere always required: 

o Main heating fuel

o Main water heating fuel » main heating :ue". ? (Yes or No)

o living quarters type (mobile homes matched mobile homes, 

and single family units aatched single ram:i. ly units) .

(B) Given (A), each weatherized case was matched with a cluster 

of cases from che RECS File. (There were separate and 

independent matches using RECS1 and then RSCS2), The 

cluster contained cases with comparable values of

^References in the text: to RECS1 and RECS2 are co "he RECS for 1980 and 1981, 

respectively.
o POVSATIO = POVERTY LINE RATIO =» INCOME/(LOO percent 

POVERTY LEVEL for the given fatally size) ;

o Predicted consumption * a regression model predicted 

value of consumption for chat fuel chat was the main 

heating fuel;

o Climate/Degree Days: Usually AIA Zone, but especially 

for AIA zone ="5 (Cooling Degree Days graacer than 2000) ; 

overriding of AIA zone was allowed by comparable heating 

degree days*

o Seating equipment type (hot water, steaai, forced 

air, and all other types),*

(C) Given (A) and (B), each weacheriaed case typically had

a cluster of "comparable" cases as potential matches. 

The requirements for "comparable" vere adjusted in C3) 

to ensure that at least 80 percent of the weacherized 

cases recaived ac least one match from each of she RECS 

samples. Within this cluster s the best osacch was 

chosen by minimizing distance functions that cook into 

account:

o The variables mentioned in (3)

o Year moved into home

o Number of persons living in the housing unit

o Use of a supplementary heating fuel (Yes or No).

The number of matches for any RECS casa to different 

weatharized casss was controlled.

(D) No REGS case was allowed as a. potential aatch unless:

o Complete annual utility data for the relevant fuel 

was available, with all uses paid for by che house 

hold

*This was used as a matching variable only when the main heating fuel was utility 

gas.

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o It was a household interview

o There was no non-residential fuel use

o Square footage data was good

o No relevant: fuel use was imputed

o Income VSLS known and less than 160 percent of poverty 

level.

No weatherized case was matched to or used for analysis 

if income was not known. Other exclusions are given in 

the analytic strategy.

Analytic Strategy

The matching strategy was designed to furnish approximate control groups of RECS 

cases. From the pool of RECS cases available as potential matches to the 

weatherized cases, some were never selected and many were selected several :i:si=s, 

In effect, the matching procedure was a formal mechanism for reweighting the pool 

of REGS cases to "look more like the weatherized sample" on important distribution? 

like living quarters type, income, predicted consumption, AIA zone, and number of 

persons. It is natural then, to expect that the changes in consumption between ;:. > 

matched (reweighted) RECS1 and RECS2 groups may serve as a baseline for evaluati'i;; 

before/after weatherization sample savings.

Whether it is called ii: matching or reweighting, the construction of RECS 

pseudo-control groups 3.3 described above was undoubtedly the most subjective 

component in this weatherization analysis. The matching strategy required aiul'x::,5!. ; 

choices at two levels:

(1) Variables to be matched on, and

(2) Relative importance of the matching variables used.

t

Every affort has been made to make reasonable choices :.:sr ehe above based upon -.::ri:> 

accumulated experience with related consumption models ?or the RECS surveys. 

Nevertheless, the estimates tabulated below, particularly for baseline savings 

between the RECS control groups, should be interpreted cautiously. The estimates 

for weatherization savings relative to control group savings need support and 

interpretation from the other modes of analysis.

Some examples of the effect of matching, where utility gas is both the main haat:::':.:;> 

and water fuel are shown in Table Dl.

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Table Dl. Average of Selected Variables for Veatherized Sample 

________ and fojr_RECS Cases Before and After Match Veighcing _

Variables Averages

Weacherized Sample

SECS1 potential matches 

(unweighted)

RECS1 matched cases 

(unweighted)

RECS2 potential matches 

(unweighted)

RECS2 matched cases 

(unweighted)

HEATUSE HHAGE 

800 "Before" 50.5 840 "After" 

603 56.0

765

590

836

59.2

54.3

59.1

AGE3L2G

1.92

2.32

2.08

2.61

1.95

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Two additional seeps were required before consumption savings could be 

computed by neans of matched comparisons.

(1) Exclusion of weatherizea cases "hat had great gocancial for confounding 

the final results. Weatherized cases were deleted whens>ver at least one 

of the following conditions prevailed:

o Income was unknown

o There had been a switch in the main heating fuel

o There had besen a switch in the main water heating fuel that 

involved that fuel that was the main heating fuel

o Square foot data was incomplete

o The number of total or heated square feet had changed since 

September, 1980

o The main heating fuel was reported as partially used for 

non-residential purposes

o Utility gas was the main heating fuel, and also used for air 

conditioning

o Fuel oil/kerosene was the main heating fuel, and also used for 

cooking

o AC least one cord of wood was burned

o Segment 4 consumption data was unavailable and/or both segment 1 

and segment 3 data were unavailable.

This appears to be a lengthy list of exclusions, but, excepting the last 

condition, aissing income accounted for aost of the deletions, with , 

switches in main heating or water heating fuels accounting for most of 

the rest.

(2) Post-5tratificatou Adjustments and Standardization,, The conditions 

of weather, household demographics and housing unit characteristics 

obtained for the weatherized group during the period prior to weatherization were adopted as the "standard conditions." The Low-income RECS 

consumption models previously described were used to decompose individual 

household consumption into its end-use components. The end-use components 

were than adjusted by using ratios of the form

_Average "Standard Conditions"

Average Conditions for Group in Questions

and the adjusted end-use components were then recorabined into a total. 

This procedure was used for the three groups that required standardization: 

the weatherized sample when considering posc-weacherizacion data, and the 

RECS1 and SECS2 matching groups. ?ost-stratificacion adjustments for the 

variables HEAGE (respondent's age) and AGE3LDG (Year 3ui.lt.), using the 

same ratio technique, were applied to the RECS groups.

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These adjustments are illustrated for cases :hat used fuel oil/kerosene 

as che primary space heating fuel. Cases vere sorted by water heating 

fuel and heating equipment type, and che subgroup averages in Table D2 

wera used co construct "he adjustment ratios.

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Table 1)2. Subgroup Averages Used to Construct Adjustment Ratios

WEATHERIZATION SAMPLE UECS1 CONTROLS RECS2 CONTROLS

(weighted averages) (weighted averages using the matching

weatherlzation case weights) 

Pre-Weatherization Post-Meatherization

"Standard Conditions" 

Subgroup______ HEATUSE WATER AGEBLDC HHAGE HEATUSE WATER HEATI!SE WATER ACEBLDC HIIAGE HEATUSE WATER ACEULDO UHACK

S'O/KER 1S20

Water, oceuin and

Forced Air 947 0 2.36 60.1 960 0 99? Q 3.10 61.0 1086 0 2.66 60.8

Space Heaters 513 0 2.28 71.2 522 0 495 0 2.28 66.4 514 0 1.79 71.5 

KO/KER 1120 1045 35.1 1.44 59.9 1052 32.2 1375 42.5 1.04 63.7 955 32.8 2.67 62.5
Two particular applications of the adjustment procedure are shown below.

(A) Adjustment for a veatherized case in the post-weatherization 

segment. Assume, say, chat this case used fuel oil as the hot 

water fuel and had forced air equipment. The low-income RECS 

consumption model is

PRED « (211*HFOWHT -f .54*WATER) +

(354 - 32*HHTYP11 •*• 4Q9*KMHTH20 - 156*KMHTSH 

+ .101*SLOPH20 + .323*SIOPFA + .55*SLOPSH

- .Q44*H7XYHS + .004*HTXAGE - .0049*HTXWOD

- .0014*HTXST!i) ,

where all terms are evaluated using number of residents and degree day 

information appropriate to the post-weatherization segment. Let FOQTY 

denote actual consumption in the post-weatherization segment. The 

adjusted post-weatherization consumption, FOQTYA, was then calculated as

FOQTYA - ((211*HFOWHT •*• .54*WWW*WAT£R)/PR£D

+((354 - 32*HHTYP11 + 409*KMHTH2Q - 156*KMHTSH) 

+ HHH*(.101*SLOPH20 + .323*SLOPFA + .55*SLOPSH 

- .Q44*HTXYHS - .0049*HTXWOD 

+ .004*HTXAGE - .0014*HTXSTM))/?RED)*FOQTY

where WWW - 35.1/32.2 - 1.090 and HHH - 1045/1052 * .9933 denote "he 

water index and HEATUSE adjustment ratio factors constructed from the 

above table.

Rationale: First note that F •*• (211*HFOWHT •*• .54*WATER)/PRED is che 

estimated fraction of total fuel oil use for hot water, so chat 

(C211*HFOWBT * .54*WATER)/PXED)*FOQTY is_the estimated fuel oil 

consumption for hoc water for this household. Mext note that I =• 

(211*H?gWHT * .54*1.09*WATER)/(21I*HFOWHT + .54*WATER) may be iacarpretad 

as the estimated fractional increase in fuel oil use for hot water for 

"his household it is assumed that the overall group ratio WWW = 1.09 for 

the water index applies uniformly to all households within chat group. 

Finally then,

I*F*FOQTY - ((211*HFOWHT +• .54*1.09*WATER)/?RED)*FOQTY

is the estimated adjusted fuel oil consumption for hot water for ehis 

household in the post-weatherization segment, adjusted in the sense that 

the water index has been modified for the given household in such a way 

that the overall water index now coincides with the "standard conditions" 

water index. This explains the first of the two asajor terms constituting 

FOQTYA.

An estimated adjusted consumption for space heating in the 

post-weatherization segment was constructed using similar logic. The two 

adjusted end use estimates were added to yield the total adjusted 

post-weatherization consumption.

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(3) Adjustment for a RECS1 matched case. Assume as above chat 

this case used fuel oil for hot water and has forced air equipment. 

PRED and rOTY denote che consumption predicted by che regression model 

and the actual consumption, respectively. FOQTYA was then calculated as

FOQTYA - ((211*HFOWHT * .54*WKW*WATER)/PRED

•K(-W - 32*HHTYP11 -*• 409*KMHTH2C - 156*KMHTSH) 

* HHH*(.101*SLOPH20 + .323*SLOPFA + .55*SLOPSH

-• .044*HEAIUSE*(MMM*AGE3L3G-3) - .0049*HTXVOD

•<• .004*HEATUSE*(NNN*HHAGE-50) - .0014*HTXSTM)) 

/?RED)*FOQTY

where now VWW =• 35.1/42..5 , HHH = 1043/1375, MMM = 1.44/1.04 and ^*N = 

59.9/63.7. Here MMM and MN denote the AGEBLDG and MAGE adjustment 

ratio factors, and all ratio factors were constructed from the above 

table. The only new feature here is the post-stratification adjustment 

for the AGEBLDG and HHAGE variables, from RECS averages c:o "standard 

conditions" averages,

The adjustment procedures for utility gas was similar. Two additional 

adjustment ratios were required: one for UGASNDX, the appliance index, 

and one for HDD65, because the variable heating degree days is explicity 

used in the consumption model for utility gas. In addition, utility gas 

hot water users were further classified by heating equipment types, and 

separate averages and ratio adjustments were computed for chese 

subgroups.

Note finally chat the ratio adjustment factors are always approximately 1 

for standardization of che post-weatherization segment data, but are 

frequently greatly different from 1 for the RECS control groups. This 

was expected: the RECS matched cases represent different households from 

those weatherized cases used to establish the "standard conditions", and 

the matching strategy was necessarily imperfect. The adjustment 

procedure may therefore be viewed as a secondary effort t:o correct 

inequities that existed after the original matching.

Adjusted consumption, FCQTYA and UGQTYA, was used for all subsequent 

analysis. Tables XX and YY summarize and compare weatherization and 

control group savings for fuel oil/kerosene and utility gas.

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Table D3. Fuel Oil/Kerosene Consumption (in Gallons) for Veatherization 

________Cases and Matched REGS Cases_^_ ____________________

Initial Counts: 47 RECS1, 56 RECS2 and 376 weatherizad cases were 

available for matching.

Matches: 328 weatherizad cases had both a RECS1 and R.ECS2 match; 42

RECS1 and 49 RECS2 cases wera used. The final weatherization subgroup

chat could be used consisted of 158 cases.

Weatherization Cases

Pre-Ueatherization

Quantity Post-Weatherization 

Subgroup,,,,, Standard Conditions" FOQTYA _____Savings

All

NON FO/K2R

H20

Water, Steam

and Forced

Air

Space Heaters

FO/KZH H20

Subgrouo

All

NON FO/K2R

H20

Water, Steam

and Forced

Air

821

740

788

540

1166

Matched

RECS1 F007YA

694*

622*

663

752 8.3%

678 8.4%

732 7.1%

457 15.5%

1070 8.3%

RECS Control Cases

RECS 2 FOQTYA Savings -'''Cases

709 -2.2% 153

621 .2% 119

658 .7% Rl=106*

158

119

102

17

39

Space Heaters 454

FO/KER H20 1003

465

1092

-2.5%

-3.8%

Rl=13* 

R2»17

39

*The RECS1 control group had a slightly higher percentage of water, 

steam, and forced air equipment among NON FO/KER water users chan the 

weatherized group. Thus weatherization sample case weights were applied 

in such a way that the flagged estimates here, reweighted the RECS controJ 

group to the distribution of heating equipment chat obtained for che 

veatherized sample it was matched to.

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Table D4. Utility Gas Consumption (In Terns) for Weatherization Cases 

and Matched ELECSl Cases ______ _________

Intitial Counts: 237 RECS1, 350 RECS2 and 786 veatheri.zation cases were 

available for matching.

Matches: 693 weatherised cases had both a RECS1 and RECS2 match; 163 

RECS1 and 197 RECS2 cases were used. The final weatherization subgroup 

that could be used consisted of 482 cases.

Weatherization Cases

Pre-Weatherization

Quantity . Post-Weatherization 

Subgroup "Standard Conditions"______UGQTYA __ Savings '/Cases

All 1432 1263 LI.8% 482

Utility Gas

H20 1468 1294 11.8% 438

Water, Steam

and Forced

Air 1731 1535 11.3% 310

Space Heaters 995 862 13.3% 128

Non Utility

Gas H20 1132 , 1002 11.5% 44

Matched RECS Control Cases 

Subgroup_____'RECS1 UGQTYA______RECS2 UGQTYA Savings -'-'Cases

All

Utility Gas 

320

Water, 'Steam 

and Forced 

Air

Space Heaters

Non Utility 

Gas H20

1307*

1338

1470

1099

1054*

1258*

1272

1437

977

1138*

3,9?

4.8?

2 . 2%

1.1. 1?

-•8 . 0%

432

438

310

128

44

*The RECS control groups had a slightly higher percentage of water, steam 

and forced air equipment among utility gas H20 users than the weatherized 

group. Thus weatherization sample case weights were- applied in such a 

way that the flagged estimates here reweighted the 3.ECS control groups to 

distribution of heating equipment that obtained for she weatherized 

sample they were matched to,

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APPENDIX E 

Surrey Materials
Listing of Survey Materials

Page

1. Advance Letter Co Households 77

2. Privacy Act Notice 78

3o Housing Unit Record Sheet 79

4. Household Questionnaire SI

5. Reporting Form, for Electricity Companies 120

6. Reporting Form, for Natural Gas Companies 123

7. Reporting Form for Fuel Oil or Kerosene Suppliers 126

8. Reporting Form for Liquefied Petroleum Gas Suppliers 130
TEM 1. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATEFUAiS

Advance letter to households from U.S. Department or" energy

Department of Energy 

Washington. D.C. 20585

April 1983

Dear Resident;

The U.S. Department of Energy needs your help. An 

interviewer will be calling at your hor.e ir. the next, weak or 

so.to. ask questions about your household's energy use. Vour 

household was picked randomly as part of a scientific sample 

of households in -he United.States. This survey will provide 

important information on current trends in energy use and 

help those planning for our energy future.

The survey is being done under the Federal Energy 

Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-275). The survey 

is voluntary, and your participation is very important to the 

success of the study. The information you provide and ycur 

identity.will be held confidential in accordance with the 

provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. (See the statement on 

the other side of this letter for further details- on the 

Privacy Act.)

*The Department of Energy will not know the names of 

individuals providing information. For that reason, if you 

have any questions about the survey, please -ail Dawn Say, 

Response Analysis Corporation, ?rinceton, yew Jersey. Call 

collect at (609) 921-3333.

We very much appreciate your cooperation. If you wish to 

contact someone at the Department of E.-.ergy about the survey, 

please call Wendel Thompson. Dr. Thompson can be reached on 

(202) 252-1119.

Sincerely,

Erich 2vered 

Administrator 

Energy Information Administration

wa

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ITEM 2. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Privacy Act 'lotice

PRIVACY ACT NOTICE

This residential energy survey is being conducted by the 

Response Analysis Corporation for the U.S. Department of 

Energy. It is aui:horized under Section 52 of the Federal 

Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-275) .

Th« purpose of this survey is to collect residential energy 

consumption information to be used by the 'Department of Energy 

to perform statistical analyses that will provide a basis for 

the development of '3.S. energy policies.

As part of this survey, we are requesting permission from you 

to obtain your fuel, consumption data from your utility 

companies. Response Analysis, or other designee of the O.S. 

Department of Energy, will need to maintain your name in order 

to collect information from your utility companies.

Once the data about: fuel consumption have been linked with 

the information describing your household a.nd we have 

concluded our planned visits to your household, all 

information identifying the data with your name and 

address will b« destroyed.

The Department of Energy will receive only statistical 

information;_no individually identifiable ..data will be provided 

to the Departingnt^of Energy.

Your participation in this survey is voluntary,

P-4421

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ITEM 3. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATESIALS 

Housing Unit Record Sheet — front

Response Analysis Coruorafion

Princeton, Ne* Jersey

033183 F-4480

0MB HO. 1905-0093

Cxplres May 31, 1933

EIA 457A

WEATHERIZATION STUDY 

HOUSING UNIT RECORD SHEET

Preliminary telephone contact 

[] WAS [] HAS NOT 

completed for this household

iKTBOpucTiOH

Hello, I'm ___i___^_____from Sesoonsffi Analysts, t survey arganisation in Princston, New Jersey, we are 

working an a nation*! survey far the U.S. Department of Energy. May I sues* ta ________'___________?

*ASX TO SPEAK TO PERSON MAMED ON LABEL. 0« SPOUS|/PARTN£SJL

IF FAMILY JWKEO OH LABEL TO LONGER LIVES AT THIS ADDRESS, «ARX HERE f] AND DC ,'ICT COMPLETE 

A« INTERVIEW IN THIS HOUSING UNIT. ALSO MARK. RESULT OF CONTACT AT THIS HOUSING JNIT ON 

3ACX OF THIS PAGE.

SEE INSTRUCTIONS ?08 INTERVIEWERS, PAGES 3-3 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OS PERSONS -UGISLE 

TO 8E INTERVIEWED.

CONTINUE WITH PSRSONJtAyiEO ON LABEL. OR OTHER ELISIBIE RESPONDENT.

We would like to ask sows questions about your noun, about neating and sir-conditioning, 

and related topics.

HAND PRIVACY ACT NOTICE TO SESPONOENT. 'his notice sx'olains that ^formation about your household is 

protected'tsy The Privacy Act of 1974 ana si ii remain conf loentiai.

CONTINUE WITH INTESVIEVI

(T) INTESVIEWS3 OBSERVATION OF TYpe QJT L ;viNG QUARTERS

MARK 30X 3ELOW:

lill MOBILE HOME OR TRAILER

«C3 ON£-PA«IUY HOUSS-OETACHSD 

21 Q ONE-FAMILY HOUSE "ATTACHED ON ONE SIDE (ScMI -DETACHED) 

23 f] ONfi-PAMILY HOUSE— ATTACHED ON TWO SIDES

»Q HOUSE OR 3UILOING WITH TTJO OR MORE HOUSING UNITS

|> 00 «(OT rO»«i FT* FfffTVIFW.

OESC8I8E TYPE OF STRUCTURE OR 3UILOING:

SES INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTERVIEWERS, PAGES 3-10.

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ITEM 3. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Housing Unit Recorj Sheet -- aack

2 ) RECORD OF VISITS TO HOUSING UNIT

Visit 

number

Time of day 

(include AM

or PM) Date Day of Week Result or Cownents

©

USE THIS SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL NOTES OR COMMENTS ABOUT VISITS "0 THIS HOUSEHOLD. 

DESCRIBE FULLY IF REFUSAL OR OTHER'NONINTERVIEW.

THIS ITEM APPLICABLE CKILY IF FAMILY NAMED ON '-A8EL 

NO LONGER LIVES Jjj_'j[rS_^Q]JSING UNIT

KAME AND PHONE NUMBER OF CURRENT HOUSEHOLDER (OR ONE OF "HE HOUSEHOLDERS)

Name Phone number

Ar«a Code

5 ) INTERVIEWER'S NAME AND I..O. NUMBER

Interviewer i, J« number

30
ITEM <*. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MAT-RIALS 

Household Questionnaire cover

OMS No. HMS-W03 * S!A

e*0»9« U«y 31, !S«3

1*74 (Pudfle l«w 93-275) *s amended. Information »Ssuf jo«e!!!e nouscfiolds will as 

icepS llrleUy csntidenuai. The data will be summaraed within large groupi-sj f or 

statisilea* gurpsssisResidential Energy Consumption

WEATHERfZATION STUDY

Energy Information Administration 

U.S. Department of Energy

I Leeailon *.

i Housing Unit ».

I 111-116

I

i 117-118

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ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire -- page 1

TIME INTERVIEW STARTED

1. In vMt j<nr 41 d your family mov* Into 

this ;house/»0«rt»efit)?

'1980' OR

Z. In which montrt did you -nove in? 

(SPECIFY .MONTH AND i-NTER »A57 

DIGIT OF

In what yt»r »«s this (house/Building) Built? 

Just your as

w

01 G BEFORE ',<140

a? [] mo-19*9

OJ [] 1950-1959

<?4 [] 1960-1964

OS [] 1965-1969

at [] 1970-1574

07 [] 1975-W9

at [] 1980

09 [] 1981 

15 C] 1982

01 [] 3EFORE '940 

as [] 1940-'349 

M [] 1950-1959 

3< [] 1960-1964 

OS []

37 C] 1975-1973

0« [} !977

(39 [] 1973

10 [] 1979

11 Cl 19flO

;j [3 1981

U G 1982

;« [] 1983

CIA 4S7B * '

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ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEV MATERIALS 

Household Questionnaire — aage 2

Altogether (counting si's areas that arc u$«<i 

l* jf«»r«raund living ssics;, ISM •nany rooms 

do you taw in your living quarters? Oo not 

count lutflrooms, unseated oorcnes, foyer?, ar 

hallways. (SEE IHS7RUCTIQN 3EIOW.)

W8ER 

OF ROOMS: 127-128

5. Hew May coaolttt bathroom and tow many lu If -bathrooms do you have? (A comotete bathroom is 

g roan with * flush toilet. 3*tntuo ar snower, jns 4 sink/wdsnoasir> wit* nnn'nq water. 4 

ha]f-ba£h fui it least a Husn toilet or batfttub or showtr, Sus soes not nav« 41', ;na fjcil'ttes 

for « coaplete b«tRraom.}

HUWES OF

COW.ETE 3ATHSOQMS: j_

»UM£R OF

HALF 3ATHROQMS:

d HCH£

n

iss

INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTIONS:

Q. 4 — S*ntr*!ly count 4ny raws *» tang at it is a comfortaSis plaes to --est, rsaa, study, ! 

etc., ye»r-round.

So not count laundry rooms, unfinished attics or ^4s«»ents, ooen porcnes, or unflnTtnta sp«ca use« 'or storage.

S1A 4STB * »rqy Coniumotton Sumy

83
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS Household questionnaire -- page 3

HAHO RESPONOENT EXHIBIT J5/I

4. What 1* tht ffliin fut! uswd far *««ting your ftom*? 

<SE£ IXSTBUCTTOH BELOW)

WS FROM UNOERGROUNO PIPE 

SERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD

g. « g. 7

'WIN FUEL NARK

(HARK ALL THAT : j2 .

(imr ONE) APPir :J2

IPS GAS (80TTUO OR TANK (US) 

FUEL OIL ...........

KCMSEJIE OR COAL OIL .....

ELECTRICITY .........

COAk OR COKE .........

«000 .............

SOUR COLLECTORS .......

OTHER (SPECIFY): ______

00«'T

NO HEATING FUEL JSEO -- TAXE 3ACX 

EXHIBIT 5/7; SKIP TO 0. 27 ....

MO ADDITIONAL FUEL • • .

7. What at»i«r fu«ls, ; C my, trti jsed to fie^t your home — 

including tnose cnac an» .iseti r.o provide nesc just 

occasionally?

MARX ALL TWT APPLY

3*. fo« inenti'onrt tftas 

H4$ tftat b*«n the i 

since January L9807

(IF NONE, KARK "NO AOOITtQHAL ^JEi. ' !

iiain hasting fuel is (Sc£ 3- 61 . 

ledting fuel Here ^n /our

IF ,' ASC:

30. In »*>at jontft and year aid your sresent home 

ing fu«l come HUO >.'.5e (just ioorommately)?

8c. Wftit »<is the ouiin rtixne neat ing 'uel Scfart tnat?

TAKE 8ACX EXHIBIT 6/7

9 [] 10

MONTH: 

'EAR:

snevrous HOME

INTSRVJSWER INSTRUCTIONS:

C3 

[3 

Cl 

ri

nUJ

Cl 

C3

n

:M

.'35 

HO

141 

HZ

n

5/7 

SKIP TO 0. 9

q. s If two Of nsre h«rlng fuels are used, the 

oif Uw h«*t for trie none.

neatinq f'j is an« that praviaes .-BOS:

3. 6-7 -- tf housenoUl ^scensly converted to a different fuel, ar is in ^ft« jrucess sf conversion,, 

Mrt answer for faults) in use for xinter of i982-'983. I

Cl.» 4$7« o ofliumoilon Surv*?
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS Household questionnaire — ?a$a *

TUBH TO EXHIBIT 9/tO

9. Retumu.g ROM to your present name heating situation, 

triut is tAt aain Mating equipment used wilti your 

MtR Siting fu«i?

3.9 "WIN a. io

EQUIPMENT MARK

(HARK ALL THAT i«- OKLY.ONE) APPLY •••**•

HOT MATSR PIPES 9UHMIHG THROUGH A SLAB aOOR (SA0IANT HEATING) . . Ol£] [] .'<? 

STEAM 08 HOT MATES SYSTEM WITH «OIATORS OR CONVENORS ...... 9iC] G :«

CENTRAL WARM-AIR fyRNACE ylTH*3UCTS TO INDIVIDUAL SOQMS (DO NOT 

COUKT HEAT PUW> HIRE) ......................

HEAT PUMP ............................ 9<0 [] 1SJ

MILT-(It -LECTSfC UNITS (??WINENTLY INSTALLED IN WALL. CEILING, OR MSEBQAHO) .......................... «G C] -f s;

FLOOR. WALL. OR ?!?£L£SS ,nJRNAC£ ................. o«Q Cl .'«

«SOM H6ATE8 3URNZHG SAS, OIL, <EROSEN£ (NOT PORTABLE) ...... <J7[] [] 25J

H8ATIM6 STOVE BURNING WOOD. COAL, COKE .............. j»(] [] 154

FiaEPlACE(S) ........................... 39(] C] :55

PORTABLE ELECTRIC HEATHS) .................... 10(3 C] :«

PORTA8U KEROSENE H£ATKS(S) ................... w£] CI ^"

COOKING STOVE. RANGE, OS 3V£M {USED TO HEAT «OM£. AS »£LL AS

FOR COOKING) ........................... «[] C] •'"

OTHER (SPECIFY): _______________________________ uQ :] ;« 

OBI'T XHOM ...,..,........:........... ?«[] LJ -«

««3 ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT ....... [] :S2

10. Xlwt ath*r types of 5<3ui(Msent, if my, srs 'jsed *s ^eat | your )ii»e •• including tnose Mat ire ussa to oroviae i«*t just aeeasionaiiy? ."ASK ALL :HAT APPLY ——————————————————————

(IF NOSE, .MARK "NO ADDITIONAL iQUIPMENT") 

IF 'CSHTaAL WARH-AIR FURNACE" MEnT:ONES -N 0. 9 OR q. 10. iSK:

11. fur t?l» sentrj! •arm-air furnace, is slw warm

air fsresd tnrougn tiie iucts 3y 3 fan? i [] THS

3 [] NO

$ [] OON'T *NQW

If 'igATINC STOVE 3URHING 'WOOD. C3AL. COKE" MENTIONED 'N 3, .?. OR 3. 10. ASK:

12.* Is W« iis»fing stove iirtignt? : [] YtS

a LI HO

s [] OON'T XNOU

TAKE SACK E.XHI3IT 9/10

f IA 4S7B

*Question 13 is omitted.

85
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire -- page 5

14. HM »ny wood been bunt-d In ./our hone In the 

p*st 12 nontns?

IP •va." HANO 3ESPQHOEMT EXHIBIT 15, ANO *SX:

15. This exhibit 111usr.r«m itaout ant cord of 

wood. Old your .louse/iold sum less :.ian 

this wo wit, or itxwt tftii «wunc or oare?

IF 'U5S THAH.. ONC.:gao.,"_nmH TO -

16. Whica of *ncsa is most nearly the 

mount of wood burned in your

housenold in '."« past 12 TM

TA« 3ACX EXHI8IT 16; SKIP TQ Q.

o£] W — SKIP T3 Q. 21

I 

U] LESS THAN ONE CORD -- ASH Q. IS

JLJ WE ::RD :R "ORE - ^KIP TO q. 17

ASK:

:ss

lQ A FE\d LOGS OP: SCRAP? OF WOOD 

:(] !/* TO '/3 OF A C3RO

j£] 1/2 CORD (ABOlT 3NE ?!CX-UP 

TBUCK Of WOOD)

4(j OVER 1/2 ;ap.n JUT '.ESS THAN A mu :ORQ

If 'OH£ C0«0 OH .MOBg*. d. 15. THRU TQ £XHt3[T 17. AS 1C;

17.* TWs sxnibit sncwt nood piles af di

slies. Just using tnese as geiersl reference

points, afiOuC how .iiany carts of waod s:«

you burn in >ou»* ftousehold in tse past

12 .flontas? (.SEE INSTSUCTICN 3ELOU. ) '<UMBES Of5 CORDS:

TAKE 3ACK ;

'0

INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTIONS: - '

Q. 17 — ixflibtt 17 ij irri;afid«<l <jn!y far jeneril refersnce. Prss« far resoondent' s sesc as:imate of nuB8«r 3-f csras surnea — t.nis, of :curte. »i M sraiianiy ;« i lumoer 

different from ina so«cific -5uanfif.es snown :n :he sxnibu. :?ecara ans'««r la 

n«*rest fiord, oi" card jlus friction, is given ay respondent ;''3r sximo'ie: 1 , '.-i/2, 

*, 10, 12, «id S3 an).

'Questions 13-20 are omitted.

86
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire -- page 6

1. At «h«t te»e«r»tur» ia you usually fce*o your >ro»» during :.l« day 

In CM »inierxira« »fwi_ voraoni; • s at ''got? (S££ INSTRUCTION sa».)

22. At <Hwt tawwratur* do you usually 'teso your xont during -.fl<s 

i» CM »int«rt1«« »*«« no_anj_j» at ion*? (SEE 'iMSTSUCTlOH jaw.) —————————

23. At HAM t«»p«ritur« do you usually ke«9 your low during 

UfrtPinq hours in tM <iint«rtisw> (SEE tHSTRUCTtOit 3EUOH.)

2». Oo you )»v« * th«rw)sm tsat cin 5e used to id just 

1n your now aunng cna ncatin; stsson?

SS [3 HEAT njRNED OFF

n HEAT TURNED OFF

OEGREiS

9S Q HEAT TURNED OFF 

id V ES -- SKIP TO 0. t6

IF 'W. HAMO aES?OKO£HT SXKIBtT :S ^H

25. ?1«4l« look it t»1s Hit in<J tell .«• tfte »«yi, it any. you 

us« t« WJuJt «.*)« :*B(B«ruur8 in /our lens curing :.ie itat 

Je*JOT. *WX AU THAI

OPUIIS6 M(0 CUOSIRG WINDOWS OR MOSS . 

OP€«tNS AKO (XOSSNG HOT AIR /ENH . . 

T-OfW HEATER OH OR OFF (UP OR OOWN) . . 

TURN SABJATQRS OR CONVECTORS OK OR OFF

ADJUST DRAFT OR 1MOUHT OF FUEL ?CR 

«MO OH COAL FI3E ..........

USE COOKING STOVE. OVEN. OS WNG2 '0 

HEAT HOME ........ .....

OTHER (SPECIFY): _______________

NO WAY TQ AOJUST T'HE TEWEWTijR

HAW ^E5TOHfl£.tT gXHtSCr JS

2S. Sirinq tn« 3«t «int«r »*$ your "tome wi5»wuS «*« 

fat- an* ar lore dav« 'or jny of :nese .-•ISOBI.'

SEAO iNO «AW "-£S,- OR "10.' FOR £A ITEM.)

U pay for -'uel if if.!'t:*s . 

did lot orovide .l«*t ....

System aroten ar unoer -soair 

.Ho Fual iv«iUali! ..........

Othtr (Soeclfy): _____________

:C3

:£]

::i-z:»

2J8 

2:3 

223

222

224

:z$

TAKt SACK SXH18.IT

INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTIONS:

0.. 21-23 — tf rMgon<s«nt naegs different stcfions of :ne nouse Jt dif'srsnt :emserstur«s, »t w*nt :a itnoa 

Ui* ttmoirjturti in tne 3«r^ af :n« iixise <nere :ne seooia art. tf, far aximpl*. :nt i«it is 

tumtd off yostairs Sur-ng ;ae i«y a«C4us« :n* *jmi:y 's wvrfjtairj, »« want *.ne 

tne*r>tum.

If rtseondsnt ao«sn t know tenoeriwre, jut jots 

S«tt1n9. StntfMiw. jroo* 'or 3«st «stim»t«.

tn«nast*t s«ttinq, recara tnermostat

EIA 4S7S

8-7
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — page *

HAM gESPWOEHT EXHIBIT -27/291

27. WlicJi fu«! is used most <Io«° halting w«t*r 

(OUinr Unn just for csotting jurtJoses)?

28. In addition to your main fuel , do you us* 

»ny oth*r futl for heating ««ter \otner 

thin just for cooking

IF 'YES.- 1SX:

29. Mh«t Is tlw ide!H1:en*l t'u«l?

30. Co you Have hot rvmnini(| '<4te» in your foot'.

9.Z t]

« C]

aj C]

94 C3

as []

9* Cl

97 []

»• []

21 G

S»S ?SO« UWOESG80UNO 

ScRVIHG THE l£JG«BORHOOD

I^C MS (BI3TTLES OK TAWX

KEROSENE OS COAL OIL

ELECTRIC;^

COAL oa :3«:

WOOD

SOUR COJ.LEC70RS

OTHER (SPECIFY): ...

90 C] «J FUEL >JSE9 -- "AKE 3ACX EXHIBIT

Z?f29; SKIP TO 3. 32

M 0 OON'T H«JM

j [] res

2 [] ,10 — SKI!' '0 3, 30

91 [] 5AS fSQ!^

	SERVINS THf. ME;.3H8QfiHOOO

03 Cl IPS SAS (BCITTI.!: OR T^

aj [] HJEL OIL

94 [] KEROSENE CIS COAL OIL

as [] ElECTBiCnv

0* (] COAL OR COKE

ai CI woo

9* G SOUR COLLECTORS

Jl [] OTHER (SPECIFY): _

» C] DON'T CHOW 

9 f] MO

i. Teu nentioned tn^t '.'.it ''.iel you vis* mst'for

rt««ting ««ter is (SEE Q. 271. H*S tft*t 3«n in* , r -> 

mtin «*t«r ne*ting""fudi ntre~in your IXMM Since * ~ J 

1980? 9 []

rg , .... .,, „

" "" "•'

if

31b. In »««t month wet year aid your or«j«nt x4ter

fu«i csmt into us* (just wonji p*4t*ly)?

He,

TAKE JACX EXHIBIT r/ / 29

tfttt?

PREVIOUS JATE^ j 

HUTIM6 FUEL: L

Clk 4J7II » '• «J!J

133

38
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS Household questionnaire -- paoe 3

32. Do you have air-conditioning equiprotnt, titter a 

ctntr.l system or individual ainaow 3r ^all units? 

(HHX. M.L THAT APPU.)

IF 'HtOlVIDUA. (WIHOQH/«aUI UfyTr.

[1 YES, CEHTRAL S7S7E.M

u ?£S, ixornoc'L (- iwrrs

Q HO - SKIP TO Q. 37<j

239 

Z33

OH Q.

33. How awny individual window or wall units 

da you iuv«?

IP 'CPITMtl. SYtTSf ON Q. J2. ASX:

OP UHITS: ZtO-til

3*.* Dws th« central 4ir-cond1tioning system 

use 9*1 from underground ;r,pas s l?G, ar

I [] SAS fSQM iJNDERSSOUNO ?I?£S 

SESVINS rHE N

2 [] L?S SAS (8QTTUS OS TANK MS) 

J [] ELECTRICITY 

§ [] 03H"

36. Hen many rooas in your {housa/aoartmtnt) can ae 

cooled by youc Jir-conditioninq? Oa iot count 

6»thr«oms, h»Hw*ys, foyers, sr anclosed 

porches.

«espono£?fr EXHIBIT j?

NUMBER OF WOMS: ! ZQ4-Z4&

95 [] tHTSftE HOUSE OR APARTM£ST

37. Uttien Of th« st»t«flWits on this axnibit Uest describes W« «ay you asrt >our sir canaUionerfs) 

l**t tumwr? (MARX ONUY CN£. !

a [] OIS NOT USE AT ALl

1 Cl TURNED DM ONU A ?EW

1 [] TURNED 3N SUITE A JIT

J C3 TURHEO OS JUST A8CUT ALl S

5 [] -3THES (SPECIFY):

OS .1IGHTS »H£N y NS-DED

TMCE S<CK EXHIBIT 37 

IF 'TES.', 01* Q. 3?. ASK:

37«. H*v« you asrt the san« ai

in your f(omt Since January 1980?

tF

-- 3KI? "

37b. In -H*t itwntM jna year iid your

37e, Old you H*ve 

IIL'BO.- .ON 0. 32. ASK:

-snditioning

374. Hav« you uS«d tny 3if canditioning

)l*rt 1rt your horns ssnce J4nu4ry 1380?

37t. I« -ti*t wnth and year iici you sEoe u 

tfw sir conaitionin? Muicraent (just

ft* 4fW * 1M3 «««.«s»ai ifl

•Question 35 is omitted.
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household quest:onnaire -- page 9

38. MM iwny dears lo you n»v« in your nem 5»wt 90 fron i heated ire* WH8E8 

to Uw outside or to «i unn««uw jn-«? (SEE INSTRUCTION 2£LOW.; OF OTORS;

HOMO .gXM18.jT.39

2*7 :

«w£ -- SKI? ro <j. 44

39. PIMM lack it Mis s*flioit <nf different kinds of doors. HOW *»ny of Men »f ;n«« ?yd«» of aoors do you MV«?

0. 39 

«UW£R 

. OF OOORS

«. 5* (ding glass

ioors

CIMK M(

U. Other doors 

to '.fit uutud*

Cl tONE 29:

q. 10

.1IMER HilH 

S70W1 OOOB

OR INSUUATtHG 

OAS'i

Q NONE JM

Cl «*E ZSf.

a. «i

.tU«ED STORM/ 

INSULATING OOORS 

PUT IN SINCE 

SEJT. 1, 1980

""* u,

C'l NONE 

ZS3

0. *2

HWTH: _____ 

YEAR: 198

[] LN SUCCESS 

»^-»i

"*3«TH:

fEAK: 198

C] iN 'HOCtSS ;s<-2s?

•Q

'C

0. 43

CIRCLE SUKERS PQR REASONS 

SELECTED 31 RESPONDENT

5 5

TAKE SACK -XH.t9IT.39.

?OR JACH TYPE OF 300R fOH 

WHICH ANSWER IS "ONE OR 

«08E.' ASK:________

40. (00«S/HO« m*ny of) Ulo __ \ 

4oor(j) nivt (* Jtom doorT" \ 

Itorm doors) or insuUtin<j

FQ« EACH HCE OF STORW 3009 OR iJOOS WITH 

SUASS. »SH:__

11. *>* «ny of w« (storm/ insulated

doors »«r« au! in /our 

line* S««temo«r '.,1980? —

T T

IF QH£ OR ."ORE. ASX;

42. In »n*t noBtn in4 /t*r sid you gtt (it/Mem)? 

HAMO

43. MhicA 3' thtsa i«tr» 

1nsulltt4

; moortant 'n your dcciiion to

CIRCLE WMBE5S =QR »LL REASONS THAT Af>o.Y 

TAKE 30CX -XH181T 43/48

I INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTIONS:

..—| i—,—

?OR 3- 13

Q. 38-39 — Count Hen y»>!- of jlidtsi} <}l«s loor? it jn» loor. include 

loan '.njc :jo to in unncaud porcn or gariqt. Do not 

incluUt loon to a JS*'*? "*H»4y in in io«renent iullding, 

th*t ir» 9«rm«n«fiVly s«*le« snut, 3r loon to in 

ictic or 9«ii«ntnt.

tK >CM XOuf at TV.

IS JT«« »WSW i

EIA 4571t » I '383 /i fltrqy Coiuunoiion

> -'OH C3WMT

i ro fwt TK cast ai * cwoir 3« 

s 01 a 'HIS accuse « <c»t Mine :_r»t>

90
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — oage 10

44. KOM auiy window* do you *«v« fn your »*»•? "lease Include Mseswnt, 

only If Mm* irtit <r« .ixcgd. (St£ INSTRUCTION 3ELCW.)

, «io porai

q. 44

MMCft

OF MMOWS

" *"* «MM

(J. 45

MMCR WITH

STOW

UlNOOUS OR

IRSitlATIHS

SUSS

£1 *»€

q. <$

NlMEJt STOW

MINOCW5 PUT m SINCE

SEPT, 1, 1980

c

C3 *W£

JJ5-JJ5

0. 47

«»TH:

TEAS: 158

C3 

**

IN PROCESS

g. 48 c:«as wjMBEss .ro« REASONS SELECTED

ST »ESPCW3£NT

i 

I JJJ-J2J

1 Z 3 4 5 5 ; J 9

;o cs?Ec:f):

4$. HOH atnj of CM «in«9«s 

!i*vc (tsra

inauiattm gUjs? (S££ 

ISSTRUCTWN ULOM.)

I? ott OR «»£ Ktnoows WITH on insuuriHG SIASS. ASK.-

<S. HOM ffliiiy 9f We »tan» windows 

sr nimtOMS <iitfi 

»«r« out fft

!, !98Q?

IF.J1HC OB . «K:

47. !A »Mt "onjB inf, yar »«m tftay put in? 

HOMO ItSPOHQtHT DKIBiT

4S. tftfen af MM* »ers .iwjt iaoortint in /ouito install istsrm v>inaaws/v*n4o»t

}U$i)? CIRCUt W 

FOR AI.L SEASONS THAT

INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTIONS:

3. 44 -• CMA oindow tint oaens seodrsttly snoula ae cauntid is one

Also Couit; windows '.njt ir« ^1iM in 3!ace. 3o 

include Hindoos igUss g«n«ls) in door's.

Q. 4J « Windows ntiM af dguale 3!ass jna other types 9f 

count !ft« Sdfss «I scam windows.

?E«O*S "ca -3.

i ra 

;«

4 nj

* aco mis icou/sc ^ .c»e .-o «w :i»«o«>«»r5 »t ;j« •

wvtson :

uato at rv. 

f «OI»CD«»T : 

10 atMi ituon :i»'.c:rf)

ir '«itwi on f£l.Ar;ye

st »«rissio)i«. c.««ct «c' tuotrat :» JISEJ^

>tour SEwrtrs ,M

91
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — pags 11

ir HOUSE OR MOBILE HOME, ASS q. «»ff. IF 2 M «KE UNITS IN wiLatuG. «;? "3 g. *s on '*<z '3 \

Mv« tnsuUcion m .ill, .«- so 

« •*!!} of your Mm?

rton* at i n AH

i [] S0«

3 [] ««€

* [] OOM'T xnOH

J2J?

50. Do you n««« roof 9r ctJHnq imuUs1a»?

If 'YES,' HAOT BESPOHOEHT EXHiBH 51 AHO ASK:

51. About Ww rmicft af Ult 'tief 37 c»iHng ire* 

(> fnulttcd?

TU(W TO EXHIBIT 52

52. Th(s (xntbtt jNotia <((ffef«ni; kinds of 

injuUeian. ?'>«? ".uii TW «t>«t.fi«r 

»r not you h»v« tun wt '.n /our roof 

or cilllnq trtt.

'OR EACH "'ES.- »SK:

53. About how iwny 1«en«!l sf (INSULATION 

do you N«»* in ysur ;Tiof OP ctilir

TAKE SACK EXHIBIT S2

*[]«]-. SKIP '0 3. 5*

« Q ooit'T waw ••• SKIP -a q. 54

3 G «:«? ,..;:a£ aJ

i C] 1/4 ; i • MS)

3 Cl 1/2 ;:w - set,;

/ C3 3/< («7 - 35»;

4. SATT/SLW^T

a. IOOSE

«*T1CIES/ 

LOOSE FILL

e. F1RN fOW/

i. 5PMYE3-IN FOAM

«. OTHER

(SPEC in):

. G T£J

t [] MM'T «OV 

J23

J !.] ^3 :iii—

, r: TES

* [~ x*" c«y

a [* HO 

<s Q MM T <HQU

i [] YES

tj n HO

HI

INCHES 

[] OOH'T XMOU

INCHES 

[] MN'T KNOW

INCHES 

, j DOW ' ^NQVi 

JiS-^jr

[] OCN'T ««OU 

JJJ-J^O

IMCnES

L J«-J«

J2J

El* *ft7Ql o I'm ffi««b»na« En«njy Canwmptien

92
ITEM 4. HOaSEHQLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire— page 12

UHTINUC IF ONC-FMULT MOUSE OR -OSIII HOME. IF : OR MORE 'JHtTS IN 3UIUJING. SKIP TO 3.

MOM fttSWmftHT EXHIBIT 54

54. PlCiSI look It llrt» list and Ull <nt xflich ttOM. if Jny, »*v« been added ar installed in /our low since

Swcnitr i. 1980.

Q. 54

«. Saaf ar cctltnq msuUtfon n *B

G« 

Cl « «OCESS

. ., . ..... .. ;«*

4. Iniu!*t1on in :.i» 

Wtlict* Mill

U 'K a»

[] » PROCESS

Ji<

e. Emulation in cn« 

btswwit or cr*»!

af MUM 

C3TSS

Cl*

Cl IH MOCKS

, . JW

9. S5

*

MOHIH: ______ 

»U«: 198 ____ 

CJ IH 9WCSSS

J4f-J4«

•WTH: ______ 

?£JW: 198 ____ 

H IN PROCESS

3SS-JS!

NOKTH:

««: 198 ____ 

CJ IN l>«OC£S| .

}S5-jS3

(}. 56

CIUCU 'WM8ESS ?OS 3EJSOHS 

SELECTED 5T aESPONOEHT

313-SS3

t 2 3 * 5 S 7 3 9

TO fSPEcrn' 1,.-

»^-j«

I 2 3 4 5 S ? 8 9

-10 (SPECIF*):

:S3-)?3

I Z J « 5 « T 3 9

10 (SPECIF*):

EACH "TES.- QB "!M . ASK:

SS. In «Mt Mneft too i*tr MI tne

nark complc.M? (SEE 

IHSTRWTtQN 3ELOVJ.) ——————

54. HMsn »f WtJt »«r« «»*! irnoortint in vour de«1iian to

ttl* injuUt'.an? CIKli HUN8ESS rOR ALL REASONS THAT

TAKE 3ACX EXHtSIT -6

INSTRUCTIONS:

0. 54; Mil1* "Tei." '»»,* ar 'In ?roe«j,' far MCft itw. Count is Tn 

ProeiSJ" my oark stirtM but noc j*tt cgmottttd. Oa «9t count 

«n*nq»» Mdt tjefor* tftis nouscnold no««d in.

9. 55 »- If heus*M)d Ms dan* IUB nor» tn»n one*. «rftt dam :n* .nost

JWSONS ?0« j. 56

1 R» CSWWT

2 m s»t xutiiK MO/ID :OO.:MC zo

i fa r«t ^e cotr a * aton ai ixaf ru itrun

< -a rue murwt i' vnmva <O«T 

-.at-caj; aituxm '.awt FDD :M

t 318 (Hit KUU£( H rf"l 90IK •

? «eo»»i<oto IT nomsioMi <M»CT

JimillM C(KKT UOtTO* 91 CJtt") 

t *«B M 1*0 1MUT KMflTS ',» uaio w n, WAUI.IC w «m>vtn>

«nuii o* xrtcrtvt i:c»

10 «TM1 <US«

I2A 4STt * 1W3 R**M«nH«4 Ciwrsy Cifwtimpttoo Survty

93
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire -- page 13

commit IF o«-«mi.Y HOUSE OR MOBILE HOME. IF 2 OR MORE UMTS IN sumoinc. SK;? :a q. *s

HMIO KSPOHOEJIT ?^H18tT 87

57. K*Y« »y 9f tntst b*«n «4dt<t «r Instil ltd in j«gr n«M sine* 1. I960? 107-431 sH

i. A rteUcmnc 

ar »ddUion«l 

nan* i«it1nq 

systM or 

Ai cruet

o. A rtpUctmnt

hot xctr 

Mattr. ao<l«r, or 

unit

A r*e!*cemtflt 

or iddieiaiMl 

ctncril »ircondTTTofiing 

syttta

q. 5?

oH 10

j£] in PROCESS

uil W

j[] W PROCESS

j[] TO

„£] W

PROCESS

q. S3

422.

*OOlTtON«.

(3. 59

FUEL

fUEL

:C1 01FFEREST

if] 3I??5SE!«T

sa

q. si CtRClE HUN8ERS FOR 

REASONS SElECTEa 3T

TEAR; 198 

[] t»

414—11?

"OHTH: ____ 

YEAR: 198 

[] IN PROCJSS

441-K!

2 3 * S « 7 S 9 

(SPECIFY):

i 2 3 * s s r a

10 isncjrrj:

* s «• 3 9

TAKE 3ACK EXH18IT 57 

FOR EACH 'YES*. OR TM .»gOCESS*. ON q. 57, ASK;'

53. MS tlris i rtpl*can0it or in 

tddlflontl systM? —— i

59. 'Decs It us* th» S«M fu*l or I1ff<r*nt 

r"u«! sn«n :n* ««• you hia a*for«? —-

SO. In »M£ nentn J«l /»ir MI Uw »gr* conplettd? 

KAHO.aSSPQHOEHT SXH13IT it

SI. *hicn of tnt«« ««rt «iost imoor'ant in /our decision to -enlace.'add 

I «i« n«» sysun? CIRC1.E tHU«ESS -OR AU WASOKS THAT APPLY —————

! TAKE 3ACK e^HiaiT il 

IF •>«,*.OR "!H PROCESS.' ON 1. 57». a. ar c. ASK:

42. HM/tMv*

•ind

tf "ftS.- ASK:

tht ust of ictivt soUr «wr^y ar 

4«victs? res

•a

63. (Ac syitM.

REASONS FOR q. Si

m ria TX COST « » cMgit *

MCOM '«

1 3(0 WII KCXSl 4 AX MIK 0"H» 

«K '.WlCltWIt? it UK H«

t ttcowiMto n nitM a

f «copw«to IT nortssiaw. imisoi {EMK> JJOITOI t»

i »u» ot <uo Aiour inxrtrs :»

IMIO OH n. W6UIHC M .iMVWtlSI

9 ifftxiMiir ar MQUK at atncrm !tt« 

ID nxi KASOI i

E1A 4578 • 13*3 VnKtvnOft tntry, CsnsuinpMon Sur.«y
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — page l<t

if MOUSE OR *08U£ wwe. IF ! a* aow- UKITS IN juaaitta, SKIP ro 4.

HAM ttSMHBEHT SmtttT H

W. Ft«M« )«*» « 0>*» list MM js I rtid wen 1t*« £«H «• -Men. w my, h«*e 3t« »ddtd or instiUw in your how 

tine* StPMMwr 1. 1980. (SEE INSTilUCTIONS AT 80TTQH OF FACINC MGc.)

tlWfMMtaC

ft. n*M ,-»t«nt1on fittn Surn«r far

e. AutPMtle f!«« door (v«nt iwper)

i. EtKtrtea) or Meunical fumtei

*. iMuUtion around M»mg ana/or cooling suetj

f. tflwlttton ground tn« lot vattr • «Ht/or cooling pipes

}. (AMUtion ifound tn* hot ntt.tr ' >»tttr

<J. M

i C3 YES

? C 3 * wocess

an

i U «s

«u*

t C3 w p«ocess

J*rt

i C3 »o

»C3 NO

2 C3 » PROCESS

J^/1

i C3 *B M?.

» C3 w "''

t Cl IN PROCESS

ill

i C3 ns

^ tl £» PROCESS

i« j n »«s

2 [3 IN PROCESS

MI : a »K

~H1

0. 65

•VNTX:

YEAR: 19« ___

<S?.J54

««T»:

YEAR: 198 ___ 

C] IN PROCESS

tg'.j44

MONTH:

TEAR: '.98 ____

Ca ts PROCESS

«r»-^<

MOUTH: _____

TEAR: 198 ____ 

C3 W PROCESS

S12-S11

MONTH:

TEAR: 198 ____ 

C] IN PROCESS

Stt-SU

MONTH:

TEAR: 198 ____ 

C] IS PROCESS 5J*-jJJ

HMTH:

YEAR: 1» ____

C] :.H soocjss itl-Mli

0« ^4 

CIXCU .1UWERS FOR MASONS 

SELECTED 8Y HESWJNOEftr

«*-«*

! Z 3 * S •> 7 a 3

10 (SPECIFY):

[ <«-<«

1 2 3 4 S i 7 a 9

| 4?}~473

1 2 3 * 5 a 7 S 3 

10 (SPECIFY):

| SIS S2t>

1 Z 3 * 5 S i S 3

10 {SPECIFY):

i«-W9

1 2 3 « 5 i 7 3 9

10 (SPECIFY):

| SJf-MO

1 2 3 4 5 a 7 3 9 

!0 (SPECIFY):

j »t-ua

I 2 2 1 5 i 7 i 3 

!fl (SPECIFY):

i

q. S4-SS *« an ?AC:HG ?*GE

tutor

45. In *Mt wxitft and y««r w«j :nt «ar« cawltted? 

(SEE (MSTRUCTION AT 3QTTOH Of fACISG ?W£.) ——

M. tfliteil of th*t* **rt -nose imoortant in /our decision to 

MU or :init*n (rrPC OF ITEM AOOSO OR ISSTAUtOI? FOR AU. DEASONS THAT APW.T :————————

EM 4J7B • 1*M nMictonW Eiw^f Cdntvmdtian

95
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire -- sage 15

CONTINUED F30n PAGE U i

FO

6S

j

!

h. ClOSMftlt IMltttrt, insulating 

4rtp«*. r«f1teti»« ^la

1. Plastic SDMCS Iov«r «inoo*s ir 

otntr openings)

j. CauUfng

i. 'J««tntr strigoinq irouno dny 

•inflows ar doors :o :»« 

outstd*

1. Ht»t PUOP

«. Wood-suming $tav«

» EACH "YSS,- ASK:

In «nat nontn ana y«tr *4S th« wsnt c

(SEE INSTRUCTION 3euOU.) ———————— 

TWW TO EXHIBIT 66

56.* Whicn if truss ««re nojt fmporta 

install (TYPE OF ITEM AOOEO 3R i 

CIRCLE HUrSERS FOR AU SEASONS '

TAKE 3ACK EXHIBIT 56

3. S*

i Cites

» Cl «

7 C3 IK WOCESS

lit

j Cl ns

& Cl M>

J Cl I» PROCESS

0 Cl NO

1 Cl IN PROCESS577

1 Cl tES »*-

o C3 » "J:

J Cl !» PROCESS 

MJ

j Cl «s

« Cl«

7 Cl I» PROCESS^

i Cl «s 

« I]*

Z Cl !N PROCESSn:

0. 65

nONTH:

»CM: t«8 ___ 

H IN PROCESS

MONTH:

TEM: 198 ___

Cl m »«ocjss

.10NTH:

YCAR: 198 ____ 

C] IN PROCESS

MOUTH: ______ 

YEAR: 198 ____ 

C] !N PROCESS

Q. 44 

CIRCIE tUrttERS FOR REASONS

SELECTED 3Y 3ESPONGENT

iil~iSS

1234SS739 

10 (SPECIFY):

iti-i?*}

123455739 

10 : SPECIFY):

f srt-aa

\ Z 3 « S 6 7 3 9

H1-H3

1Z3155739 

10 (SPECIFY):

"ONTH: Stt-tSO.

raw: 198 ___

C] (N PROCESS fZZ-SZl

WHTH:

YEAR: 198 ___

Cl IN PWCESS fJC-o'JS

omeltttd t1

nt 'ft your decision to Jdd or 

NSTAU£3)I

123*58759

""'""• ' ' ' '

j a3f.<i<5

1231 "55799 

10 ISPECtm:

/v

HAT APPU ——————————————————————— — - —— --

INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTIONS:

0. S4 -- M»rk "YM," "Ho." or 'In Proei**" for tien it». Count »$ "In 

Proetsi* any »ert startM Sut not ytt conolccM. Oo not 

count any cnanqts «wdt at far* tnts touMnold moved in.

a. 6S — If xausinold nas don« itat mgr« tn*n onet. writ* down ttw .nose 

rtctnt diet.

CU4978* 1SK

REASONS .'OR Q. 56

:IKV€ rw itrun 

4 -5 rut vjiMnct v caicwoif •vmi 0" j

t on mis KCAUSC < 4»t x:*s qn-ci 

t MCOVMWO »» ttitm o« <iut:vt

r «COH<MCO 11 "OWStOMt. CMUr 

1 «AW OH )CM OOUT ICMMTS ;on

10 OTWI tltVM ISPtCinr)

R*«id*nti«l En*rgr ConwonpUan Su/vty

•Questions 67-74 are omitted.

96
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — saoe 16

75. 90 you "*»• 4 refrigerator in your ftant tlui you -at 

r*9ul*Hy ar occaiiofltlly?

?(. Do you Dm* on* r»frlg»r«tor ar nan cJiw on* 6»« 

U prtstntly in ui«? (Mow «*ny

*SK «MWT EACH WFH!6£S*TQR - f'UST 4SX

US£0'.*OST: (S££ IHSTRUCTIOM 3EIOW.)

77. Is ft si" 9«?

HJHC HiSPOBOEHT EXHIBIT 78

78. Witcn of tfttM bisc «scnbts your 

(WMOME)

T*Kt

jtetion (ar let cue* s«ci'on) nust Se 

«f rostM jtrT oc i ca 1 ! y

* Fnrtztr ttetion jtfrgscs iucanttlcally i^'.er butTas «a (eaten pan oust a* «net1M)

• Full frost-free (frost docs not auild uo)

• No working frtczer section

T 73

: £] »H

4 U NO « SKIP TO Q. 79

I C] 0«

1 [] TW 

J C]

H&r*iU6JWtiun • i ; «^r^t\*tn« ivjn -4

1 C] SUCTStC

* C] 5AS ««

* v J

KS

J C]

3 C]

« C]

: ;: iLicrs:: 1 rj MS w

i C2

<>•«:

? Cl

J C2

< CI

INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTIONS:

Q. 77-78 — If rtseonatnt "** •"or* i.tan tv« refrrgtrscar*, isi aoout two jsea -nost.

CU 4S7B * TM3 MtMdtnllM En»r^y Can«umpt»on Sunvy

97
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS Household Questionnaire — ?age 17

1

79. Oe /DM luv* 4 none frttitr •- ont uut is i itMrtt* 

lOplUnct from tne rtf rig«> itar — tint i* prrstntly 

In UM?

If "fES." ASK:

: G *«

o Cl "0 -- TO Q. 83

60.

41.

«2.

Bo you hay« ont frt*z*r 

Is prtSMtly in ui«? (

or .mrt ttu/i ont CMC i [3 *^ 

HOM awty 4)Uq*tMr?) j p-j -^ «*3

J

ASK A80UT EACH FREEZER « ASK FIRST ABOUT FREEZER 

USED HOST: (SeH r.HSTHUCTIOl* 3ELOK. !

Is it tltetrie ar jn?

Is U « frott-ffM fnw 

dtfrostMT

r.ef ar oust it M

Cl THREE OR MORE

FREEZER f!

i Cl EUCTRtC 

j Cl 5AS «J

1 C] FtOST-rSEE 

7 C] *ST OCFBOST

FREEZER .J

1 Cl ELECTRtS 

2 C] SAS J«

i C] FROST- FREE 

1 C] "UST SEFROST

INTERVIEWS* INSTRUCTIONS:

Q. 81-32 -- If rtioand«nt Its nor* :ftin Cw> frctztn U 

ibout two uud nost.

ire ippli antes froa rtfrtg«r«ors) ,

E1A 4S78 • 'S»J Rntd*«tM €n«n)r CanturnoUon Sumy
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — page 18

HAND SESPOHOEHT EXHIBIT 33

83. Thinking of ill tl» different kinds of

cooking done nere, including cooking in tn« 

oven, on J range, and with small apotiances, 

wnicn fuel is used .iwst?

TAKE 3ACK 1XHIBI7 33

34. does your household use an oven of any tyoe, 

Including itiierawave or convection ovens, ''or cooking at least occasionally?

35, Do you have an* oven or more cnan one 

«y*n that you presently use? (How 

many iltogetner?) (SEE i.'iSTRUCTICN 

BELOW.)

ASX ABOUT EACH OVEN -- ASK FIRST ABOUT OVEN USED MOST: (SEE INSTRUCTION 8EJ.OU.) _________________

36. U your oven electric or 945? 

." ASK:

87. Is it a .wicrowave oven?

01 [] GAS ?ROM UNDERGROUND ?I?£S 

SERVING THE HEIGH80RHOOO

03 [] l?G GAS (30TTLEO OR TANK GAS)

03 [] nja OIL .

04 [3 KEROSEHE OR COAt. Oil iea-SS9

06 C3 COAL OR COKE

07 [] WOO

iJ G OTHER (SPECIFY): ________

00 tl NO COOKING DONE -- SKI? TO Q. 38

I Q YES

3 [] ,HO -- SKI? '0 3. 38

:C3*e

2 G TWO

3 0 THREE OR MORE

$70

QVEM *! OVEN »Z |

ELECTRIC ! :f] ELECTRIC 

3AS J72 j :[] OAS S7i 

\! YES j :[3 YES

SO 573 I 3[3 MO J75

INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTIONS:

Q. 35 — Do NOT count toaster ovens in count of ovens.

Q. 36 — If rfsgoftdent has more tnan two ovens, ask joout :wo jsea nos;

CU 4STS * 1S«3 thHM»nt»t {nwgy CorwumoOOfl Sumy

99
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — page 19

HAND RESPONDENT EXHIBIT 33

39. Please look at this list awl, as I read each item, te 1 aw which 

use tare in your (house/auartowitc)?

of you

ELECTRIC RANGE (STOVE-TOP OR 3URNERS) 

GAS RANGE (STOVE-TOP OR BURNERS)

OUTDOOR SAS ORILL 

(USING SAS FROM UNDERGROUND PIPES)

OUTDOOR GAS GRILL 

(USING L?6--80TTL£D OR TANK SAS)

AUTOMATIC CLOTHES WASHER

WRINGER WASHING MACHINE (ELECTRIC)

ELECTRIC DISHWASHER

ELECTRIC CLOTHES ORYER

GAS CLOTHES ORYER

OUTDOOR SAS LIGHT

ELECTRIC OEHUMIDIFIER

ELECTRIC HUMIDIFIER

EVAPORATIVE COOLER (SWAMP COOLER)

"WHOLE HOUSE" COOLING FAN 

(in ATTIC OR ENTRANCE TO ATTIC)

WINDOW OR CEILING FAN' 

SLACK AND WHITE TELEVISION SET 

COLOR TELEVISION SET 

IF 'YES* "OR WINDOW OR CEILING FAN. ASK:

iG YES

if] *«

iCJ TES

if] U 

it] «

of]

0(]

il) YES

iC3 YES

id *ss

[]

il 

G

.HO

MO 

NO

NO

SO 

NO

3Q NO

Oil NO

0C3 NO

0[] NO

3[] NO NUMBER.

0[] NO NUMBER:

3(] NO NUMBER:

r:s

7Tt?

718

7J9 

7-20 

7-41

72J

39. How many window or ceiling fans do you asa hers in your home? 

IF "YES" FOR SLACK AND WHITS TV SET. ASK:

90. How «ny oUck and wnUe television sets do you use nen« 

in your home? - • ——— ' •' • ••• ••

IF -YES" FOR COLOR TV SET, ASK:

91.* How many color television sets do you jse here in your nome? 

•TAKE 3ACX EXHIBIT 38,

' 7 ' 7

IIA 4378 « 1342 R»*icMntf*< En«nj7 Conwmotton Sumir

•Questions 92-101 are omitted.
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household juesfionniara -- sage 20

102.

103. 

10*.

105. 

106. 

FOR

107.

Now t n»v« JOB* *i«tiOfli iflouc aw 9«o01« ««o H»« i«r«. P'ejs* :el! at ««o :ney jre. ;ust m nlacion 

SO (HOUSEHOLDER). I «oula 4) so lik* :o know Cfttir 49*5 on :ntir Ust Din.tiUys. ' «<» 5e9' n "icn 

(HOUSEHOU3ES). (SEE I.XST^CT'.OnS UISVI).

'«S«E!1

1

I

3

*

S

«

7

9 ;

*

10

n

«

WO IS

I M«* ?l»Ud (READ 

My o*6i« ar u*t1

RELATIONSHIP ,,, Q. 107 - eWH.OYK.HT -AGE !«*.» TO J^ ii . • • fuu. PART NOT 

HOUSEHOLDER ?E»«LE W.E SGE *!«E TIME 5:W.O»EO

HOUSEHOLDER j{] 2(3 id i[] »C3 Jf:-<i$7

id JC3 :C3 JC3 *C3 ^?-J^ ^

:C3 '^(3 :C3 ^C3 . "(.I n;-3i?

i£3 JC] it3 ?C3 3f3 J"-"'

:C3 '(1 :C3 »C1 «t3 JJi-537

iCI iC3 i(.l lil "O M:-nr

it] J(3 ^C3 H3 «t3 «i-«?

ifl »t3 i£3 .•£] aC3 i'.i-ie-r

i£l jfl ;C3 :f] *t] l.^-f^

:£3 43 :C :£] XI Yiu-"^'"

it] z£3 :£3 2(3 a£3 io2:-i?2'

i£3 ?U :£3 »C3 'C3 iwi-iisr

RCiAriCNSHtps nan Q. 102 ABOVE). x*v* i .«i»ed ..... f

PQR OFFICE 

Mildren? - 0 *ES (AOO T3 USTINS) USE ONLY:

U "0 |

Any lodg«r», bo«rd«n, or ptnoni in your eaoloy [] YES CAOO TO LiSTlKG)

i

Jnyoni »no usually Mv«i ttr» 5ut <s w*y traveling T] Y ES (AQQ "3 LISTING] 

ar (n tM lW*e<t»IT (SEE IHSTRUCTtON SEUOW.) n „,

l>« '"»

Anyont tilt JMyi'no, n«re >«no io«s lot iav» i r«g- [1 YC5 (ACB "Q .ISTtMG) 

jl*r nttdtne* «ls«*n«re? .. ^ , U *l j

•ACH PESSON AC£Q !4 Y£A« OR OLOER. ASK:

U n«/Sftt MOioycc) rt-tim. a

run*ttB* (30 nours or none aer

INTSRVteWER INSTRUCTIONS:

(H ^CftCnt * CfW "MRIS^ftO * 09f I $ C?W Q4l*10ff { fll* 3tW 3» £ftC dCCSOItS } if! vftOSff ftimc tME **Qfll8 I 5 3Wt**tf jr *?f^tCd.

Ffl> 

it 

in

9.

<J.

i 

• auwfiont an Ut<$ <rw> «w follawin? paq«». »ntr« th« »n» "HOUSEHOLDER" is im«««d. me tn« aoorooriite j

102 .-• St i«r« to Htt njUtiansdios, not nmtj. tneiud* iMnotf! jf s s«cand fanily cfnc shant :n«

10S — ?»rson* *«io ir» normtlly meiia«rj af Ut« Mmitnolil but «no if« now Hvinq »*y fnat »o<i» (e.g., 

ealVnojt stua«ntj ar x«te*n af :n« ArmM forces ) inoyia not :« lut*d.

CIA 4578 • 1M3 ftf*M*n«*l Cnvrgy Comumotton Surwy

101
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS Household questionnaire -- page 21

1084. Oo«s »notner family snare your hw* with you?

108b. Thinking back to 1981, about how n»ny ptoplt •tns fn your housenotd at tftit tine?

• G T£S (SEE INSTRUCTION 3ELCW.) 

«U NO

HUK8ER IN HOUSEHOLD 

IX 1981:

.•540

INTERVIEWER: MARK AMSUER. ASK. IF NECESSARY.

HOUSEHOIOER'S

MARITAL STATUS

109. Which of tit* following atst describes (HOUSEHOLDER): now 

atrrled, widowed, divorced or separates, or never married?

i[] WW HARRIED

jQ «OOWED

*C3 DIVORCED 3R SEPARATeC

<C3 '•EVER -1ARRZEO

HAMO RESPQNDEHT EXHIBIT 1TO

110. Which of (A* jrougs on t.Ms exhibit aest 

d*ser1b«$ (HOUSEHOLDER)? 2[] SLACK OR MECRO

J(] AMERICAN INOWN. ALA51MN NATIVE

<C1 ASIAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER

5(3 OTHER (SPECIE): _________

TAKE 8ACX EXHI3IT UP

HI. Ij (HOUSEHOLDER) of Soanish or HUpanic origin or 

dMcane?

l[]

INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTIONS:

Q. 108a •- If *n*w«r is "YES," check -<n«ther the additional family (or unrelatsd individual) has 

a ttparatt rooa or apartment that is defined oy our rules is ieoar*ce living quartern. 

S«par»ct living quarters ire Choje in wnieft the occuoants (1) live ina «dt sesaracaly 

from oth«r p«rsonj in suildin?, «na (2) n«»« airee: access from autside :se suildinq 

or through a cannon hall.

If th« stcona1 Faaily's space does ,i»«t the rules for seoarstt living auarters, '.hat 

ipac* should at included from the information ootainen in this interview. So oacx 

ovtr this interview to .nake corrtctions if necessary.

If the second family's spact dots not meet the definition of isoarate living quarters, 

t>« sun that tn« member's of tn* second family art included in tn* list of "ousenold 

meoiers in Q. 102.

C1A 4579 « 1 Eft»f9y Con»umollon

102
ITEM a. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — page 22

I have just a few questions for background statistical purposes.

112. What ts the highest grade (or year) (HOUSEHOLDER) so£3 NEVER ATTENDED SCHOOL - 

attended in school? SKIP TO Q. W

wC3 fWST (37(3 SEVENTH

' OSC3 SECOND 3*£3 EIGHTH

«£3 THtRO 0»£3 fWTH

04£3 FOURTH «£3 TENTH

«£3 FIFTH ii£3 ELEVE.HTH

«£3 SIXTH i2£

COU.E6E (ACAOEHIC YEAHSj

Cl 1«(3 C*

:4f] C2 ir(] CS

is£3 a i*£3 C6 OR M

113. 014 (HOUSEHOL3E3J finish that grade (or year)? i[] YES

HAM_!tESPOND£HT EXHIBIT 1U

1344- 

204S

114. In 1981 did you <sr »ny i»mO«r of your family living 

h*rt rwtlvt any income or ;en«fi:s from: 

(IJHfRVlSWER: SEM ANO «ARK "YES," OR "NO," 

FOR EACH ITEM. }

*. H»g*s or salaries ...........

b. S«lf aaptoywent from susin«s ar farm .

C. Aid to ?«n111*$ «un 0«oendent

Cftildrtn (AFOC) ............

d. Suoplcmnul Security Income (SSI) ..

*. General Assistance or atner puollc 

assistance ..............

f. Food Stamps ..............

9. Social Security ar Sailraad Seiirement 

h. Uneaoloyment compensation ....'...

if] YES

iQ YES

a[] TES 

;[] YSS

;C] YES 

:£3 YES 

iC3 Y ES 

>C1 y ES

o[j W 

a£3 ^Q

o£3 HO

a[] NO

s£3 so

^3 NO

aC3 *3

oC3 "0

'.047

J5S2 

"S3

TAKE_3AOC EXHIBIT

ft* 4ST9 • Surrey

103
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — oage 23

HAMO RESPONDENT EXHIBIT ITS

115. Now ttt'j look at tt»1s 11st of income groups. Please tell i» which grouo letter best 

describes the total combined Income in 1981 of all .nemoerj of yaw family living here, 

from all sources — wages, dividends. Social Security, and JO forth — before taxes and 

deductions. (Family includes all related persons living in this household. )

LETTER FOR IHCOHE SSOUP .

«A L£SS THAN J 3,000 u J $11,000 - $11,999 « S $27,500 - $29.999

039 $ 3,000 -$ 3,999 u < $12,000 - $12.999 20 T $30,000-532,499

03 C $4,000-14,999 a I $13,000 - $13,399 11 'J S32, SCO - $34,999

04 0 $ 5,000 - $ 5,399 13 ,1 $14,000 - $14,999 23 '/ $35,000 - $39,999

35 E $ 5.000 - $ 6,999 14 H $15,000 - $17,499 2J X $40,000 - $49,399

at f $ 7,000 - $ 7,999 li 0 $17,500 - $19,999 24 X $50,000 - $74,999

97 S $ 8,000 - $ 3,999 is ? $20.000 - $22.499 IS f $75,000 OR OVER

Of H $ 9,000 - $ 9.999 17 Q $22.500 - $24.999 ^ ,, m>

09 I $10,000 - $10.999 it ft $25,000 - $27,499 )? ^ R£fus£0

TO EXHIBIT 116

116. SJnc« January 1980, has your household received any of the following services frw ar at reduced 

cost, from the federal, state, or local govern-

•e*« (INTERVIEWER: *EAO «10 MARK "YES" OR 

"!W" FOR EACH ITEM. )

*. Insulation in the attic, sutstde wall, or , basement/crawl space aelow the floor af :ne house ...................... iC3 ?ES o[] ,«

B. Insulation around the hot water heater ..... iQ YES o(! SO

c. Repair of brqken windows or doors to keeo

out the cold or hot weather ........... jQ ?ES sdl NO

d. Weather stnpoing or caulking around any

windows or doors to the outside ......... :Q *ES 3[] NO :JSO

e. Stona doors ar windows added .......... i[] YES <?(] NO :j«

f. Repair of broken fumacs ............:[] YES a[] MO !U52

9. Furnace tuneup and/or awdifi cat ions ....... zC] YES o[] NO :<?«

h. Other home energy- laving devices

(Specify): _____ ; _________________ z£] YES o(] 10 :w<

TAKE SACK EXHIBIT 116

tU 437V « Itea Rn«ttna*4 En«r77 Canwmptfon Sumy

104
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD- SURVEY MATERIALS Household questionnaire -- page 24

117. Th* government has an energy assistance program that 

|My tvtttinq and cooling costs. This assistance can oe re. 

ce1v«d directly by the nousenold or it can oe paid directly 

to the electric or gas company, fuel dealer, or landlord.

Sttwwn October 1, 1981 ana September 30, 1982 did your 

household rtetJvt assistance of wis type for JHJWfrog Utt federal, state. or local govtrwwnt?

118. Between October 1. 1981 and SepUnbtr 30. 1982 did your 

MUMtold rteilvt ijsi stance of tftis cyp* for tone 

htatlng fro« U» federal, ttace, 01* local gov«r«nefit? sQ .10

.If. *TE5.* OX 3, 118. HAM 119 *NO *SX:

119. ____assistance oayments made In ttw form of 

Checks, coupons, or vouchers sent to this household or *er* the aayntents sent directly to the utility company, fuel dealer, or landlord? {MARX '"£3." 3R 

•XO,' ?0« EACH HOI.)

a. Check to household ................

b. Coupon/voucher to household ...........

e. Assistance sent directly to electric or gas company, fuel dealer, or landlord ........ «C3

: TMg,B*CK EXHIBIT .119

120. Altogether, taw much government energy assistance to 

help gay heating costs has Seen prtwided lirtctly to 

this bousenold and/or grovided on ienalf of tnis 

hwienoJd to a utility comoany, fuel a«al«r, or 

landlord between October I, 1981 and Seotemoer 30, 

1988? (PROBE TOR BEST ESTIMATE)

121. Oo you »r meBfters of your Household own your 

home or do you rent?

IF

OF DOLLARS S

1070-2073

.00

OWN (BUYING)

REMT -- SKIP TO Q. 123

122. IS this (nouse/aeanatent) part of a • condominium or cooperative?

OCCUPIED

?A*«ENT OF SENT —

SKI? TO Q. 124

l(1 YES. CONQOMIMIUM

z[] res,

ad »

If ASX;

123. Wwt is tht monthly rent of your (house/ 

ap*ra*nt}?

IF REWT IS NOT P*tD 3T TH£ «HTH, MOTE W THE SPACE 3£tCW 

TW AMOUNT; MID PER TIME PERIOD.

.00 MONTH

TIME OERtCO COVESEO AND

Til* ?«IOO COVERED: ______ 

AJMOUHT PAID PER TIME PERIOD: J

E1A 4S7S * 19«3 ««i«J«(i««l En«»gy Contumotlan Sumy

-•00

105
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — page 25

HAND BESPONOENT EXHIBIT 124

124. W* nay h«vc covered toot <af these saints before, but just CO at sure. pl«*se iook at this exhibit jnd 

Ult n whether these fuels ar* u«td for these purposes in your household.

ELECTRICITY

«. FOR HOT MATER

b. FOR HEATING YOUR HOME

e. FOR AIR-CONOITTCJIWG (CENTRAL OR

HNOOW/WALL UNITS}

d. FOR COOKING

e. FOR LIGHTING AND OTHER APPLIANCES

GAS FROM UNDERGROUND PIPES

SERVING TOUR NEiCHSORHOOTr

f. FOR HOT MATER

j. FOR HEATING YOUR HOME

h. FOR CENTRAL AIR-CONDITIONING

1. FOR COOKING INSIDE HOME

j. FOR COOKING ON OUTDOOR GRILL

k. FOR OTHER APPLIANCES (INCLUDE

OUTSIDE GAS LIGHT HERE)

LPS SAS (BOTTLED OR TANK OAS)

1 . FOR- HOT WATER

«. FOR HEATING YOUR HOME

n. FOR CENTRAL AIR-CONDITIONING

0. FOR COOKING INSIDE HOME

9. FOR COOKING ON OUTDOOR SRIU.

q. FOR OTHER APPLIANCES (INCLUDE

OUTSIDE GAS LIGHT HERE)

FUEl OIL OR XESOSENE

r. FOR HOT MATER

S. FOR HEATING YOUR HOME

t. FOR COOKING

FOR EACH USE OF EACH FU&, ASK:

NOT

USEO USEO

. iC3 j£3

43 43

43 43

id oG

:£3 aC3

J[] ^C3

43 <>C3

iC3 «(]

iC3 «C3

43 »C3

iG «C3

43 "(3

;[] afj

43 «C3

43 «C3

43 SC3

43 «C3

i£3 o£3

:£3 <»£3

:£3 oG

PAID 3Y INCLUDED OTHER

HOUSEHOLD IN RENT (SPECIFYJ

x£3 ^C3 5 £3 ____

:C3 43 Jt] ____

»•• *^J *»J 4HI^B«IH^BBll«Ml

lU zC3 sCl

:[] 2C3 S C3 ____

i[] JQ jn

43 43 43 ____ .

in JC3 43 ____

43 43 43 ____

•ifj 2fT jfT

1£] 2{1 5[] _______

43 :tl s(3

iC] 43 4] ____

4] 4] SQ ____

If] JQ 1Q ______

43 43 43 ____

,[] 3 [] j[] ____

j[] j£] j£] _____

id 2£3 sC3

::::-n;j

2j:3-i:i*

:j:s-»:j

iiJ?-;«5

ma- mo

iizj-iiaz

1123-1124

JJM-J;Z»

nzr-izza

::29-z;js

::33-n«

nM-njff

nz7-:izs

11Z9-1149

:iti-iuz

::«-::«

2Z4f-21«<

::<7-ij**

::«9-;:sa

f 125.* Is th»t p*1d for by your household, included in j

your rent, or do you set it some other ««y

TAKE 8ACX EXHIBIT.12*

IF HONE OF FUEL 3ILLS ARE "PAID 3Y HOUSEHOLD," SKIP TO INSTRUCTION ?OR 3. 144 ON PAGE 35 

OTHE75TSE, CONTINUE WITH 0. U7 ON M£XT ?AGE.

EIA «97> « '.

•Question 126 is omitted.

106
ITEM 4. HCUSEHOU SURVEY MATESIALS 

Househo1d quest ionnajre — page 26

IF HQUSIMLS USIS AND PAYS FOR ELECTRICITY. 3AS (fSOH UNOESGSOUNO ?I?ES OR L?SJ. OR FUEL OIL/ 

t» 9, 125, ASK Q. 127ff. OTHERWISE. SKIP TO INSTRUCTION FOR Q. 144.

HANO iSSPONOEKT EXHIBIT 127

127. Qo any af your household fu«l bills include 

tittf^W for fuel used for purposes o«wr 

t!?^;fAr>our own living suarttrs, such as f»n§ buildings or a»cnin«ry, CM nous* or 

tp*rta«nt of jnower household, a business 

dV anything »l se?

of] NO — TAKE SACK EXHIBIT 127; 

SKIP TO INSTRUCTION -OR

Q. 133

ass

ft "te_Sr* ASK:

129. MUCH fu*l Bills include c.n*rge» for fuel 

ustd for purooses ot.ier tftan your own livin? qu*rt«rs2 (HARK AS MANY AS APPLY.)

TUIW TO EXHIBIT 129-132

.

TAKE

IF "aEemcm- OH ^. 123, ASK:

129. About mm mucn of your household's

;.-:•;>;:... ,«i*etr1<ffty sill is used for aenhotiseftold uses sucn as farm buildliifi or machinery, tn» nouse or 

itNtrtmnt of anatfter houisfiold, a 

Business or office, or anything 

else?

IF »S»S rROT UNDERGROUND PIPES" ON 0. !28.

130. About how nuch of your nous«ftol4'S 

9*s bill is used for nan*nousenold 

uses sucn as farm auil aings or 

menincry, tne nouse or aoartment 

of anotfter nouseltold, a business or 

offSet, or any wing slse?

•IF "IK S«* 3N 0. 123, *SK;

13ti About how nucn of your household's 

L?G Mil is used for non-household 

uses such as farm Suit dings or 

aacninery, che nouse 3r aoaranenc 

Of another housenola, a ausiness ar 

; off lei, or anything *lse?

!f>;*n«Et Oil OR KEROSENE" ON 0. 12B. ASK:

132. About how weft of your household' s 

fu«i oil/kerosene bill is used for 

non-housenold uses sucn as farm 

buildings or machinery, tne house or 

•partMnt of another household, i 

business or office, or anything else.'

SACK EXHIBIT 129-132

G ELECTRICITY 

[] 3AS ?SOM 'JNOERGSOUND PIPES 

[] UPS GAS (80TTUD OR TANK 1 

C] FUEL OIL OR KESOSEME

o[] «RY LIHLE (LESS THAN 5S) 

i[] 1/4(5- 33!) 

Z[] 1/2 (34 - 6ot) 

Jf] 3/4 (87 - 9St)

ASK:

«C] ''ESY LITTLS (USS THAN 55} 

I[] 1/4 ( S - 33S) 

J[] 1/2 (34 - fifiS) 

3 [] 3/4 (67 - 9SS)

nl VERV LITTLE (LESS THAN ;s)

^[] 1/4 { 5 - 335} 

J[] 1/2 (34 - «S) 

i[] V4 (67 - 3SS;

3[3 VERY LITTLE (LESS THAN 55) 

i[] 1/4 ( 5 - 335 

id 1/2 (34 - S6S) 

J [2 3/« (57 - 95t)

USS

::se

lisa

11 S3

nso

E1A 4S79 * ?9«3 a««m«ntl«( Envr^y Cantumonon Surv.y

i07
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — gage 27

IF HOUSEHOLD USES AND .'AYS r3R '.PG 5AS CSEE QUESTIONS 12*-52S. PARTS 1-<J ) , ASK Q. 133ff. 

OTHERWISE, SKIP TO INSTRUCTION FOR Q. 136.

133. About how many deliveries of IK ton your 

household usually gtt in a y«*r?

134. Since January '980, did you buy* IPS 'or this 

(house/apartment) froa one company or fro* 

fort than on« company?

If 'SORE THAN ONE COMPANY..* ASK:

135. How stny d1ff*rent companies?

NUMBER OF

3ELIVERIES: ______ 11SZ

»4(3 CASH AND CARRY, PICK UP AT STORE 

»S[3 LIVED HERE LESS THAN 1 YEAR

;C2 ONE COMPANY :l 

jfl WRE THAN ONE COMPANY

TWO 

THREE

FOUR OR HORE

IF HOUSEHOLD USES AND PAYS FOR FUEL OIL OR KEROSENE 

Q. 13Sff. OTHERWISE. SKIP TO Q. 140.

(SEE QUESTIONS 124- US, PARTS r-t) . ASK

138. About taw many dtUvcrtes of fuel oll/kerostn* 

dots /our household usually 9tC in i year?

137. Si net January 1980, did you buy fuel ail/ 

ktroten* for CAis (houieVaeartaent) fro* 

one company or fron nor* tnan one eoraoany?

IF 'MORE THAN OSE.' ASK:

138. How natty different sampan its?

HAND RESPONOEHT EXHIBIT 139

139. About how mien fuel ail/ktrasene does your tousehold use in a year -• which of '.h«s» groups would it &e, just approxinately? PROSE FOR 3EST ESTIMATE.

NUMBER OF 

DELIVERIES:

::ss1181

«G CASH AND y*RY. PICX UP AT STORE 

>S(] LIVED HERE LSSS THAH 1 YEAR

i[] ONE COMPANY

j(] WRE THAN ONE COMPANY

JC3 THREE

«(] FOUR OR HORE

US?

1188

;C1 I^SS THAN TOO 3ALLONS PER

j£] 100-499 JALLOHS PER r£AR

JC] 500-999 WLLONS PER YEAR 1IS3

4(3 1000 OR MORE SALLONS ?CR YEAR

TAKE 3ACX EXHIBIT 139

CIA4S70 •» 1ttii »«ia«ntl«l Envrqy Caniumpllon

108
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household cuestionnaire — oaae 23

CONTINUE IF an f.scTRic, GAS (FSQM UNOESOSOUNO PIPES SK LPGK OR rua OIUKESOSENE SILLS

ARE MID »Y HOUS HOLD. OTHetWlSE. SHIP TO INSTRUCTION *0fl Q. 1«

140. In addition to tht types of fuel you use, w« are interested in the quantities used and 

1n tht MOiint tlttt peoplt gay for electricity, gas, fuel oil, or kerosene in different 

parts of tiit United States.

I fctv* a form that would authorize tht companies that supply your household to arovide 

Out iftformation ts Sessoni* Analysis Cargoratton. The jutnoruif.on aopiies to *ne 

. period fro* January 1980 tftrouaft Aorf] 1983.

Sinct this Study is Seing done nationwide, >t win give a good sictara of tfte differences 

In fuel east and usage ail over tne country. The infornation u needed '.a nelp j 

fnporttnt national energy 90! icies.

IXTERVtESiOt: KCMOVC THE AUTHORIZATION fORH fftSH f¥g. qugSTtQNNAIK A«0 HAHO TO

EITHER YOU OS RESPONCEfU SHQUtQ ?!U IN- rH£ .SAME(S) OF C3WANIES. IF

THAH ONE S.PG OR 'UEL OIL OR KEROSENE COMPANY HAS 3EEN USEO SINCE JANUARY 1,

T980.~ FILL IH ACOITIOHAU :3MPANY SAHES..OH OTHES SIOE OF FORM. PUASt ?SINT.

I Q AUTHORIZATION ?OR« SIGHED ::7ff 

0 Q AUTHORIZATION FORM NOT SI5SEO -- INTERVIEWER, EXPLAIN 3ELOW:

IF AUTHORIZATION-FORM IS SIGHED, ASK Q. 141ff. OTHERWISE, SKIP TO INSTRUCTION "OS 0. 1«.

Oo ywr fu«l bills com addressed to if] SAKE HAKE — SKIP TO

(KAIg Of JSi^jlfltUR6 ON AUTHOR IZAT'ON 'QRM). 0 1*3

or «t »«r in anotfttr na«e? ^ mmR ^

IP «TtL IS W a*OTHE« .SAHE. ASK:

142. Wut Is that name and address: 

. - 81UIN«"MAHE; __________

STREET ADDRESS:

crrr AHO STATE:

ttf COOt:

143. Would it St {MSSible for you to jive m« your custwef numoer at your »l«ctris/3as comoany? 

This flunotr is on your sills from tne company.

aEcntic COMPANY — CUSTOMER nunSEa: _____________________ffff^

[3 MOT AVA!LASU/R£?USt3 

SAS (FB6M UMOERSaCUSO PIPES) -- CUSTOMER SU«8£fi: _____________;_____n73

NOT AVAILABLE/REFUSED

1M2 Am«»nttM Cmrgy C*mumB«e« Surety

109
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — page 29

w

U.S. DEPARTMENT OP ENERGY SURVEY

Form lor 

al Enet fi Canetimptte*! Surrey

I hereby give permission to Wit company (companies) oetow to provide information to Response Analysis Corporation (or otner oesignee of tn« U.S. Department at Energy) for confidential use in connection witrt tlMir survey (or tne U.S. Department o< Energy.

T7ii« autltortutiort covers use «( fuels (eMetneity. natural gas or LPG. 'u«i on at kerosene) ay my household from January i. 1980 tnrougn Aonl 30. 1983 including:

1) the total amount of fuel* used By my nousenout. 2) tfte tout pnc« cnargeo for fuels oy my nousengio.

Companies are autnorized to provide trii* information oy montmy periods or by delivery date, whichever

A photocopy of this autnoruation may be accapted witn tne same authority as tne original.

o

I

I

o

14.

Signeture: 

Oate:.

PUASf YOUR HAMS

ADDRESS

CITY OH POST OFFICS

APT. HO.

STATS zipcooe

r *MU«S«. «(*«•».

PL£ASE COMPLETE ONE SLOCK 36LOW FOR EACH FUEL USED 9Y YOUR HOUSEHOUO 

{ft HOM THAM arts wmjcft or A PAOTICUW* met use rxe OTHCH sioc of

ELECTRICITY- PRINT FULL NAMe OF SLSCTP.IC COMPANY

LOCATION OF COMPANY (IF KfiGWNI - C/TV 4\O STA'S

TSLSPHONg 

Jfl?* COP*' .._._...,„ ,.,._ vi/u^o- .

GAS

or U>O (Boemaor tan* 9**)

PRINT FULL NAM£ OF uAS COMPANY

LOCATION OF COMPANY 'IF XHQHN) ~ C.TY AND STATg

AR£A COOS: mmi ^HUUSSaFUEL OIL PRINT PULL HAue QF on. COMPANY

LOCATION OF COMPANY (IF UNQWNI ~ CITY AHO STATS

T£LePHON£ AitfA coof: Hiiueean*-iti a .

tIA 4ST9

110
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — page 20

SECOND GAS COMPANY

GAS —————— -

FUEL. OIL - ——————— —

or KEHOUNI 

SfA 4$?9 * IMS ft««ld4fttf<ti gfivf^y C

PWHT PULL MAMS OP GAS COMPANY

LOCATION Of COMPANY ttf KNOfiN! - CITY AHO STATS

TSLSPHONe

THIRD GAS COMPANY

WHT FULL MMitOf. SAS C C«PA^r

LOCATION Of COMPANY (If xwCHW - C: TV ANQ STATS

AfteACOO£: a „„...,„ ., NUM8SB: . d _.__ .._. .

SECOND FUEL QIL/XEROSCNS COMPANY

P»wr pytt ,w*s o^ wt CO«PWY

4.0C>«nON 0£ COMPANY IIP KNQWHI - OTy AHQ STATS

f «€7cMf- NUM«M .

THIRD FUEL OIL/KEROSENE COMPANY

pfiwr PULL HAHS Q? OIL CGHPANY

LOCATION Of C3M(>AttY (if KNQYINI - CITY 4jVO STATs

TSLSPHONE

anwmotlan Synray

I 

i

.

Ill
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS Household questionnaire — pags 31

IF HOUSEHOLD HAS ONE OR MORE r UEUS "INCLUDED IN SENT" OR "OTHER" V SE£ Q. 125 ON PftCC 23,, ASK 

•J. 1«. OTHERWISE. SKIP TO Q. US.

144. We may b* needing some additional information about fuels used in this building (house). 

May 1 hive the name of the person or company to «nom you say rent or who is responsible 

for paying the fuel bills for tnis building (house)?

NAME:

TELEPHONE HUM8ER: (AREA CODE: 

STREET ADDRESS: ______'_

CITY OR TOMN/STATE/IIP CODE:

145. For interview verification purposes, <n»y '. have your name, shone numoer, and •nailing 

address please?

RESPONDENT'S HAME:

TELEPHONE NUMBER: (AREA CODE: 

STREET ADDRESS: ______

CITY OR TOWN/STATE/ZIP CODE:

tlA4*7B • tH3 RMlUcnual Energy O>n*umD«lon Surxiy

112
1TLM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS Household questionnaire ~ page 22

146. INTERVIEWER:

MARK TYPE OF MOUSING UNIT

ifl MOBILE HOME OR TRAILER 

jQ ONE-FAMILY HOUSE

if] ONE STORY

20 TWO STORY

3Q THREE STORY

<C3 SPLIT-LEVEL

JO OTHER (SPECIF"!: __

IF ONE-FAMILY 

HOUSE. NARK STYLE 

BASED ON GENERAL 

APPEARANCE

OUTSIDE

J(] HOUSE OR BUILDING WITH 2 TO •» UNITS

<Q APARTMENT 3UILOING OR OTHER 

STRUCTURE WITH 5 OR *ORE UNITS

IF THIS IS A MOBILE HOME OR A BUILDING WITH S OR MORE HOUSING UNITS, SKIP TO Q. 1S3.

IF THIS iS A 3UILQING WITH 2 TO 4 HOUSING UNITS, SKIP TO 3. ISO.

IF THIS IS A ONE-FAMILY HOUSE. CONTINUE WITH 0- U7.-

HAHO RESPOHQEHT EXHIBIT. 1.47.

147. Dots this house Have a basement, an enclosed crawl soace. a crawl soace 

optn to en* outside, a concrete jla&. ar « cofflfelnadon of :ne$a?

lC3 3ASEMENT

lU CRAWL SPACE — INCLOSED

j[] CRAWL SPACE - OPEN TO THE OUTSIDE

<(] CONCRETE SLAB - SKI? TO Q. 153

5[] COMBIHATION (MARK ALL THAT APPLY.)

Q BASEMENT

[1 CRAWL SPACE -- ENCLOSED

[] CRAWL 3?«C£ - OPEN *Q THE CUTSIOE

[] CONCRETE SLAB

1213

12:1

121S

:sis

121?

TAKE 3ACX -XHIBtT U7

IF "BASEMENT." "CRAWL SPACE." OR "COMBINATION."

148. fs all, sart, ar none of the 

basement or crawl spaca 

heated?

l[1 ALL « SKIP TO Q. 153 

2[] PART 

0[] HONE

ISIS

IF agSPOHOEHT ASKS. A 3ASEMENT !S CONSIOEHED HEATED 

IF iT IS A COMFORTAaLi ?UCc TO SIT, WORK. OR PLAY, 

ETC.. YEAR-ROUND

IF„•PART.-OR 

149.

is. H.EATEO. HAND RESPONDENT EXHIBIT ug ANO ASK:

C3 NONE. VERY LITTLE (LESS THAN VI)

[3 1/4(5- 335]

[] 1/2 (34 - 56S)

G 3/4 (67 - 951)

C3 ALL (96 - 1005)

C3 OOH'T KNOW

TAKE 3AGX EXHIBIT 149; SKIP TO Q. 153

About how much of the floor area above the unneated basement or crawl soacs is 

Insulated?

EIA 4S7B *

113
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — page 33

IF THIS IS A BUIlDIflG WITH 2 TO * HOUSING UNITS. ASK Q. ISO. OTHEautSE. SXIP TO Q. 153. [

ISO. Dots this building have a basement?

IF "fES." ASK:

:(] 1220

151. Is any fart, of the basement for the 

exclusive or primary us* of your household?

IF 'YES.' ASK:

NO

res

152. Thinking of the basement space used 

by your household -- is all, part, 

or none of that space heated? 1222

o(] NONE

IF RESPONDENT ASKS. A 3ASEMENT fS CONSIDERED HEATED 

IF IT IS A COMFORTABLE ?LACE TO SIT, WORK. OR ?UY, 

ETC.. YEAR-ROUND.

HAND RESPONDENT EXHIBIT 153

153. Since September 1980, have any of the kinds of 

things listed on this 'exhibit b««n done to your 

horn — that is, anything ttiat has either increased 

or decreased tne total number of square feet of 

space, or that has changed tne numoer of square 

feet of heated space?

IF 'YES*. TO Q. 153

If]

154. Old the total nwnber of square feet of 

space increase, decrease, or remain 

the same?

155. Bid the amount of heated soace increase, 

decrease, or remain trie same?

156. Please give nw a description of the 

nor* that was done.

157. In what month and year was the work 

completed?

TAKE 3ACX EXHIBIT 153

HO

id INCREASED 

2(] DECREASED 

J[] REMAINED THE SAME

:[] INCREASED 

i(1 DECREASED 

J(3 REMAINED 7HE SAME

MONTH:

TEAR: 198

1Z21

1221

122$

1226- 

1227

1223- 

1232

CIA 457H « 13*S n*tid*ntl<l En<rqy Consumption Sumy
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — page 34

1S3. So far, wt'.w b**tt talking aoout things in your household :fiat affect your energy use. 

Wut 'i* Mttf also is a aeasure of your year-round living space.

>«ar 9*rahssian» I would like to :ne«sur* your HORW. I can do it from the inside 

or the outside. With your hoae, I think it would B« most accurate to da it on tw

INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTIONS:

In $tner*}, measure all parts or' tn« housing unit enclosed from tn* weather.

.or e»U ars

Include iMSgngnts or cellar* in one- family

Include b*sairent space in Suiljlngs v<itn I ~.a _» housing units, if it is

f or tlMi exclusive Of primary us* of housenoia for tnis intsrvievi. See Q. ',51

Exclude tesanenes and callars in SuilAinoi wi tn 5 or .-no re units. 

crawl soaces.

Attica ' -

Ificlude attics if heated 0£ finished.

gjcclude attics if unnaatad and also unfinished.

garages, sheds, or Sams

Include garages if attached to houst and enclosed from the weathtr. 

Exclude garages, shads, or oarns if not attached to house or <f . aoen

W tM weather.

Include parchas if enclosed from t.ie weatfter. 

£jtclmt« Borcnes if aoen :o tne weather.

BuiliUngs «tth 2 or more housing units; Measure only the soacs used Sy nousenold 

for Wi S i nterv i ex (as no t me as u re : n* antire building).

Unheated areas: Within the housing unit that you measure, indicate unneated 

- in the diagruns with lines. Siv« dimensions of unneated ar«a(s).

Indicate unheated 

areas this *ay

USE SACKS OF ,«€ASURWE«T ?AG£S FOR ADDITIONAL SPACS AS SE-OED, FOR SKETCHES AND 

MEASURPENTS.

£1A tin » llta ftMMmtUI Efl*rgy CanmumpBon Sumy

115
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — page 35

START HERE

1f tMs 

household 

IMS a bas«-

mtflt or 

cellar CSM 

Instruction 

on f»cing 

pas* far 

bauntntt 

and 

ctlUn)

RECORD MEASUREMENTS ON DIAGRAM TO NEAREST FOOT

START HERE

if this 

household 

docs not

ttavt t 

bascMnt 

ar cellar

BASEMENT MEASUREMENTS [] PJU. BASEMENT 

[] HALF BASEMENT

RECTANGULAR SHAPE DRAW DIAGRAM, IF OTHER TriAN RECTANGULAR

INTERVIEWER: HAVE fOU MARKED KITH LINES AND GIVEN DIMENSIONS OF UNHEATED 

AREAS IN DIAGRAM ABOVE?

G FULL STORY 

FIRST STORY MEASUREMENTS ^ HAtf STORy

RECTANGULAR SHAPE DRAW DIAGRAM, IF OTHER THAN RECTANGULAR

INTERVIEWER: HAVE YOU MARKED HITH LINES ANO GIVEN DIMENSIONS OF UNHEAHD 

AREAS IN DIAGRAM ABOVE?

nm omcz use OM.T

CONTINUE ON PAGE *1 

FOR SECOND AND THIRD 

STORIES

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I IA 4S78 • 1982 fl**tdm<UI Sncrgy Contumotlon Sumy

116
ITEM 4. HOUS£HOLAiiy(|V|| MATERIALS 

Household auesttofrn^T-e «•- p4c|8 36

iiri« SECOND OR THIRD STORY TO MEASURE, so ro g. 159

RECORD HEASUREhSHTS OH 01ASRAM TO HEASEST 'COT

iaKmeiiM SHAPE

.[ 1

ORAH DIAGRAM, IF OTHER THAN RECTANGULAR

iiiiKWIEl(£ll: HAVE YOU MARKEO WITH LINES ANO SIVEM OEHENSIQNS OF UNHEATED 

AREAS IN DIAGRAM ABOVE?

-WCtWlSUlAR SHAPE ORAU DIAGRAM, IF OTHER THAN RECTANGULAR

INTERVIEWER: HAVE YOU MARKED WITH LINES AND aiVEN :iH£NS;C.NS OF CHEATED 

AREAS IS DIAGRAM ABOVE?

ust

IP

Mil

»«

----••-:

rCu

J»

31

MS

jj

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Unit:

M

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MMtttf

1H9-IMS

IMwttM

' 13H-131I

DK Hta/UnhW

!3tt»13fJ

117
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — oage 37

159. On« part of ity task is to -wr* an sty diagram any parts of your hows that »r« not tieatrt 

<Jur1ng tht «*acin<j stason.

TELL RESPONDENT WHAT PARTS OF HOME. IF ANY. ttJU HAVE MARKED AS NOT HEATED OURISG HEATING 

SEASON. THEN ASK:

Is that eorrtet — have t aisj«d any unhtttid areas?

REVISE SKETCHES AS NECESSARY; 

THEN HARK APPROPRIATE BOX AT 

SIGHT

160.

MARK BOX TO INDICATE HOU .><EASUREKENTS 

WERE OBTAINED FOR (HOUSE/APARTMENT)

aC3 "0 UfWEATEO AREAS

1C] ALL UNHEATtO A3EAS HAVE iEEH 

MARKED «17M uiN

»C3 ENTIRE UNIT IS UHHEATtD (NO 

MEATI.HG £CUi?ME;'<r;

.MEASURED

07C] MEASURED CUTS:3£

OJC3 COMBINATION OF INSIDE AND 

OUTSIDE MEASUREMENTS

<«C! RESPONQENT SAVE 

SQUARE ?EET ?SOM

OSil RESPONOEHT'5 EST^ATSS

Cj OTHES «ASUSi?*£?!T 

PROCEDURE CSFECIFY):

:37S~

TURK i»A6E 'Q

FOR OFFICE 'JSE

BIA <S78 • 19K »»«<(rns«l £n»njr CaniuinpHen Surrty

118
ITEM 4. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MATERIALS 

Household questionnaire — page 38

jtEiKiaT OH MEASUREMENT OF TEAa.aOUNO LIVING SPACE

161. WAT mtiil&S. IF Htt, 010 YOU HAVE IN MEASURING THIS (HOUSE/APARTMENT)?

162. WAT EFFECT, IF Wf, 010 THESf PROBLEMS HAVE OH THE ACOJRACf OF TOUR «tASUREMENT3?

1*07-1403:14

TIME IHTERVIEVJ COMPIETES:

AM

1.EHSTH OF IHTESVIEX: KINOTES

INTERVIEWER'S SISNATURE 

•!HT£S¥JS«R'S 1.0. *:

OATS;

24:2-

1414-

-OFFICE USE OHLf

H33- 

1431

1*33-

i433

Q.37e ^

3.108b ^

I4J9 

1440

1446

CIA 41T» • Cncrty Caotumotlon amtt :MI 3 - i

119
ITEM 9. UTILITY SURVEY MATERIALS 

Electricity reporting form — page 1

CMB NO. 1905-0092

(Empires 8/31/33)

EIA-47/E F-4450

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

NATIONAL SURVEY OF HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING 

LOW-INCOME WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE

Conducted by RESPONSE ANALYSIS CORPORATION 

Research Park, Route 206

P.O. 3ox 158 

Princeton, New Jersey 08540

ELECTRICITY 

BILLING RECORD

These data will be combined with similar data throughout the U.S. in an 

analysis of use of energy by homes receiving low-income weatherizafion 

assistance.

This research is being conducted by Resoonse Analysis Corporation under 

U.S. Department of Energy Contract Number OE-AC01-32SI-11557. This survey 

is mandatory as authorized by the Federal Energy Administration Act of 

1974 (Public Law 93-275), as amended by the Energy Conservation and 

Production Act (Public Law 94-385).

Information about specific households will be kept canfident*al in 

accordance with the provisions of'the Privacy Act of 1974. The data will 

be summarized within large groupings for statistical purposes.

120
ITEM 9. UTILITY SURVEY MATERIALS

Electricity raparttrig^fgi-gi — page 2

HOUSEHOLD:

!f Uw tustoncr account nunoer is not 

, pitas* enter u.

if jea n*«* my Mil eoilcc: to N*. i.uc>

(SOS1 «I-3333

ACCCUSt *:

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A £ *

A £ it

A £ *

A £ It

A e *

jneiudj state tat tacal ttxcs. Eieiude aweiuiMltt. reuair, inij service :n*r<}»s. If :ne lousetiala >s an 

tht tadqxt; a! *i, \48 ijo^ arovKte tn« sudgttea at It; aroviat instead :ne aollar amount tnat is '.ne cast af tne 

tctu«l cwfuwtion in the

Ul
ITEM 9. UTILITY SURVEY MATERIALS Electricity reporting form « page 3

fora completed by

TiM

Ptrtod

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

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39

31

32

33

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38

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«0

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0*U

on l»trio

tnainq 

Ofltt

Xumotr af 

*W< UlM

(Circl* One) 

kUh «••: 

A - Actual

E - Estate 

R - a«*d ay Cuitowr

A £ a

A £ R

A E 1

» s" a

A E *

A E R

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A £ "R

i

Taut

Amount

122
ITEM 10. UTILITY SURVEY. MATERIALS Uti 1 ity gas reooPtlnq fofm »* .page

OM8 NO. 1905-0092

(Expires 3/31/33)

EIA-457F r-445i

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

NATIONAL SURVEY OF HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING 

tOW-INCOME WEATHERSTATION ASSISTANCE

Conducted by RESPONSE ANALYSIS CORPORATION 

Research Park, Route 206

9.0. Sox 153 

Princeton, Hew Jersey 08540

UTILITY SAS 

SILLING RECORD

These data will be combined with similar data throughout the U.S. in an : of use of energy by homes receiving low-income weatherizaticm

research is being conducted ay Response Analysis Corporation jnder ,,U«S.*^J^£p.«nt. of Energy Contract Number OE-AC01-32EI-11557. This survey 

is .:i8|ndatory as authorized by the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (P«bl ic Law 93-275), as amended by tfte Energy Conservation and Production Act (Public Law 94-385).

Irfformation about specific households will be kept confidential in aciordaBCe : :wlth the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. The data will be summarized within large groupings for statistical purposes.

123
ITEM 10. UTILITY SURVEY MATERIALS 

Utility gas reporting form -- page 2

HOUSEHOLD:

CUSTCKR 

ACCOUNT i:

If the cuitonec account numoer >s not 

shown, glets* enter u.

If you luve iny questions, slease 

till collect to *s. LUCI 'aaum n 

(609) 921-3333

Information about soeeific households »H1 be keat strictly confidential. The -lata «ill He iunmari:;i mtnin 

jrouoinqs for ttttisticil aureoses.

•The qu4itt>ly used is «xoress*4 in terms of: (Mark ore) Therm

CuOic Feet Hundreds of CuOic ?ee'.

Thousands af C-aic r se Older (Please ssecify):

(CCF) ;«C"!

UTUlTf 5AS USAGE FROM JUWAJtt 1, 1980, 'HROUGH SECBUEa 31. 198Z

riot

'enod

I

2

3

*

S

s

7

a

9

10

11

12

i:

l«

is

16

'.7

IS

Ccn«i«0tion »«riod

3Minning 

Site

-

Enaino 

Oate

3u*nti(y 

usea*

(Circle One) 

Quantities ire:

A • Ac:;ul 

; • is:imat« 

1 • ?*M ay Customer

Total 

^3 1 1 jr»* , 

ifliQunt •

£ « j

A e R

AIR

A ! a 1

A £ a

A £ a [_ j

A 1 a

A £ * j

A e a j !

k ' t a j

A i 3

I

A £ S j j

! A £ a j

A i a !

* e « ! i

A £ a

A s a

A e a

inelude stjte ind locjl Uies. ticjjjde merchandise, i-soairs, ma service :nar<;es. tf :he lousenols ;s 31 

the audqet sun, 30 ^oc sraviae :n« Suoqetea 91 !t; sravide instead tne aolUr amaunc that is tne :ost of :ne 

actual consunotian :n tne aenod.
ITEM 10. UTILITY SURVEY MATERIALS 

Utility cas r»ooetjtffir; forn — 2$qe 3 - ___ - ——————————— - — - — »

-.: ---;"..•-. ^

i

Tftw

?tT?«*:; E : ;

:EJ. ,,,,.,.. ,, ;.

a:

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»•; ; . . r

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:»v;; ; : ;:/

J|;;;?a ;S:

:»:.T •-"-•'

jpv •;';'; ;

^— - ;;:.:...

S!!: :S :....:;.:

. 33-.':-. ... --.

;34 r:; _-;,-.

••&-•;-•' :

". »;; ; ,":'.:,,

'&

. ,»..,;.,.:. ,;

»: : ; "..

*s .." :.

Conjuration ?n*fod

3e? inning 

9i(«

Ending me*

i

OiuMty u$«a*

(Circle One) 

QuiRtitlCS trt:

A - Actual 

c - Es{!«»tes 

S - 9**d 5y Customer

A £ S

A E a

A S »

A £ a

A £ R

A E a

A E R

A e a

A £ !l

A E R

A E R

A £ a

Taul OoIUr— 

Aawunt

1

A I * !

A £ ft

A e a

!

A E a

A E a

A E a

A. E a

A E a

j A £ «

A E ft

,

i

i

Farm cowl «t«J by

(Xmi u«j«9non« ^luaw«rj \»»ici

125
ITEM 11. UTILITY SURVEY MATERIALS 

Fuel oil or kerosene .-gportina font --

0MB NO. 1905-0092

(Expires 3/31/33) EIA-457G F-44S2

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

NATIONAL SURVEY OF HOUSEHOLDS 

RECEIVING WEATHERIZATJON ASSISTANCE

Conducted by

RESPONSE ANALYSIS CORPORATION 

Research Park, Route 206

P.O. Box 158 

Princeton, New Jersey 08S40

FUEL OIL OR KEROSENE

HOUSEHOLD 

DELIVERY/PURCHASE RECORD

These data will be combined with similar data throughout the U.S. in an 

analysis of use of energy by homes receiving low-income weatherization 

assistance.

This research is being conducted by Response Analysis Corporation under 

U.S. Department of Energy Contract Number DE-AC01-S2EI-11S57. This survey 

is mandatory as authorized by the Federal energy Administration Act of 

1974 (Public Lav* 93-275), as amended by the Energy Conservation and 

Production Act (Public Law 94-385).

Information about specific households will be kept confidential in 

accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. The data will 

be summarized within large groupings for statistical purposes.

126
ITEM 11. UTILITY SURVEY MATERIALS 

rue! oil or iterasane reoortina form -- oags 2 — ,

2

HOUSEHOLD:

«

FUEL Pit AKQ KEJIOSEK USAS£

>leas« orwftd* infflrtiacion an ill deliveries to '.His ^oujenold from January 1. 

infonMJian i$ a»«ilaol« anly far i snorter period, just report deliveries for

Otl. 

»

1

z

3

4

$

$

;

CalaMrl 

Qttt 9f Otl<««ry

3 1

» 1

10

u

IZ

u

14

IS

16

17

18

Column ? 

?u«l Sold Ms:

Fuel oil >1 (1) F\Ml ail tZ (2) 

K*r«ifl« (K) 

Other (0)

(Circle an«)

12X0

I Z *. 0

1 Z K 0

1 Z K 0

l z ic a

I Z K 0

1 Z X 0

t : K o

I Z x 0

1 Z X 0

I I *. 0

t J K 0

i z K a

1 Z X 0

i z x o

1 Z K 0

1 Z X 0

1 Z I 0

Colunn 3

tenons

delivered

Column 4

Price uer 

Gallon

t

I

If you have any question*, glene Clll collect to -'JCi SMU* it 

• {609} 921-3333.

1330, tftrsuan OesenWer 30. 193Z. If 

cntt snorter s«nod.

Caluam a

Tat*I SolUr 

*«ount*

Caluan 6

Was tan* completely filled:

Yes

NO 

Oon't Xnow (CK)

(Circle one)

res NO CK

TES MO OK

»ES .10 X

r£S .HO *

?£S -NO X

} TJS 10 OK

t£S NO X .

Y€S WJ X

r€S NO X

»es 10 x

YES .10 X

res 10 x

YES NO X

r?S W X

YES XO X

YES 10 X

YES .10 X

YES 10 X

«.£«£ C»n«U£ W ?AGE « !F NECtSSARY.

*PU«« 1neluO» tuu «<4 locil salts taxes, «««r« tpplictPl*. Include nwrcnaMiti. rteairt. ar s<rvtc* entries.

127
ITEM 11. UTILITY SURVEY MAT-RIALS Fuel oil or kerosene reoortina form -- oage 3

FUEL OK AHO KEROSEHE

1. If tttlwr h«s Set* circltd far lyp* tt fu«l in 

Colggn 2 (p*qt 2 ar 949.* »), gl*«ic sotclfy 

fuel «4i sold:

2.. <h4t w« tht ;ao4City of this Household's stongt 

tank 41 of OKtMtr U, LMZ?

[] WT APPLICABLE

CAMCITY: SAU.ONS

3. w«s ttiii housenold /our cuitomer is of 

Jwuwry U 1980? C3 '«

Cl*

IF 'W,* WDroxi<n4tcljr «ti«n did Chi5 nouitnold 

bieaa* t custoMr if tour company?

APPROXIMATE 3ATE:

H XCVE8 A CUSTOMER

*. U*s thit iwuienold your euitomtr 41 at 

Oteaitt«r 31, 1382? C3

IF '*G.' iQoro»in*t«!y «neri aid this nouMMi'd 

stop tein? i customer of /our to

APPHOXIHATE WTE:

[] OW'T KNOW

[] NEVER A OJSTO««

S. At f«r u you knov, »*» your cam>«ny tht only iuBOl'«r af 'u«1 oil ind/or ktrosen* to en is *ous*fto!d during tn« ser'sa igceif'ei) ioov» (from 

J*flU4ry I. 1980, to 0»c-«etr 31, 1992, unless other 

d*t«s n«v* Dten tntcr«o in int*tr% to qutstioni 

3 iro 4]? C] THIS COMPANY -JAS 'HE CHLT 

C] THE HOUSEHOLD «S »LSO SUPPLIES 3Y OTHES 

COMPANIES

[] WT SURE

Th« informttion grt5*nt*d

7. This in/on««tion B««i luoolitd by:

C] COMPAHY SECOROS

[] AH ESTIMATE MADE 3f * CDWANY JEP9ESENTAT1VE

[] INFOjmATtON SECU8EB ?ROM THE CUSTWER.

(04CfI

,.,.„.,.:

128
ITEM 11. UTILITY SURVEY-MATIHIALS

fuel oil or '<erosene gaoortlrcg form — oage

* . 

fug on. ABO KgRosEne

- 0»1-

f

19

W

Zl

12

n

24zs '

26

zr

28

29

30

31

32

33-

3«

3S

35

37

38

39

40

Coiujjijl 

Qatt of Qiiivtry

4'

..: .

Column 2 

fuel Sold W*s:

fu«1 oil « (1) 

Fuel gll tZ (2) 

Kerosene (K) 

Other £0j

(Circle one!

12X0

1 2 1C 0

I 2 R 0

1 2 K 0

-1-2 K 0

I 2 K 0

1 2 K 0

1 2 1C 0

1 2 K 0

1 2 K 0

1 2 K 0

Colum 3

Hi lions 

Delivered

Co I nan _«

fries ser 

Gallon

1 2 It 0 ( . j

12X0

i 2 K 0

1 2 K 0

1 2 1C 0

1 2 1C 0

1 2 X 0

1 2 K 0

1 J 1C 0

1 Z K 0

12X0 1

Column 5

Total OolUr 

Amount"

*P1ei*« include it it e ind locii salel taxes, «n«re applicable. Exclude merchandise, rtodirs.

| PLEASE CHECK THAT THE QUESTIONS ON PACE THREE HAVE 3E£H ANSWERED.

Calum S

Was tank completely filled?

Tes 

No 

Don't Know (OK)

(Circle one)

Y£S MO CK

Y£S NO OK

TES HO CK

res NO x

YES NO CK

TES NO CK

res NO OK

YES NO CK

YES NO CK

T£S NO CK

YSS .10 CK

YES NO OK

YES NO CK

YES NO CK

YES NO (X

res .10 CK

YES NO CK

YES HO CK

YES NO CK

YES NO CK

YES NO CK

»£S NO CK

or service charges.

1

)

i

f

- 1

I

129
ITEM 12. UTILITY SURVEY MATERIALS

Licuefied :etro!eum cas raoortinq form -- oaae 1

OM8 NO. 1905-0092

(Expires 8/31/83)

E1A-457H F-4453

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

NATIONAL SURVEY OF HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING 

LOW-JNCOME WEATHERIZAT1ON ASSISTANCE

Conducted by RESPONSE ANALYSIS CORPORATION 

Research Park, Route 206

P.O. Box 153 

Princeton, New Jersey 08540

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LP-GAS)

HOUSEHOLD 

DELIVERY/PURCHASE RECORD

These data will be combined with similar data throughout the U.S. in an 

analysis of use of energy 5y homes receiving low-income weatherization 

assistance.

This research is being conducted by Response Analysis Corporation under 

U.S. Department of Energy Contract Number OE-AC01-32EI-11557. This survey 

is mandatory as authorized by the Federal Energy Administrat'on Act of 

1974 (Public Law 93-275), as amended by the Energy Conservation and 

Production Act (Public Law 94-385).

Information about soecific households will be kept: confidential in 

accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. The data will 

be summarized within large groupings for statistical purposes.

130
ITEM 12. UTILITY SURVEY MATERIALS

setrtHaain aas reaart'irtq form — oaae 2

2

LlOUEf !EO HTSOta'M 3AS !V?G)

OH. 

»

19

20

Zl

&

13

24

25

26

?r

a

»

»

ai

32

33

34

IS

36

37

CaluM I 

3tt* o/ Qtliv«ry

Calu» 2

Fu«1 Sold w*s:

(Vop«n« P 

Su(in« 8 

Other 0

(Cire!« on«f

030

? 3 0

P 8 0

P 3 0

? 3 0

P 8 0

P 8 0

P S 0

P 8 0 .

P 8 0

P 8 0

f 8 0

Col tarn 3

Qu«ntHy

Delivered

Column «

Price aer 

Unit

i

1

P 8 0

p a o

P 8 0

j P SO

» 1

33

40

P '8 0

P 3 0

9 3 0

P 3 0

p a o

P 8 0

Calum 5

Toul OolUr 

*»ou<tt»

Calm" a

Was unk /cylinder 

comoletely ni!«d>

Te»

NO 

Don't Know (Ot)

(Cirel* =n»)

YES 10 X |

<£S 10 * ;

YES HO *

-S3 to y

YES tO 3K

YES to x

YES NO X

YES W * '

| YES .tO *

YES to x

YES to *

YES to *

res .to *

; »£S to 2K

YES .tfl OK

-ES .to at

Y£S tO X

Y£S .10 X

"ES .tO -3K

YES to y.

**!««« inelud* ttttt ««» local tilts tu«s, «<i«r* dOoHcjule. tic 1 ua« .ncrcnindifc, rggdirs.

1 «.£ASE CHStt THAT TH£ OUEST10NS 3N i>*6£ THREE HAVE 3E£H *N5W£i!E3.

YES to 3K

YES to OK

or sefvict cnirqes.

131
ITEM 12. UTILITY SURVEY .MATERIALS

Liquefied sstrclemn ?as reporting form — page 3

L:CUEFI;O

I. [f 'SCner- Has Dnn circled for- type oC fuel 

in CottMi 2 (p«qt Z ar »*q« 4), ;l«se 

specify «nat fuel •«* told?

(] HOT APPUCA81E

2. Pltm lurk unit at «t«surt for deUvtriti 

resorted on pjge J. C] POUH05 

[] SAUOHS

U CUBIC FEET

U CUBtC «TtSS

U OtCSTHtiWS

C] OTHER (Pl«i«« s-oeeif/):

J. M)*t MS U>* cjpwfty of IMS nqusenold's 

lank(s) «« of 0*cene«r n. 1982? in fiuao»r at:'

[] POUNDS 

C] SAUQNS 

[] OTH€R JNIT

*, u«r( you suoolying cntt houjetwld an 

I, 1980? c: »£s

[] W

IF "SO,* joproximicely «ncn ii<J '.nis 

ACCOM « cusccwKf of /our J3im*ny?

APPROXIMATE »U

OON'T <NOW 

NEVES A CUSTOMER

J. U*s this nouscnold your cuscoffl«r si of 

3tc«w«r 31, '382 1 Cl 

C]

[F "«0," "her did -!m noustnold 5too 

l cuitOBwr af /our ismoany? 

APPROXIKATE 3«re

KNOW

1 C'JSTOH£8

{. At fir as you know, »*s /our camoiny tne 

only ?uopli«r 3f 'u*l »i ! ind/or <«rastne 

CO Uiit noustnold during :ne 3enad satcified ifiov* (from January I, 1330. to ^cemoer 31, 

1982, unlttt other diets njvt 5e«n tnttrea in uifvtrs to questions * ind 5)? C] THIS CQHPftNY 'JA5 

[] THE HOUSEHOU3 *I 

COMPANIES

C] HOT SURE

rH£ ONLY SUP^IIES 

ALSO 3UP»i:E3 3Y OTHER

7. The in/ornution reoortetf her« is from: [] CDHPMtT RECORDS

[] A» ESTI.MATE .>«OE 3v

[] INFORMATION SECURED : SOM THE CUST

3. This infor«4Ciofl h«s 9een suepHed oy:

132
ITEM 12. UTILITY SURVEY MATERIALS liquefied petroleum gas fsoorting form — oage

Liouemo »rfMi£un sas

*PIe*i* ine!ua< sut» *nd lactl sale* tuts, mere «0liwo)«. £>e 1 ude .-fddiri, or service i/

i»UAS£ CHEQC THAT THE gUESTlWS OS P«6£ THR££ HAVE 3E£H ANSWERED.

0(1. *

19

X

21

n

23

Colgf 1 

Bit* of etU**ry

a« I

JS

a

27

28

29

33

31

32

33

34

3S

36

37

JS

39

40

Calgan ; 

Fuel SaU u*t:

?tWI*B» ?

SutM* 8 

Otiwr 0

(Circle «<•)

P 8 0

9 8 0

P S 0

? 8 0

? 8 8

? S 0

f S 0

C 3 0

f> 3 Q

P 8 0

f» 8 0

P S 0

j>SO

? 8 0

C 3 0

? 3 0

P 8 0

P 9 0

? 3 0

? 8 0

P 8 0

f $ 0

Catwi 3

Quantity 

0*H««r«d

Calunn *

Ppiet p«r 

Unit

Caiuon S

Total OstUr 

Mount*

Co limn 5

Was tank/cylinder 

co«w let* I/ fillja?

T«S

M 

Cton't KAOM («)

(Circle ant)

T£S .10 *

res »o at

rES 10 X

YES NO OK

j res .HO x

^

M

Y£S MO *

YES HO X

res « CK

YES HO OK

YES « X

YES SO CK

r£S no CK

YES *0 CK

YES HO *

fES HO 3K

»ES TO ae

| »es w «

res w at

»£S MO 3K

| r£S 10 *

?£S HO CK

YES .HO *

133