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Conference Agenda

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Daily Overview

Session

Egg-Timer: Experimental Evidence on Climate and Energy Policy
Location: D-110
Session Chair: Simon Pröse, University of Kassel

Presentation 2

Incentive-Based Pay and Building Decarbonization: Experimental Evidence from the Weatherization Assistance Program

Peter Christensen¹, Erica Myers², Paul Francisco³

1: UC Santa Cruz; 2: University of Calgary; 3: University of Illinois

Building energy efficiency has become a cornerstone of greenhouse gas mitigation strategies, with billions of dollars set aside for extensive upgrades in the coming years. However, impact evaluations have revealed actual energy savings from home upgrade programs often fall short of projections, in part due to contractor underperformance. Using field experiment results, we show refining one program design element—offering performance bonuses to contractors--increased natural gas savings by 24\% and generated \$5.39-\$14.53 in social benefits per dollar invested. Hence, changes to worker incentives can have sizable impacts on the cost effectiveness of GhG abatement in energy efficiency programs.