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Impact of heat pump costs on uptake

General Information

Project description

Analysis Plan

Pre-analysis plan: Is there a pre-analysis plan associated with this registration?

No

Hypothesis

Reducing upfront and running costs of heat pumps will increase uptake.

How hypothesis will be tested

Discrete choice experiment varying the upfront and running costs of heat pumps

Dependent variables

Heat pump choices

Analyses

Multivariate regression models to understand the impact of upfront and running costs on heat pump uptake, controlling for demographic variables and property characteristics.

Sample Size. How many observations will be collected or what will determine sample size?

Aim for 4,000 participants

Who is behind the project?

Institution: Other
Team: Social and Behavioural Energy Research
Authors: Eleonore Batteux

Project status:

Pre-registration

Methods

Methodology: Experiment, Online Experiment
Could you self-grade the strength of the evidence generated by this study?: 8
Data collection: Have any data been collected for this project already?: Some or all of the data have been collected, and the research team has had access
Start date: 05/01/2023

What is the project about?

Policy area(s): Energy and Water, Climate Change
Topic(s): Consumption- Purchase behaviour, Decision-making
Behavioural tool(s): 一 Other

Date published:

26 November 2023

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