Tonn Bruce, Marincic Michaela, Rose Erin
Three, Inc., USA.
Energy Res Soc Sci. 2024 Jan;107. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2023.103341. Epub 2023 Nov 27.
Low-income residential energy efficiency programs save energy and can yield numerous co-benefits or non-energy impacts (NEIs). This paper presents a two-component framework that can be used to measure and monetize household-related NEIs. Two examples of using the framework are presented, one associated with an evaluation of a low-income single family home weatherization program implemented in the Southeastern United States (U.S.) and a second associated with a broad NEI assessment of weatherized affordable multifamily buildings in the Northeastern and Midwestern regions of the U.S. Seventeen NEIs were subject to monetization, including reductions in medical interventions for being too cold or too hot in one's home and reductions in use of predatory loans. The results of the two monetization exercises indicate that the monetary value of the NEIs is equal to or exceeds the energy efficiency job costs and energy cost savings. It is also clear that the value of the NEIs differs quite substantially based on home type. Future research can focus on better estimating changes in NEI variables and expressing ranges of uncertainty in final monetization values.
低收入家庭住宅能源效率项目能够节约能源，并能产生诸多协同效益或非能源影响（NEIs）。本文提出了一个由两部分组成的框架，可用于衡量与家庭相关的非能源影响并将其货币化。文中给出了使用该框架的两个示例，一个与对美国东南部实施的低收入单户家庭房屋防寒改造项目的评估相关，另一个与对美国东北部和中西部地区经过防寒改造的经济适用多户住宅建筑进行的广泛非能源影响评估相关。十七种非能源影响被进行了货币化处理，包括减少因家中过冷或过热而进行的医疗干预以及减少掠夺性贷款的使用。这两项货币化操作的结果表明，非能源影响的货币价值等于或超过了能源效率工作成本和能源成本节约。同样明显的是，非能源影响的价值因房屋类型的不同而有很大差异。未来的研究可以集中在更好地估计非能源影响变量的变化，并在最终货币化价值中体现不确定性范围。
