P001 - VS

P001

Intro

• Understands that the program will help out with electronic bill payment
• Knew that agreeing to help out will require him to answer a separate set of questions at the end of the survey

Recruitment (CMU+DOE)

• Add a timer on this page
  • It takes way too long
  • Increase the font size and think about reducing the amount of text
• Wanted to sign up for the program because he is interested in usage information and increase of awareness
• Thought that CMU + DOE was a neutral source, would not be as trustworthy if it came from the utility
• Would be willing to pay $10/mo
• Advertisements would not deter him from wanting to participate

Questions About Energy Efficiency

Q16 Average household ...

• Has no frame of reference of what an average household means
• Because he doesn't know who to compare to he answered "Neither agree nor disagree"
  • Maybe ad "I don't know" as one of the choices
• Thought recycling only referred to bottles and cans and didn't know how it related to electricity

Q577 Effective messages to participate

• Does not know how electricity relates to the environment
• Thought the device would increase control
• Unsure how electricity consumption related to energy security

Q579 Extent you disagree or agree with statements

• Personally have control...
  • Likes control, so he agrees
• First to buy...
  • Not interested enough to be eager to be the first to buy
• Appliances
  • Only made purchases based off price
• Reusable containers
  • Remove question -- can't think of any product that uses reusable containers
• Pollutants
  • Don't know which pollutants
  • Might want to limit this question to car purchases (mpg)
  • If not, just cut this question
• Equal products - good question

Q726 Extent you disagree or agree with the following statements

• Balance
  • Socially responsible demand characteristic
  • Remove
• Plants and animals
  • Deep philosophical aspect and might be interpreted differently by people from religious backgrounds
• Spaceship / Limits to growth - good
• Reversed scale (changed to 1 strongly disagree - 5 strongly agree)

Q758 How much do you trust the following groups to act in your best interest

• Government has limited functionality
  • Governments are typically the same everywhere, they have too much to handle at any given time
  • They might not act in our best interest for a few reasons that we should differenciate
    • Lack of funding
    • Incompetent
    • Evil

Electricity Use Questions (Part II)

Q636 In the past 12 months have you done any of the following

• Add picture of CFL
• Does not know what insulted means
• Change prize drawing to raffle

Q660 Extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement

• Without a display he would reduce usage by looking up on google what the average usage for his household size is and use that as a reference

• Go back to Volunteer Survey Notebook 2012/06/26