Consumption Feedback and Water Saving: A Field Intervention
Evaluation in the Metropolitan Area of Milan

J 2024

Consumption Feedback and Water Saving: A Field Intervention Evaluation in the Metropolitan Area of Milan

REGGIANI, Tommaso, Stefano CLO a Sabrina RUBERTO

Základní údaje

Originální název

Consumption Feedback and Water Saving: A Field Intervention Evaluation in the Metropolitan Area of Milan

Autoři

REGGIANI, Tommaso, Stefano CLO a Sabrina RUBERTO

Vydání

ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS, NETHERLANDS, SPRINGER, 2024, 0924-6460

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50202 Applied Economics, Econometrics

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 5.900 v roce 2022

Organizační jednotka

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10640-024-00884-9

UT WoS

001264558000001

Klíčová slova anglicky

Water saving, Nudging, Field intervention, Online information campaign, ITT and LATE

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 12. 9. 2024 13:53, Mgr. Alžběta Karolyiová

Anotace

V originále

This paper investigates whether informative feedback on consumption can nudge water saving. We launched a five-month online information campaign which involved around 1,000 households located in the province of Milan (Italy) with a smart meter. A group of households received monthly reports via email on their per capita daily average water consumption, including a social comparison component. The Intention to Treat (ITT) analysis shows that, compared to a benchmark group, the units exposed to the intervention reduced their per capita water consumption by around 6% (25.8 liters per day or 6.8 gallons). Being able to observe the email opening rate, we find that the ITT effect is mainly driven by complying units. Through an Instrumental Variable approach, we estimated a Local Average Treatment Effect equal to 54.9 liters per day of water saving. A further Regression Discontinuity Design analysis shows that different feedback on consumption class size differentially affected water saving at the margin. We also found that the additional water saving increased with the number of monthly reports, though it did not persist two months after the campaign expired.

Citovat

REGGIANI, Tommaso, Stefano CLO a Sabrina RUBERTO. Consumption Feedback and Water Saving: A Field Intervention Evaluation in the Metropolitan Area of Milan. ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS. NETHERLANDS: SPRINGER, 2024, roč. 87, č. 9, s. 2259–2308. ISSN 0924-6460. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10640-024-00884-9.

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N2  - This paper investigates whether informative feedback on consumption can nudge water saving. We launched a five-month online information campaign which involved around 1,000 households located in the province of Milan (Italy) with a smart meter. A group of households received monthly reports via email on their per capita daily average water consumption, including a social comparison component. The Intention to Treat (ITT) analysis shows that, compared to a benchmark group, the units exposed to the intervention reduced their per capita water consumption by around 6% (25.8 liters per day or 6.8 gallons). Being able to observe the email opening rate, we find that the ITT effect is mainly driven by complying units. Through an Instrumental Variable approach, we estimated a Local Average Treatment Effect equal to 54.9 liters per day of water saving. A further Regression Discontinuity Design analysis shows that different feedback on consumption class size differentially affected water saving at the margin. We also found that the additional water saving increased with the number of monthly reports, though it did not persist two months after the campaign expired.
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REGGIANI, Tommaso, Stefano CLO a Sabrina RUBERTO. Consumption Feedback and Water Saving: A Field Intervention Evaluation in the Metropolitan Area of Milan. \textit{ENVIRONMENTAL \&{} RESOURCE ECONOMICS}. NETHERLANDS: SPRINGER, 2024, roč.~87, č.~9, s.~2259–2308. ISSN~0924-6460. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10640-024-00884-9.

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