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Abstract
This study was designed to evaluate the impact of the Energy Education Program (EEP) on energy-conservation and energy-related behaviors among elderly and limited-income individuals in Georgia. Data were collected before and after the home visits of an energy-education counselor. The visits appeared to influence energy-related dwelling and behavioral changes. Dwelling changes correlated highly with three factors: 1) home visits by the energy counselor, 2) desire to keep warmer in the winter or cooler in the summer, and 3) the desire to reduce energy bills. The influence of promotions on television, radio, or newspapers was not correlated with changes. Of participants who had wasteful energy-consumption behaviors at the first summer visit, 61 percent showed improvement at the second visit. Among the reasons given to make changes, 78 percent of the sample attributed their action to visits from the energy counselor.
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Wanda J. Grogan
Wanda J Grogan is the Head of the Family and Consumer Sciences Program.
Janet S. Valente
Janet S Valente is an Energy Education Program Specialist at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Steven F. Chapman
Steven F Chapman is a Doctoral Student in the Department of Child and Family Development. All are at the University of Georgia in Athens.