Andrew Rosenthal, "How did you learn about home energy systems? (Spring 2021 Q10)", contributed by Andrew Rosenthal, Alison Kenner, Briana Leone, Morgan Sarao and James Adams, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 13 April 2022, accessed 19 April 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/how-did-you-learn-about-home-energy-systems-spring-2021-q10
Critical Commentary
This chart reflects responses to Question #10 from the Spring 2021 survey which asks respondents “How did you learn about home energy systems?” This was an open ended question and all sixty-five respondents answered
Twenty-six respondents (40%) answered that they learned through NEC workshops or at the ECA.
Eight respondents (12.3%) answered they learned through their employment.
Seven respondents (10.8%) answered they learned through friends, family, or acquaintances.
Two respondents (3.1%) answered they learned through NCBW 100.
One respondent (1.5%) answered they always knew.
Two respondents (3.1%) answered they learned through life experience.
Four respondents (6.2%) answered they learned through PECO.
Three respondents (4.6%) answered “other.”
Five respondents (7.7%) answered they learned through being a homeowner.
Four respondents (6.2%) answered they learned through brochures or literature.
One respondent (1.5%) answered they learned through the Philadelphia Housing Corporation.
One respondent (1.5%) answered they learned through green jobs initiatives.
One respondent (1.5%) learned through TV commercials and going to appliance stores
The data was produced by the Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 Survey - Overview, which was administered to 65 people over a fourteen week period between March 2021 and July 2021. Visit the Spring 2021 Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 - Survey Results page to view more data from our survey. The project is approved by Drexel’s IRB.