Andrew Rosenthal, "What kind of maintenance is being deferred and what work is going on ahead? (Q43a Wi2020)", contributed by Andrew Rosenthal and Alison Kenner, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 30 June 2021, accessed 24 August 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/what-kind-maintenance-being-deferred-and-what-work-going-ahead-q43a-wi2020
Critical Commentary
This chart reflects responses to Question #43a from the Winter 2020 survey, which asks respondents, “What kind of maintenance is being deferred and what work is going on ahead?” This was an open ended question.
Forty-two respondents answered this question. Of those that had maintenance going on as planned,
one respondent reported painting,
one respondent replaced their fridge,
one respondent had new tiles placed in their kitchen,
one respondent reported an appliance breaking,
one respondent got their roof replaced,
one respondent reported fixing their heater,
one respondent reported fixing a leak.
Of the respondents that deferred maintenance,
eight respondents reported being unable to repair an appliance,
two respondents delayed painting, seven respondents delayed fixing a leak,
four respondent were unable to repair their windows,
four respondents were unable to replace their door,
three respondents delayed outdoor work,
six respondents delayed repairing their roof,
one respondent delayed putting up drywall,
two respondents delayed cement work,
one respondent delayed home renovations,
four respondents reported being unable to fix their heater,
two respondents delayed plumbing work.
The data was produced by the Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 Survey - Overview, which was administered to 83 people over a fourteen week period between December 2020 and March 2021. Visit the Winter 2020 Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 - Survey Results page to view more data from our survey. The project is approved by Drexel’s IRB.