Are visits of Dutch energy coach volunteers associated with a reduction in gas and electricity consumption?

Abstract In a number of European countries, local municipalities, housing cooperatives, and citizen-based initiatives have been training energy coaches to help citizens improve the sustainability their homes. These volunteers offer an analysis citizen’s home advise on how make it more sustainable, comparing citizens’ consumption patterns with similar others’. While are widely employed, evidence effectiveness approach is lacking. We collaborated cooperation that trains provides tools for in Netherlands, electricity gas households before visit coach 1 year later. Our results suggest was associated reduction consumption, but only those who were told by they consuming than comparable others.