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What is WAP?
The Weatherization Assistance
Program is the largest residential
energy efficiency program in the
U.S.
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
provides grants to states and
territories based on funding
formulas
States provide grants to local
weatherization agencies for free
service delivery
Its
purpose, as established by law, is:
to increase the energy efficiency of dwellings owned or occupied by low-income
persons, reduce their total residential energy expenditures, and improve their health
and safety, especially low-income persons who are particularly vulnerable such as
the elderly, the persons with disabilities, families with children, high residential
energy users, and households with high energy burden.
Key Findings
Characterization of WAP
population:
Outcomes
Energy savings
Changes in health status
Changes in healthcare utilization (e.g., ED or inpatient
hospital visits)
PreAudit
Incidence
PostWX
Incidence
Change
18.0%
9.2%
-8.8%
70.2%
37.2%
-33.0%
33.0%
19.3%
-13.7%
30.2%
16.4%
-13.8%
27.4%
18.7%
-8.7%
25.1%
16.2%
-8.9%
10.4%
6.1%
-4.3%
Dwelling Quality
PreAudit
Incidence
PostWX
Incidence
Change
14.9%
8.5%
-6.4%
9.9%
5.5%
-4.5%
80.9%
86.6%
+5.7%
47.5%
60.5%
+13.0
%
44.7%
77.1%
+32.4
%
88.4%
97.3%
+8.9%
Equipment
PreAudit
Incidence
PostWX
Incidence
Change
11.4%
7.2%
-4.2%
33.1%
26.8%
-6.3%
41.4%
49.2%
+7.8%
66.6%
75.6%
+9.0%
15.5%
27.3%
+11.8
%
48.3%
59.9%
+11.6
%
PreAudit
Incidence
PostWX
Incidence
Change
74.6%
58.5%
-16.1%
33.2%
23.1%
-10.1%
7.1%
5.7%
-1.4%
23.2%
14.9%
-8.3%
27.5%
18.5%
-9.0%
Trade Offs
PostWeatherizatio
n
70.5%
58.7%
15.8%
4.3%
Asthma Hospitalizations
13.7%
10.6%
2.4%
1.5%
3.2%
1.5%
10.3
5.4
7.1
3.7
11.7
6.6
21%
12%
1
Food &
Medical
Issues
Worst
Case
Food
Issues
4
Pervasive
Bill Tradeoff Issues
75 (12%)
65 (10%)
37 (6%)
87 (13%)
301 (47%)
79 (12%)
3.9
7.8
3.7
5.6
0.8
3.4
2.8
5.9
2.7
3.9
0.9
2.9
-1.1
-1.9
-1.0
-1.7
+0.1
-0.5
Worst
Case PreWx
Worst
Case PostWx
Best Case
Pre-Wx
Best Case
Post-Wx
Characteristic
7.3%
8.3%
Adult
7.0%
65+
6.3%
Males
6.2%
9.3%
Females
8.3%
7.3%
White NH*
7.4%
Black NH
9.9%
Hispanic
5.9%
Puerto Rican
14.6%
10.9%
7.0%
Environmental Asthma
Triggers
15.8%
Post-Weatherization
4.3%
Input
Source
Value
Asthma
$2009
Thermal Stress-Cold
$3911
Thermal Stress-Heat
$870
$832
$201
CO Poisoning
$154
$1929
$71
$831
$1813
$1329
$198
Weatherization
Additional
Health Focus
Humidity and
Temperature
Heating and cooling
systems
Insulation & Related
Repairs
Infrastructure
Asthma Education
Rodent & Pest
Exclusion
Advanced
Ventilation
Flooring Change
outs
Services
House/ structure as
a system
Weatherization
3 Plus Health
Program
Study Design
Study Inclusion Criteria
Pre-Intervention
27
Post-Intervention
Data Pieces
*Survey not in OMB ICR - paid for and administered by the Opportunity
Council
**No school records were collected due to the number of non-schoolaged children in the households and some resistance of the local school
system in providing records
Usable
=6
Usable
=10
Usable
=6
0.5
0
$50.00
$-
WX + WX
HH
ALL
Healt Only
Only
h
(n=6 (n=6) (n=2
(n=10
)
2)
)
$142
$112
$2003
3
9
$638
Paired differences
-$85
-$785
$799
$548
-$581
$1204
Conclusions
Health and household-related non-energy benefits can
be monetized using survey and measure installation
data, rates of usage of health-related services, and
national costs for health-related services.
Even more accurate estimates could be made using
actual household medical costs pre- and post-wx (e.g.,
in the U.S., private insurance and Medicaid/Medicare
records).
There may be a non-energy benefits dividend of
braiding weatherization with healthy homes measures.
These and other measures can also improve the
resilience of low-income homes to climate change and
extreme weather events.