Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Defined/ measured as:
A) Self-reported survey outcomes at the firm-level (over 2-3 follow-up waves):
1) Energy use as measured by electricity bills
2) Non-electricity energy use (e.g. fuel usage)
3) Investment in renewable energy (binary for any, expenditure, generation capacity, percent of energy mix that is renewable)
4) Energy intensity (expenditure per $ of output), energy expenditure
5i) Worker training for energy efficiency (EE) (binary for any, expenditure)
6) Consulting for EE (binary for any, expenditure)
7) Firm TFP, size, profits
8) Number of workers with EE as part of their job (binary for any, number of workers, salary of these workers)
9) Expect to invest in EE in next 6 months (and if yes, on which categories)
B) Energy bills (expenditure, intensity per $ of output/sales)
C) Business performance as per admin data such as Orbis (capital investment, 7 above)
D) Advisor survey for prices, effort (hours and quality of service provided) (using specification 3 above)
E) Energy audits