Appendix A: Domestic Heating Survey

Hi, I'm _________ from Digipoll and I am calling on behalf of the Ministry for the Environment.

May I please speak to an adult in your household who knows about your home heating systems? We are currently undertaking a survey in your area on methods of home heating. We wish to know what you use to heat your main living area during a typical year. The survey will take about five minutes. Is it a good time to talk to you now?

2. (a) Do you use any type of electrical heating in your MAIN living area during a typical year? What type of electrical heating do you use? Would it be ...

X Night store

X Radiant

X Portable oil column

X Panel

X Fan

X Heat pump

X Don't know/refused

X Other (specify)

2. (b) Do you use any other heating system in your main living area in a typical year?(If Yes then question 3 otherwise Q8)

3. (a) Do you use any type of gas heating in your MAIN living area during a typical year? (If No then question 4)

(b) Is it flued or unflued gas heating? If necessary: (a flued gas heating appliance will have an external vent or chimney).

(c) Which months of the year do you use your gas burner?

X January X February X March X April

X May X June X July X August

X September X October X November X December

(d) How many days per week would you use your gas burner during?

X January X February X March X April

X May X June X July X August

X September X October X November X December

(e) Do you use mains or bottled gas for home heating?

(f) What size gas bottle do you use?

(f.2) How many times in a winter would you refill your x kg gas bottle? Interviewer: Winter is defined as May to August inclusive.

4. (a) Do you use a log burner in your MAIN living area during a typical year? (This is a fully enclosed burner but does not include multi-fuel burner, ie, those that burn coal.) (If No then question 5)

(b) Which months of the year do you use your log burner?

X January X February X March X April

X May X June X July X August

X September X October X November X December

(c) How many days per week would you use your log burner during?

X January X February X March X April

X May X June X July X August

X September X October X November X December

(d) How old is your log burner?

(e) In a typical year, how many pieces of wood do you use on an average winter's day? Interviewer's note : winter is defined as May to August inclusive.

(f) Ask only if they used their log burner during non-winter months: How many pieces of wood do you use per day during the other months? Interviewer's note: winter is defined as May to August inclusive.

(g) In a typical year, how much wood would you use per year on your log burner? (Record wood use in cubic metres - note 1 cord equals 3.6 cubic metres of loosely piled blocks, one trailer equals about 1.65 cubic metres without cage, or 2.2 with cage.)

5. (a) Do you use an enclosed burner which burns coal as well as wood, ie, a multi-fuel burner in your MAIN living area during a typical year? (This includes incinerators, pot belly stoves, McKay space heaters, etc. but does not include open fires.) (If No then question 6)

(b) Which months of the year do you use your multi-fuel burner?

X January X February X March X April

X May X June X July X August

X September X October X November X December

(c) How many days per week would you use your multi-fuel burner during?

X January X February X March X April

X May X June X July X August

X September X October X November X December

(d) How old is your multi-fuel burner?

(e) What type of multi-fuel burner is it?

(f) In a typical year, how much wood do you use on your multi-fuel burner per day during the winter? (Ask them how many pieces of wood [logs] they use on an average winter's day.) Interviewer: Winter is defined as May to August inclusive.

(g) Ask only if they used their multi-fuel burner during non-winter months: How much wood do you use per day during the other months?

(h) In a typical year, how much wood would you use per year on your multi-fuel burner?_____ (record wood use in cubic metres - note 1 cord equals 3.6 cubic metres of loosely piled blocks one trailer equals about 1.65 cubic metres without cage, or 2.2 with.

(i) Do you use coal on your multi-fuel burner?

(j) How many buckets of coal do you use per day during the winter? (How many buckets of coal used on an average winter's day?) Interviewer: Winter is defined as May to August inclusive.

(k) Ask only if they used their log burner during non-winter months: How much coal do you use per day during the other months?

6. (a) Do you use an open fire (includes a visor fireplace which is one enclosed on three sides but open to the front) in your MAIN living area during a typical year? (If No then question 7)

(b) Which months of the year do you use your open fire?

X January X February X March X April

X May X June X July X August

X September X October X November X December

(c) How many days per week would you use your open fire during?

X January X February X March X April

X May X June X July X August

X September X October X November X December

(d) Do you use wood on your open fire?

(e) On a typical year, how much wood do you use per day during the winter? (Ask them how many pieces of wood [logs] they use on an average winter's day.) Interviewer: Winter is defined as may to August inclusive.

(f) Ask only if they used their log burner during non winter months: How much wood do you use per day during the other months?

(g) In a typical year, how much wood would you use per year on your open fire? (Record wood use in cubic metres - note 1 cord equals 3.6 cubic metres of loosely piled blocks one trailer equals about 1.65 cubic metres without cage, or 2.2 with cage).

(h) Do you use coal on your open fire?

(i) How many buckets of coal do you use per day during the winter? (How many buckets of coal used on an average winter's day)____ Interviewer: Winter is defined as may to August inclusive.

(j) Ask only if they used their log burner during non-winter months: How much coal do you use per day during the other months?

7. (a) Do you use a pellet burner in your MAIN living area during a typical year? (If No then question 8)

(b) Which months of the year do you use your pellet burner?

X January X February X March X April

X May X June X July X August

X September X October X November X December

(c) How many days per week would you use your pellet burner during?

X January X February X March X April

X May X June X July X August

X September X October X November X December

(d) How old is your pellet burner?

(e) What make and model is your pellet burner? First, can you tell me the make? and what model is your pellet burner?

(f) In a typical year, how many kilograms of pellets do you use on an average winter's day? Interviewer's note: winter is defined as May to August inclusive.

(g) Ask only if they used their pellet burner during non-winter months: How many kgs of pellets do you use per day during the other months? Interviewer's note: winter is defined as May to August inclusive.

(h) In a typical year, how many kilograms of pellets would you use per year on your pellet burner?

8. (a) Do you use any other heating system in your MAIN living area during a typical year? (If No then Q 9)

(b) What type of heating system do you use? (If they respond with diesel or oil burner go to question c; otherwise go to Q9.)

(c) Which months of the year do you use your diesel/oil burner?

X January X February X March X April

X May X June X July X August

X September X October X November X December

(d) How many days per week would you use your diesel/oil burner during?

X January X February X March X April

X May X June X July X August

X September X October X November X December

(e) How much oil do you use per year?

9. Does your home have insulation?

X Ceiling

X Under floor

X Wall

X Cylinder wrap

X Double glazing

X None

X Don't know

X Other (specify)

Demographics

We would like to ask some questions about you now, just to make sure we have a cross-section of people for the survey. We keep this information strictly confidential.

D1. Would you mind telling me in what year you were born?

D2. Which of the following describes you and your household situation?

X Single person below 40 living alone

X Single person 40 or older living alone

X Young couple without children

X Family with oldest child who is school age or younger

X Family with an adult child still at home

X Couple without children at home

X Flatting together

X Boarder

D3. With which ethnic group do you most closely relate?

Interviewer: tick gender.

How many people live at your address?

Do you own your home or rent it?

How old is the dwelling you live in?

How many bedrooms in the dwelling you live in?

D4. Would you estimate your total combined household income before tax to be:

X Less than $20,000

X $20,000 to $30,000

X $30,000 to $40,000

X $40,000 to $50,000

X $50,000 to $70,000

X $70,000 to $100,000

X More than $100,000

X Don't know/refused

D5. What is your employment status:

Thank you for your time today. Your answers will be very helpful. In case you missed it, my name is _____________ from Digipoll in Hamilton. Have a nice day/evening.