Outcome Hierarchy (OH) is an often-used process in project design as a way to clarify the program logic. As an evaluation tool, OH can be used to identify what capacity that has been created by the project. The information provided can be used for formative evaluation for future project design, as well as outcome evaluative, […]
Storytelling provides a powerful means to obtain information on a project’s outcomes from participants’ experiences and viewpoints. Storytelling provides meaningful information that can highlight both the strong points and weaknesses of a project, as well as any unintended consequences. In a way, by asking participants to provide a story on a project, it asks them
Ecological or carbon footprint calculators provide a tool to calculate deemed savings based on answers to a set of questions. Theoretically, a footprint calculator can be used to evaluate a participant’s footprint before and after an intervention. The ecological footprint calculator provides an aggregate measure of environmental impact based on a set of limited questions
Deemed savings refers to using equations or factors to calculate resource consumption savings from a range of actions. The calculations are developed from a set of assumptions that should reflect an average scenario for the action or behaviour. Ecological and carbon footprint calculators use deemed savings to calculate changes to footprints. The Victorian Government Black
Questionnaires are one of the most common and popular tools to gather data from a large number of people. A good questionnaire can be a powerful tool to inform your evaluation, and a poorly designed questionnaire can make life difficult for both those that have to complete it, and those that have to analyse the
Audits refer to undertaking counts, whether they are of fixtures, appliances, materials, or waste. The main types of audits in behaviour change programs relate to energy, water and waste. Audits can be undertaken through home visits or through self-reporting done via a questionnaire. Home visits are best used to collect information on one-off changes, such
One option to collect metering data, as a complement or an alternative to collecting bills, is to get households to read their own meters. This could be for electricity, gas or water. You would have to get households to take readings before the intervention, and following the intervention. The timing of follow up readings should
Metering refers to the measuremtent of resource consumption, particularly for electricity, gas and water. Most residential dwellings have individual electricity and water meters, and where town-gas is available, a gas meter. The popularity of metering data stems from its ability to provide a quantitative measure, which conforms to the adage “that you can’t manage what
