Tenant Energy Advocacy (TEA) project interview transcripts

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Individual qualitative interviews from the TEA project, including i) interviews with low-income tenants living in New Haven, CT about their experiences of energy burden, the connection between energy bills and home energy efficiency, landlord behavior regarding rental unit efficiency, experience with energy efficiency programs, prior experience with advocacy/organizing, perceptions of potential to advocate collectively for improved energy efficiency for low-income rental units; ii) interviews with four landlords about their perceptions about and experiences with energy efficiency of their rental units; iii) interviews with six activists about their collective action experience and advice about energy efficiency advocacy

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We used Community Based Participatory Research methods, including partnering with local organizations and a Community Advisory Board, to help with research design, and to recruit low-income tenants to participate in interviews, as well as landlords and activists. Interviews were conducted in-person or on zoom, and were audio-recorded. They were then transcribed either using Otter.ai or an in-person transcriber. We then removed any identifiers from the transcripts

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