An Evaluation of the Solar Award in Taiwan
Date
2008-04-24
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Gallagher, Deborah Rigling
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Abstract
The Solar Award in Taiwan is an annual contest that encourages professionals and students
to submit innovative design projects that utilize solar photovoltaic material. Entries
range from architectural and construction projects to the design of products such
as toys and racing cars. In this study, we collected the direct feedback from the
contestants as part of a program evaluation project. A questionnaire was designed
to capture the perceived benefits of the contestants' experience in the Solar Award.
Further, Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) was used to estimate the economic value
of those benefits. The web-based survey was completed by 135 previous contestants.
Out analysis indicated that they expressed a mean willingness to pay of NTD 2511 (USD
85) as a registration fee. An aggregated value of NTD 3.3 million (US110, 000) was
estimated to represent the use value of this event. We concluded that the Solar Award
brought significant knowledge improvement and commercial opportunities to the contestants
as well as positive effects on their perception of renewable energy. In addition,
we found that there was an increase in the number of contestants that became practical
users of solar PV following the contest. We also noticed that different occupational
groups perceived and valued the contest experiences differently.
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