Energy use and appliance ownership in Ireland
This paper examines household energy use and appliance ownership in Ireland. Logit regression analyses on a large micro-dataset reveal how household characteristics can help explain the ownership of energy using appliances. Using OLS regression models, we explore the factors affecting residential energy demand conditional on appliance ownership. Results suggest that the methods of space and water heating employed by a household are even more important than electrical appliances in explaining domestic energy usage. However, the stock of appliances must be included in such models so that results will not be biased. The methods employed in this paper can be easily adopted for studies of household energy use in other countries where household expenditure survey data are available.
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2010
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Authors: | Leahy, Eimear ; Lyons, Sean |
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Energy Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0301-4215. - Vol. 38.2010, 8, p. 4265-4279
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Subject: | Energy use Ireland Appliance ownership |
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