During the summer of 1980, Davis (CA) undertook a program to encourage residents to reduce peak electricity use. The program was initiated by the local utility company and carried a collective financial incentive: for every 1% reduction in peak electricity use, the utility would reward the city...

Total electricity use and cooling loads for a three month cooling season (July–September, 1980) in single-family detached houses in Davis, California, are estimated and compared with measured data. Total electricity use is estimated by predicting cooling loads and appliance electricity use...

Energy conservation may occur because of either economic constraints or voluntary changes in values and lifestyle, with quite different social welfare implications. We examine the determinants of summer electricity use in single-family dwellings. Income and household size strongly affect energy...

We describe the results of a study to estimate the energy intensities of major end-uses in commercial buildings in the PG&E service area. These energy intensities are central to commercial sector electricity and natural gas consumption forecasting models that utilize an end-use approach. The use...

The Department of Energy has proposed energy efficiency standards for eight types of appliances. One of the criteria used to establish these standards is the economic impact of the standard on the consumers of the regulated products. A life-cycle cost analysis was performed for 32 classes of...

China's 11th Five-Year Plan (FYP) sets an ambitious target for energy-efficiency improvement: energy intensity of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) should be reduced by 20% from 2005 to 2010 [National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), 2006. Overview of the 11th Five Year Plan...

Although China became the world's largest CO2 emitter in 2007, the country has also taken serious actions to reduce its energy and carbon intensity. This study uses the bottom-up LBNL China End-Use Energy Model to assess the role of energy efficiency policies in transitioning China to a lower...

The political use of urban planning in the Middle East is the focus of Samer Bagaeen's paper (in this issue) and of earlier work by Safier and Bollens (both in Vol. 5, No. 2, 2001). This paper looks at the politics of UNESCO's recognition of the “White City” in Tel Aviv as a World Heritage...

This study analyzes China's industrial energy consumption trends from 1996 to 2010 with a focus on the impact of the Top-1000 Enterprises Energy-Saving Program and the Ten Key Energy-Saving Projects. From 1996 to 2010, China's industrial energy consumption increased by 134%, even as the...