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Energy is required to sustain life. A human-centered analysis of the worldwide energy situation is conducted in terms of quality of life-related variables that are affected, but not directly determined, by energy consumption. Data since 1980 show a continuous global increase in both energy...
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energy-saving curtailments and efficiency investments. The novelty of the present work lies in the fact that it seeks to … is also the focus on the role of environmental concern as a factor of several curtailments and efficiency investments …-saving curtailments and also are more likely to have some energy-efficiency retrofits installed in dwellings. Most of the socio …
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Energy consumption may play different roles at different stages of urbanization and economic growth. Given China's rapid economic development and urbanization process, this study tries to explore the possible nonlinear relationship between energy consumption and urbanization in China. Against...
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Currently there is a strong policy commitment in European Union (EU) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries to increase the energy efficiency of residential buildings, and it is widely assumed that this will naturally and automatically reduce domestic energy...
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Improving energy efficiency is the primary method adopted by the Chinese government in an effort to achieve energy conservation target in the transport sector. However, the offsetting effect of energy rebound would greatly reduce its real energy-saving potentials. We set up a Linear...
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income elasticity and greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of 16 categories of household goods and services, and allows for the … are measured in GHG terms and relate to the adoption of these measures by an average UK household. The study finds that …
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Shifting consumer preferences towards ‘green’ consumption is promoted by many governments and environmental groups. Rebound effects, which reduce the effectiveness of such actions, are estimated for cost-saving ‘green’ consumption choices using Australian data.
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for mobility using the 2009 National Household Transportation Survey (NHTS). The quantile regression results indicate that …
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This paper focuses on the interdependencies between technical efficiencies and energy demand which are often either treated in isolation or do not get the sufficient attention in the literature. More precisely, this paper uses technical efficiencies as one crucial determinant of energy demand in...
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U.S. national time series data on vehicle travel by passenger cars and light trucks covering the period 1966–2007 are used to test for the existence, size and stability of the rebound effect for motor vehicle fuel efficiency on vehicle travel. The data show a statistically significant effect...
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