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Existing environmental accounts for the Republic of Ireland are at the national level. This is fine for continental and global environmental problems, but information at a finer spatial scale is needed for local environmental problems. Furthermore, the impact of environmental policy may differ...
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Like most countries Ireland faces the double target of decreasing emissions and keeping energy costs low to maintain competitiveness of the economy. The two goals are not always compatible. This study measures the effect of increasing wind in electricity generation on the total electricity costs...
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Past research into the determinants of appliance ownership has identified associations with socioeconomic characteristics of households. Few studies have examined the intensity with which different sorts of households use the appliances they have. This paper uses microdata to examine the factors...
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This paper investigates the economic implications of disruptions of one to ninety days to the supply of natural gas in Ireland. We assess the impact of a hypothetical gas supply disruption in both winter and summer in 2008 (with observed market characteristics) and in 2020 (with projected market...
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This research examines the impact of a home energy efficiency upgrade programme on social housing tenants. Employing a … consumption, for a control and upgrade group, before and after the upgrade. We draw our sample from a large home energy efficiency … efficiency of their dwellings. Dwellings are selected for upgrade based on need, allowing us to control for observable dwelling …
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tenure and the employment status of the highest earner. -- Energy use ; Ireland ; appliance ownership ; energy efficiency …
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