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This paper analyzes the impacts of the modified needs for space heating and cooling due to global warming on the … Switzerland over the period 2010–2060. We find significant welfare gains from reduced heating needs, exceeding largely the costs … of the additional electricity needed for cooling. We also find large rebound effects. For instance, while the climate …
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at the state-year-season level. It exploits the fact that coal consumption for heating was highest in the winter and uses … in the use of bituminous coal for heating between 1945 and 1960 decreased winter all-age mortality by 1.25 percent and …
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Each year the UK records 25,000 or more excess winter deaths, primarily among the elderly. A key policy response is the 'Winter Fuel Payment' (WFP), a labelled but unconditional cash transfer to households with a member above the Female State Pension Age. The WFP has been shown to raise fuel...
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Each year the UK records 25,000 or more excess winter deaths, primarily among the elderly. A key policy response is the 'Winter Fuel Payment' (WFP), a labelled but unconditional cash transfer to older households. The WFP has been shown to raise fuel spending among eligible households. We examine...
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This paper is one of the limited studies to investigate rebound effects in sectoral electricity consumption and the specific case of New Zealand. New Zealand, like other OECD economies, has aimed for energy efficiency improvements and reduced electricity consumption from 9.2 MWh per capita in...
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Vor dem aktuellen Hintergrund der bundesweiten, europäischen und globalen Auswirkungen der Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung des Virus SARS-CoV-2 untersuchen wir, wie die Betriebe der Holzwirtschaft mit kritischer Infrastruktur in Deutschland (KRITIS) verflochten sind, welche Holzprodukte in...
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server logs of a popular online game in China. Taking advantage of the quasi-experiment of winter central heating policy … heating attenuates negative impacts of low outdoor temperatures on gamers' performance. High temperatures above 21 ?C also … lead to drops in game performance.We conclude that expanding the current central heating zone will bring an increase in …
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Buildings’ heating represents an important share of the total energy consumption in Italy, and to reach the challenging … presents an analysis of different scenarios comparing the penetration of buildings’ heating technologies for the residential … natural gas. The analysis compares the potential role of these technologies in reaching a decarbonized residential heating by …
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transportation and often heating are lagging behind. A strategy to propagate greenhouse gas emission reductions from the power sector …
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Municipalities in Germany develop policy plans referred to as 'Energetische Quartierskonzepte' (EQ, pl. EQs) to lower and decarbonize the energy consumption of existing buildings in whole city districts. These EQs describe the status-quo, a strategy, and measures for the energy-related...
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