For the third time in a row, WIFO presents a series of key indicators designed to provide transparent and easily accessible information on issues of climate change, energy use and economic performance in Austria. In doing so, WIFO emphasises the need to decarbonise the energy system in order to...

Recently, several scientific investigations have been carried out in Austria on the potential of biomass as a renewable resource for the energy sector. Most of these studies look at this domestic biomass potential from a natural-science and technological perspective. In contrast to these, the...

This paper deals with integrating technology as well as lifestyles variables as driving forces of energy demand in a model of total private consumption for Austria. Private consumption is determined by economic variables such as income and prices. Technology is represented by variables measuring...

For the second time in a row, WIFO presents a series of key indicators designed to provide transparent and easily accessible information on climate change, energy supply and economic performance in Austria. In doing so, WIFO emphasises the urgent need to reverse the rising trend of greenhouse...

For a long time economic literature focused on the negative environmental effects from production processes. Countering this is the focus of this investigation, namely research into the demand by private households for climate relevant energy. In order to be fair to the complexity of the energy...