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usage. We fit models with household-by-season, season-by-year, and household-by-year fixed effects to account for all …
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The paper first outlines the challenges the global energy system is facing. It then summarises the present knowledge of energy efficient solutions in all energy using sectors from primary energy to useful energy and, more importantly, from useful energy to energy services (material efficiency...
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replacement when the savings on the energy bills are larger and experienced over a longer horizon, and when rebates are offered to …
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demand, as efficiency improvements reduce relative costs of energy. This study investigates the elasticity of household … energy consumption for space heating with respect to changes in household heating efficiency. We account for the simultaneity … are far too small to dominate energy savings from these improvements. Estimates of the direct rebound effect in domestic …
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household electricity consumption. These programs are designed to increase awareness of household energy consumption with …
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, the response to this information may vary over households. Using household-level data from Germany, we address both … the importance of costs and savings as determinants of renovation choices, our results suggest that the effects of …
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We use a unique dataset that combines the responses from an original survey of households, information about the structural characteristics of their homes, utility-provided longitudinal electricity usage records, plus utility program participation information, to study the uptake of energy...
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Firms and governments often use moral suasion and economic incentives to influence intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for economic activities. To investigate persistence of such interventions, we randomly assign households to moral suasion and dynamic pricing that stimulate energy conservation...
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. The rebound effect represents economic mechanisms that will offset energy savings from energy efficiency improvements. For …
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How do energy efficiency gains affect energy consumption? The effects are generally called ldquo;rebound effectsrdquo; in the literature. Previous studies have extensively focused on only part of the global economy to study rebound effects, e.g. energy consumption by households, one industry, or...
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