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savings. We further point out that policies aimed at reducing household energy consumption should always take demand …
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Empirical findings indicate that a large share of households misperceives electricity prices and is not able to make deliberate choices in energy service consumption, which leads to biased consumption decisions and thus to inefficient energy use. To investigate the impact of misperceived...
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I analyze energy-efficiency policy as a prescription of a minimum-efficiency standard for energyusing household goods … like cars, building insulation, and home appliances. Such a policy has two effects. At the intensive margin, a household … consequences. I analyze the equilibrium effects of a minimum-efficiency standard, taking price adjustments and household …
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This article provides a comprehensive review of theory and research on the individual-level predictors of household …-demographic factors (e.g., income, employment status, dwelling type/size, home ownership, household size, stage of family life cycle) and …
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Households may imperfectly implement energy saving measures. This study identifies two factors resulting in imperfect use of energy-saving technology by households. First, households often continue to use old technologies alongside new ones, and, second, technologies have shorter actual...
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This study proposes the establishment of an environmental health information management platform providing residential users with a comfortable, healthy indoor environment. Taking the S House as an example, the study: (1) assigned environmental health performance indicators, (2) established...
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convenience and energy savings. This was accomplished using the typical controls of a convenience based automation system, while …
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As an emerging country and one of the most populous countries in the world, Indonesia requires a sufficient energy supply to ensure the nation’s continued development. In response to this increasing energy demand, various studies have proposed energy-saving measures; building envelope design...
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a system retrofit for thermal comfort; indoor air quality and energy savings. In this study a developed control system …
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Typically the aim in the construction process is to calculate the energy, space and cost efficiency in the design phase. These factors’ influence on decision making extends to the whole building process. How these decisions affect the use of the building and user satisfaction as well as...
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