Energy efficiency and consumption — the rebound effect — a survey

A survey of index decomposition analysis in energy and environmental studies

The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) brings together over 300 international researchers to provide an independent, scientifically based, integrated and policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues and options. It has been peer-reviewed anonymously by an additional 200 international experts. The GEA assesses the major global challenges for sustainable development and their linkages to energy; the technologies and resources available for providing energy services; future energy systems that address the major challenges; and the policies and other measures that are needed to realize transformational change toward sustainable energy futures. The GEA goes beyond existing studies on energy issues by presenting a comprehensive and integrated analysis of energy chalenges, opportunities and strategies, for developing, industrialized and emerging economies. This volume is a invaluable resource for energy specialists and technologists in all sectors (academia, industry and government) as well as policymakers, development economists and practitioners in international organizations and national governments.

Global Energy Assessment: Toward a Sustainable Future

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.eg.18.110193.001335

Social and Behavioral Aspects of Energy use

Many analysts have argued that energy efficiency investments offer an enormous “win-win” opportunity to both reduce negative externalities and save money. This overview paper presents a simple model of investment in energy-using capital stock with two types of market failures: first, uninternalized externalities from energy consumption, and second, forces such as imperfect information that cause consumers and firms not to exploit privately-profitable energy efficiency investments. The model clarifies that only if the second type of market failure cannot be addressed directly through mechanisms such as information provision, energy efficiency subsidies and standards may be merited. This chapter therefore reviews the empirical work on the magnitude of profitable unexploited energy efficiency investments, a literature which frequently does not meet modern standards for credibly estimating the net present value of energy cost savings and often leaves other benefits and costs unmeasured. These problems notwithstanding, recent empirical work in a variety of contexts implies that on average the magnitude of profitable unexploited investment opportunities is much smaller than engineering-accounting studies suggest. Finally, there is tremendous opportunity and need for policy-relevant research that utilizes randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental techniques to estimate the returns to energy efficiency investments and the welfare effects of energy efficiency programs.

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Is There an Energy Efficiency Gap

1. Introduction 2. World energy use since 1970: an overview 3. Historic trends in manufacturing 4. Historic trends in transportation 5. Historic trends in the residential sector 6. Historic trends in the service sector 7. Trends between 1973 and 1988: summary and key issues 8. Outlook for activity and structural change 9. Energy intensities: prospects and potential 10. Scenarios of future energy intensities 11. Restraining energy use: policies and programs 12. Energy and human activity: steps towards a sustainable future.

Energy Efficiency and Human Activity: Past Trends, Future Prospects

Preface. Notation: Acronyms, initialisms, and abbreviations. Chemical symbols and abbreviations. Units of measurement. 1. Introduction. 2. Basic methods and concepts for mitigation assessment. 3. Mitigation assessment of the energy sector: an overview. 4. Industrial sector. 5. Residential and commercial sectors. 6. Transportation sector. 7. Agricultural sector - energy uses. 8. Conventional energy supply. 9. Renewable energy supply. 10. Introduction and a land-use framework for the non-energy sectors. 11. Forestry sector. 12. Agriculture. 13. Rangelands and grasslands. 14. Waste management. 15. Reporting a mitigation assessment. Glossary. Index.

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Assessment: A Guidebook

https://escholarship.org/content/qt3f61s1qx/qt3f61s1qx.pdf?t=lnqyze

Potential benefits from improved energy efficiency of key electrical products: The case of India

LBNL-58254 Potential Benefits from Improved Energy Efficiency of Key Electrical Products: The Case of India Michael McNeil, Maithili Iyer, Stephen Meyers, Virginie Letschert, James E. McMahon Environmental Energy Technologies Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA December 2005 This work was supported by the International Copper Association through the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC03-76SF00098.

Potential Benefits from Improved Energy Efficiency of Key Electrical Products: The Case of India

Insufficient activity of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine is a central element of the model of depression most widely held by neurobiologists today. In the late 1970s and 1980s, numerous studies were performed in which depressed patients were treated with the serotonin precursors L-tryptophan and 5-hydroxytryptophan (5HTP), and the dopamine and norepinephrine precursors tyrosine and L-phenylalanine. This article briefly reviews the published research on the efficacy of neurotransmitter precursors in treating depression, highlights the findings of studies, and discusses issues regarding the interpretation of those findings. The nature of the studies makes it difficult to draw firm conclusions regarding the efficacy of neurotransmitter precursors for treating depression. While there is evidence that precursor loading may be of therapeutic value, particularly for the serotonin precursors 5-HTP and tryptophan, more studies of suitable design and size might lead to more conclusive results. However, the evidence suggests neurotransmitter precursors can be helpful in patients with mild or moderate depression. (Altern Med Rev 2000;5(1):64-71.)

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Stephen Meyers

Papers

Energy Efficiency and Human Activity: Past Trends, Future Prospects

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Assessment: A Guidebook

Potential benefits from improved energy efficiency of key electrical products: The case of India

Potential Benefits from Improved Energy Efficiency of Key Electrical Products: The Case of India

Use of neurotransmitter precursors for treatment of depression