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Energy efficiency and consumption — the rebound effect — a survey

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In this paper, a review of some of the relevant literature from the US offers definitions and identifies sources including direct, secondary, and economy-wide sources and concludes that the range of estimates for the size of the rebound effect is very low to moderate.
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This article is published in Energy Policy.The article was published on 2000-06-01. It has received 1867 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Rebound effect (conservation) & Energy consumption.

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Energy efficiency retrofitting services supply chains: A review of evolving demands from housing policy

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate the Green Deal policy landscape in relation to the requirement of energy efficiency retrofit services (EERS) sector expansion and find that EERS expansion is most successful if policies are designed more holistically; UK policies show strategies which focus on simply the property and not the occupants have their disadvantages.
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Energy in buildings—Policy, materials and solutions

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a bird's eye view on energy in buildings and discuss how energy policy leads to building standards that affect innovation in the building sector, and demonstrate how the integration of buildings into district networks mitigates problems arising from a building's, and its users', dynamic behavior.
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L'efficacité énergétique dans les bâtiments existants : déficit d'investissement, incitations et accompagnement.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on evaluating the energy efficiency gap in the context of public goods and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to reduce the energy consumption gap in order to reduce energy consumption.
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Economic analysis of the energy-efficient household appliances and the rebound effect

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the situation where consumers demand two types of energy services and explore how their choices are affected by changes in the efficiency of providing these services and the consequent implications for energy use.
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Economics and consumer behavior

TL;DR: Deaton and Muellbauer as mentioned in this paper introduced generations of students to the economic theory of consumer behaviour and used it in applied econometrics, including consumer index numbers, household characteristics, demand, and household welfare comparisons.
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Technology, Prices, and the Derived Demand for Energy

TL;DR: In this article, an industrial demand for energy is essentially a derived demand: the firm's demand for the energy is an input, derived from demand for a firm's output, which is an output.
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Individual Discount Rates and the Purchase and Utilization of Energy-Using Durables

TL;DR: In this article, a model of individual behavior in the purchase and utilization of energy-using durables is presented, where the tradeoff between capital costs for more energy efficient appliances and operating costs for the appliances is emphasized.
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Economic Implications of Mandated Efficiency in Standards for Household Appliances

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the indiscriminate use of mandated standards will backfire, but a mix of selective standards and reliance on prices as a restraint can be effective.
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Qualitative Choice Analysis: Theory, Econometrics, and an Application to Automobile Demand

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a detailed study of automobile demand and use, presenting forecasts based on the powerful new techniques of qualitative choice analysis and standard regression techniques, which are combined to analyze situations that neither alone can accurately forecast.
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