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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.About:
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.read more
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Material Flows Accounting: A Biophysical Approach to Macroeconomic Sustainability
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a new statistical approach for an evaluation of macroeconomic sustainability, based on the pre-analytic vision that economies are an open system embedded in the environment, which provides an overview in tonnes of annual material inputs and outputs of an economy.
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I Believe I Can Fly—Conceptual Foundations for Behavioral Rebound Effects Related to Voluntary Carbon Offsetting of Air Travel
TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual framework was developed to investigate the potential behavioral rebound effects of VCO with regard to flying, and the authors presented the motives that travelers have for offsetting their flight emissions.
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The European Union regulation concerning the energy consumption of buildings — an ecological point of view
TL;DR: The European Parliament and the Council Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings requires from Member States (hereinafter: MSs) to ensure that, by 31 December 2020, all new buildings are to be nearly zero-energy buildings as mentioned in this paper.
Emissions scenarios without measures 1990-2030
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimate the net impact of all measures implemented in the context of the Swiss energy and climate policies on CO2 emissions from combustion processes between 1990 and 2030, and contrast these emissions with a scenario excluding all policies and measures introduced after 1990.
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Economics and consumer behavior
Angus Deaton,John Muellbauer +1 more
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
Ernst R. Berndt,David O. Wood +1 more
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.