Energy efficiency and consumption — the rebound effect — a survey
TL;DR: 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.
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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors estimate the magnitude of the direct rebound effect (DRE) of households' electricity consumption in Spain, through an econometric estimation method of panel data.
Abstract: Abstract We estimate the magnitude of the direct rebound effect (DRE) of households’ electricity consumption in Spain, through an econometric estimation method of panel data. The results indicate a DRE between 26 and 35% in the short run and around 36% in the long run. Moreover, we find a significant influence of other energy sources that appear to be complementary to electricity consumption according to our estimation. Hence, our results suggest that an improvement in the energy efficiency of an energy service may affect its own energy consumption as well as the energy consumption of other energy services. This would entail a new source of DRE.
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TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper studied the relationship among technological progress, rebound effect and energy efficiency in China, and proposed a mechanism of rebound effect on the basis of technological progress.
Abstract: On the basis of research in foreign countries on the relationship among technological progress, rebound effect and energy efficiency, the paper mainly from the following two aspects to study relationship among technological progress, rebound effect and energy efficiency in China. First of all, it studies mechanism of rebound effect on the basis of technological progress. It is mainly from the direct rebound effect, indirect rebound effect and economy-wide rebound effect of energy efficiency for the analysis of the mechanism of action. Secondly, it studies both theoretical research and empirical analysis on rebound effect based on technological progress relationship with energy efficiency. Based on the actual situation in China, it researches "Jevons paradox" led to the relationship between rebound effect and energy efficiency both theory analysis and empirical test. Through the above study, we expect to offer useful references for China’s research on the relationship among technological progress, rebound effect and energy efficiency.
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...[1] put forward the rebound effect mechanism can be divided into three categories: direct rebound effect, indirect rebound effect and economy-wide rebound effect....
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TL;DR: Ausgehend von der Beobachtung, dass es zwar Studien zur Internetnutzung (auch am Beispiel von eBay) gibt und dass hier auch and gerade die Rolle der arbeitenden KundInnen bzw. eine Hybridisierung des Konsums hervorgehoben wird, dabei jedoch die Variable „Okologie“ bislang kaum eine Roline gespielt hat, soll in diesem
Abstract: Ausgehend von der Beobachtung, dass es zwar Studien zur Internetnutzung (auch am Beispiel von eBay) gibt und dass hier auch und gerade die Rolle der arbeitenden KundInnen bzw. eine Hybridisierung des Konsums hervorgehoben wird, dabei jedoch die Variable „Okologie“ bislang kaum eine Rolle gespielt hat, soll in diesem Kapitel ein theoretischer Rahmen entwickelt werden, der es erlaubt, Nachhaltigkeitspotentiale im Zusammenhang mit den individuellen Motiven und sozio-okonomischen Merkmalen des Onlinehandels mit Gebrauchtgutern zu identifizieren. Hierfur werden Erkenntnisse der Konsumforschung. der Mediennutzungsforschung, der Umweltforschung und der Innovations- und hier insbesondere der Diffusionsforschung herangezogen.
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...Nach L. A. Greening et al. (2000) können direkte, indirekte und wirtschaftsweite Reboundeffekte unterschieden werden.17 16Teilweise werden tertiäre Effekte gänzlich ignoriert (Gibson et al. 2008; McVeigh et al. 2009; Mallon et al. 2007), teilweise werden sie zwar erwähnt, aber mit dem Verweis auf…...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the determinants of energy productivity based on a basic economic growth model and find that energy productivity is negatively associated with the industry sector share in GDP and the state-owned sector shares in GDP, and is positively associated with electricity share in energy consumption.
Abstract: This paper identifies the determinants of energy productivity based on a basic economic growth model. Using panel data including 29 provinces from 1995 to 2007, we find that energy productivity is negatively associated with the industry sector share in GDP and the state-owned sector share in GDP, and is positively associated with the electricity share in energy consumption. In addition, we find that there exists a big gap of energy efficiency among eastern, middle and western region in China. Our results suggest that we should induce the industry development structure from the industrial sector to service sector, prompt the reform of state-owned enterprises, as well as improve the energy consumption structure dominated by coal to diversified cleaning energy.
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