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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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Unseen influence-The role of low carbon retrofit advisers and installers in the adoption and use of domestic energy technology
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present case studies of different domestic energy technology schemes in England highlighting the influence of advisers and installers in householders' decisions to adopt low carbon technologies.
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Decomposition analysis of CO2 emissions from passenger cars: The cases of Greece and Denmark
TL;DR: In this paper, a decomposition analysis of the changes in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from passenger cars in Denmark and Greece, for the period 1990-2005, has been applied based on the logarithmic mean Divisia index I (LMDI I) methodology.
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Scheduling for sustainable manufacturing: A review
Muhammad Akbar,Takashi Irohara +1 more
TL;DR: A pool of sustainable manufacturing indicators is created that refers to some previous research that focus on applicable-proven indicators and energy cost and greenhouse gas indicators become the most frequently used indicators in sustainable scheduling.
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Link between climate change mitigation and resource efficiency: A UK case study
TL;DR: In this paper, an in-depth analysis of the links between dematerialization and climate change mitigation is provided, where an environmentally extended input-output (EEIO) model incorporates both aspects, which need to be dealt with when looking at how to meet challenging greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets.
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Neighbors, Knowledge, and Nuggets: Two Natural Field Experiments on the Role of Incentives on Energy Conservation
Paul Dolan,Robert Metcalfe +1 more
TL;DR: This paper found that social norms reduce consumption by around 6% (0.2 standard deviations) and 8% in energy consumption, respectively, when the information on social norms is provided, and the effect persists even when the financial incentive has been removed.
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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.