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Rebound effect (conservation)
About: Rebound effect (conservation) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 773 publications have been published within this topic receiving 25741 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors estimate the rebound effect for heavy industry in China for the first time by conducting an empirical research on the relationship between the direct rebound effect and the ease with which energy services can substitute for other inputs.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used U.S. national time series data on vehicle travel by passenger cars and light trucks covering the period 1966-2007 to test for the existence, size and stability of the rebound effect for motor vehicle fuel efficiency.
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TL;DR: The authors analyzed the impact of environmental innovations, the consumption of renewable energies, GDP per capita, and degree of economic openness on CO2 emissions for 15 European countries over 23 years and found that, in the long-term, environmental innovations tend to lower CO 2 emissions, whereas in the short-term the observed effect is the opposite, suggesting the existence of a rebound effect.
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TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper empirically investigated direct rebound effect of urban residential electricity use in China, using China's 30 provincial government panel data from 1996 to 2010, and built a co-integration equation and a panel error correction model to analyze the direct rebounding effect.
Abstract: Though improving energy efficiency is an important approach to decrease the energy consumption, the rebound effect caused by technology progress negatively affects the effectiveness of energy efficiency policies. This paper empirically investigates direct rebound effect of urban residential electricity use in China. Using China's 30 provincial government panel data from1996 to 2010, we build a co-integration equation and a panel error correction model to analyze the direct rebound effect. The results indicate that an obvious rebound effect in the Chinese urban residential electricity consumption does exist. Specifically, the long-term rebound effect is 0.74, while the short-term rebound effect is 0.72. Therefore, the rebound effect significantly impairs functions of energy efficiency policies. For this reason, Chinese government should take the rebound effect into consideration when formulating energy policies.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present three policy recommendations that work together to guarantee major energy reductions in street lighting systems, taking advantage of new technologies to use light only when and where it is needed.
Abstract: Improvements in the luminous efficiency of outdoor lamps might not result in energy savings or reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The reason for this is a rebound effect: when light becomes cheaper, many users will increase illumination, and some previously unlit areas may become lit. We present three policy recommendations that work together to guarantee major energy reductions in street lighting systems. First, taking advantage of new technologies to use light only when and where it is needed. Second, defining maximum permitted illuminances for roadway lighting. Third, defining street lighting system efficiency in terms of kilowatt hours per kilometer per year. Adoption of these policies would not only save energy, but would greatly reduce the amount of light pollution produced by cities. The goal of lighting policy should be to provide the light needed for any given task while minimizing both the energy use and negative environmental side effects of the light.
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