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.

Estimating the Direct Rebound Effect in the Residential Energy Sector: An Application in Spain

Abstract: This chapter estimates the direct rebound effect in residential heating and domestic hot water services in Spain in 2012. The fuels analysed are electricity and natural gas. Contrary to previous research, the direct rebound effect is calculated using, among others, data on unit variable cost of energy, the amount of energy consumed per annum and residential CO2 emissions. The direct rebound effects estimated are found to be relatively high, so an increase in energy efficiency can be expected to produce only a slight decrease in consumption. On the other hand, it is found that a decrease in residential CO2 emissions may result in a drop in residential energy consumption, with natural gas as the most sensitive fuel.

On the Rebound: Estimating Direct Rebound Effects for Australian Households

Abstract: Reducing dependence on fossil fuels by decreasing energy consumption is a common environmental policy. One mechanism used to achieve this is to encourage increased energy efficiency. However, improving efficiency may have an opposing effect and cause an increase in energy consumption if the intensity of use changes. This phenomenon is known as the rebound effect. We estimate direct rebound effects for energy use in Australia based on household expenditure data. Our approach implements a new methodology developed by Hunt and Ryan (2014, 2015) that explicitly relates energy service use with energy source demand and directly incorporates efficiency. The results indicate that the rebound effect is high for electricity and gas use by Australian households. Due to the unique nature of our dataset, we can examine the influence of income and household composition on the rebound effect. We find that low-income households and households with young children have the largest rebound effects for electricity. The largest rebound effects for gas are estimated for households with young children and older persons. The relatively large rebound effects found here suggest that consumers gain from efficiency by improved energy services, thus policy targeting energy efficiency is not likely to be successful at reducing energy consumption.

The Complete Decomposition Analysis on Energy Rebound Effect in Shanghai From 1978 to 2009

Abstract: This paper uses the complete decomposition model to analyze the multifactor of energy consumption's rebound effect based on the energy consumption data of Shanghai from 1978-2009The result indicates that the scale effect is the most important factor to increase energy consumption and its effect is stronger than the function of intensity effect to reduce the energy consumptionSo we can find out that although the energy intensity decreases,total energy consumption increasesIn order to decrease energy consumption,we should optimize industrial structure,and the more important thing is controlling economic scale

Case study; Paper on the energy efficiency evolution in the European road freight transport sector

Abstract: One of the goals of WP7 is that of analyzing the energy crisis within the global economic crisis and assess to what extent fuel prices can promote the transition towards a more sustainable and efficient energy regime. This paper addresses the European freight transport system, national and cross-boarder, and assesses the evolution of its efficiency and intensity during the period 1998-2011, when oil prices globally increased, up the hike of the 2008. It will also be investigated the rebound effect in the sector according to two different approaches: 1) a standard, econometric approach based on regressing the elasticity of energy efficiency and energy service; 2) a new methodology based on network theory and statistical mechanics. According to the econometric approach to the European freight transport sector there was a positive rebound of about 40% globally and 38% on cross-border trade, whereas there was no significant (cross-border) rebound in Europe according to the model based on network theory. Interestingly, this latter model showed that the cross-border European freight transport network is more efficient compared to other regional networks and to the world, because weights more mass than money in its exchanges.