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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 focus on the interdependencies between technical efficiencies and energy demand, which are often either treated in isolation or do not get the sufficient attention in the literature.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated 25 different model specifications, conduct a comprehensive set of diagnostic tests to evaluate the robustness of these specifications and estimate the rebound effect using three different elasticities.
Abstract: This paper analyses aggregate time-series data to estimate the direct rebound effect in UK road freight over the period 1970–2014. We investigate 25 different model specifications, conduct a comprehensive set of diagnostic tests to evaluate the robustness of these specifications and estimate the rebound effect using three different elasticities. Using the mean of the statistically significant estimates from these specifications, we estimate a direct rebound effect of 61% - which is larger than previous estimates in the literature and almost twice as large as the consensus estimate of direct rebound effects in road passenger transport. Using the mean of the estimates from our most robust models, we estimate a slightly lower direct rebound effect of 49%. Our estimates are fairly consistent between different model specifications and different metrics, although individual estimates range from 21% to 137%. We also find that an increasing proportion of UK road freight is being undertaken by foreign registered vehicles, and that increases in the vehicle weight limits have encouraged more freight activity. We highlight the significant limitations imposed by the use of aggregate time series data and recommend that further studies in this area employ data from vehicle use surveys.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the techno-economic impact of replacing new energy efficient lighting in residences in Egypt (a representative MENA region country) by tracking the utility bills of 150 residential apartments in Cairo.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors place the debate back in its historical context by drawing attention to the issue that triggered major theoretical developments: whether or not Victorian Britain faced a threat of coal depletion alongside all the consequences such as the ensuing slowdown in economic activity and decline in imperial might.
Abstract: The view that energy-efficiency improvements will actually serve to increase rather than reduce energy consumption was first proposed by the British economist, William Stanley Jevons in 1865. The effect he singled out was dubbed the “rebound effect” and its foundations became known as the “Jevons paradox.” This chapter places the debate back in its historical context by drawing attention to the issue that triggered major theoretical developments: whether or not Victorian Britain faced a threat of coal depletion alongside all the consequences such as the ensuing slowdown in economic activity and decline in imperial might. We detail how many of the forecasts associated with the impending coal scarcity thesis were not borne out by reality. Furthermore, we also explain what went wrong with Jevons’s view before the final pages discuss the role of energy efficiency in the contemporary world.
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TL;DR: Based on the environmental Kuznets curve, the nonlinear programming model of urbanization, energy rebound effect and carbon emissions is established to analyze the influence mechanism of energy rebound on carbon emissions at different stages of urbanisation as discussed by the authors.
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