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来源类型 | FEEM working papers "Note di lavoro" series |
规范类型 | 论文 |
Assessing the Energy-Efficiency Gap | |
Todd D. Gerarden; Richard G. Newell; Robert N. Stavins | |
发表日期 | 2015 |
出处 | Climate Change and Sustainable Development |
出版年 | 2015 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Energy-efficient technologies offer considerable promise for reducing the financial costs and environmental damages associated with energy use, but these technologies appear not to be adopted by consumers and businesses to the degree that would apparently be justified, even on a purely financial basis. We present two complementary frameworks for understanding this so-called “energy paradox” or “energy-efficiency gap.” First, we build on the previous literature by dividing potential explanations for the energy-efficiency gap into three categories: market failures, behavioral anomalies, and model and measurement errors. Second, we posit that it is useful to think in terms of the fundamental elements of cost-minimizing energy-efficiency decisions. This provides a decomposition that organizes thinking around four questions. First, are product offerings and pricing economically efficient? Second, are energy operating costs inefficiently priced and/or understood? Third, are product choices cost-minimizing in present value terms? Fourth, do other costs inhibit more energy-efficient decisions? We review empirical evidence on these questions, with an emphasis on recent advances, and offer suggestions for future research. *** Suggested citation: Gerarden, T. D., Newell, R. G., Stavins R. N., 'Assessing the Energy-efficiency Gap', Nota di Lavoro 35.2015, Milan, Italy: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. |
特色分类 | Q4;Q48;Q5;Q55 |
关键词 | Energy-efficiency Financial Costs Environmental Damages |
URL | https://www.feem.it/en/publications/feem-working-papers-note-di-lavoro-series/assessing-the-energy-efficiency-gap/ |
来源智库 | Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (Italy) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/118389 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Todd D. Gerarden,Richard G. Newell,Robert N. Stavins. Assessing the Energy-Efficiency Gap. 2015. |
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