Economy-wide rebound effects for non-energetic raw materials

Pfaff, Matthias; Sartorius, Christian

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.07.016

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“…Thus, any improvements in efficiency are often overcompensated by economic growth and rebound effects [85]. This observation is confirmed by Pfaff and Sartorious [86] who show that the direct material rebound is between 2.5 per cent and 10.5 per cent, which is admittedly lower than the rebounds observed for energy, as discussed in Section 4. Likewise, Magee and Devezas' [87] studied 69 material uses from the 1940s to 2007 and found that there was no dematerialisation, in absolute terms, for 57 of them.…”

Section: Production Stagesupporting

confidence: 54%

Material Services with Both Eyes Wide Open

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Abstract:Energy has been at the forefront of the sustainable development discourse for quite some time as policymakers, industry heads and society at large have taken progressive steps to cut carbon via renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency measures. Unfortunately, some of these methods have given rise to perverse socio-environmental effects; as materials have been unnecessarily sacrificed, mines and wells have opened and plantations grown, in the name of energy saving. This paper contributes to clean energy-orientated policies and practices by exploring the discipline of sustainable materials. We first review two strategies: energy efficiency linked to materials; and material efficiency, meaning "doing more with less." We find that, although both contribute significantly, they are hampered by the rebound effect and their focus on "doing less bad" rather than "good". Furthermore, they do not in themselves evaluate the services and societal wellbeing that materials provide. We then define "material services" and propose a wider strategy that encompasses and enhances the previous two. Under the new strategy, we argue that sustainable materials should be considered as those that do no harm and which optimally, through the services provided, contribute to better sustainable development policies and practices.

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Section: Production Stagesupporting

confidence: 54%

Material Services with Both Eyes Wide Open

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“…Economy-wide rebound effect means the sum of the direct and indirect rebound effect, referring to the impact of energy efficiency improvement on the entire economy (Pfaff and Sartorius, 2015). A negative rebound effect which is called the super conservation effect implies that real energy consumption is less than the original (Saunders, 2008).…”

Section: Related Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Direct energy rebound effect for road passenger transport in China: A dynamic panel quantile regression approach

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“…IO analytical techniques were often used to conduct such studies (e.g. Chitnis et al, 2013Chitnis et al, , 2014Druckman et al, 2011;Freire-Gonzáles, 2011;Lecca et al, 2014;Lin and Du, 2015;Pfaff and Sartorius, 2015;Azevedo, 2013a, 2013b), but all of them have used the rebound effect to estimate the effectiveness of energy efficiency and gauge the impact across the different supply chains.…”

Section: A Saving Multiplier As An Alternative To Rebound Indicatormentioning

confidence: 99%