Empirical estimates of the direct rebound effect: A review

Sorrell, Steve; Dimitropoulos, John; Sommerville, Matt

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2008.11.026

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“…Nepal et al (2010), for example, find that improved cook stoves in Nepal do not yield reductions in the demand for firewood. Sorrell et al (2009) provide a more detailed review of literature in relation to the rebound effect.…”

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Clean fuel-saving technology adoption in urban Ethiopia

Beyene

Koch

2013

Energy Economics

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The heavy dependence and inefficient utilization of biomass resources have contributed to the depletion of forest resources in Ethiopia, while the use of traditional cooking technology, one source of inefficient biomass resource use, has been linked to indoor air pollution and poor health. In response, the government and other institutions have pushed for the adoption of new cooking technologies. This research examines the speed of adoption of Mirt and Lakech cook stoves -two examples of new cooking technologies -in urban Ethiopia. In terms of the duration analysis, adoption has been increasing over time; income and wealth are important contributors to adoption, and substitute technologies tend to hinder adoption. However, it was not possible to consider prices or perceptions related to either the technologies or biomass availability in the duration models, and, therefore, additional research is needed to inform policy further with respect to household technology adoption decisions.

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Clean fuel-saving technology adoption in urban Ethiopia

Beyene

Koch

2013

Energy Economics

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“…Empirical studies of the direct rebound mainly cover automotive transport, household heating and cooling in OECD countries. They estimate that usually between 10 and 30 percent of energy savings derived from more efficient technology are offset by the direct rebound effect (Greening, et al, 2000;Sorrell et al, 2009). …”

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Industrial Ecology in Policy Making: What is Achievable and What is Not?

Pothen

2010

SSRN Journal

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“…Savings can be overestimated with examples of 28% [50] and 36% ± 8% attributing this to increased comfort amongst other reasons [51]. Other total direct rebound effects have shown to be in the range of 10-30% [52,53]. Increases in temperature can vary considerably and depends on the level of under-heating prior to retrofit [8,54,55], though these increases are generally reasonably low (1 • C or less).…”

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Case studies of cavity and external wall insulation retrofitted under the Irish Home Energy Saving Scheme: Technical analysis and occupant perspectives

Byrne

O’Donnell

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Energy and Buildings

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a b s t r a c tThe residential sector represents 27% of primary energy consumption in Ireland. This paper examines the case study of the Irish government's national grant scheme to encourage energy efficiency retrofit in private housing. That is the Home Energy Saving (HES) Scheme, later rebranded the Better Energy: Homes (BEH) Scheme. The methodology involved monitoring several homes immediately before and after retrofit alongside discussions with occupants. The examination focused on specific measures commonly introduced through the HES/BEH programme − cavity and external wall insulation. It has been found that a significant decrease in heat loss through the walls was measured in all cases. Regardless, the occupant played a considerable role in the change in energy use in the buildings, and the main motivation for retrofit was found to be comfort and not energy savings or environmental concerns. As a result, the actual energy savings are notably less than the potential savings had the pre and post comfort levels remained the same.

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Empirical estimates of the direct rebound effect: A review

Cited by 780 publications

References 59 publications

Clean fuel-saving technology adoption in urban Ethiopia

Clean fuel-saving technology adoption in urban Ethiopia

Industrial Ecology in Policy Making: What is Achievable and What is Not?

Case studies of cavity and external wall insulation retrofitted under the Irish Home Energy Saving Scheme: Technical analysis and occupant perspectives

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