The value of energy efficiency programs for US residential and commercial buildings in a warmer world

Scott, Michael J.; Dirks, James A.; Cort, Katherine A.

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“…In our findings, the commercial and industrial sectors are the dominant drivers of energy demand increases. By considering a broader range of energy-using sectors, we highlight the potentially important impacts of commercial and industrial adaptation to climate change, which has only been explored for specific regions 4,35–38 by few studies that confirm the potentially large impacts of these sectors.…”

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Amplification of future energy demand growth due to climate change

2019

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Future energy demand is likely to increase due to climate change, but the magnitude depends on many interacting sources of uncertainty. We combine econometrically estimated responses of energy use to income, hot and cold days with future projections of spatial population and national income under five socioeconomic scenarios and temperature increases around 2050 for two emission scenarios simulated by 21 Earth System Models (ESMs). Here we show that, across 210 realizations of socioeconomic and climate scenarios, vigorous (moderate) warming increases global climate-exposed energy demand before adaptation around 2050 by 25–58% (11–27%), on top of a factor 1.7–2.8 increase above present-day due to socioeconomic developments. We find broad agreement among ESMs that energy demand rises by more than 25% in the tropics and southern regions of the USA, Europe and China. Socioeconomic scenarios vary widely in the number of people in low-income countries exposed to increases in energy demand.

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Amplification of future energy demand growth due to climate change

2019

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“…Engineering studies in temperate developed countries have found that the total amount of energy consumption for space conditioning decreases slightly with warming because the additional energy for cooling is offset by the reduction in energy for heating (Rosenthal et al, 1995;Scott et al, 2008). Nonetheless, economic studies reveal that expenditures on energy rise with temperature (Morrison and Mendelsohn, 1999;Mendelsohn, 2001;Mansur et al, 2008).…”

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Development and the Impact of Climate Change on Energy Demand: Evidence From Brazil

DePaula

Mendelsohn

2010

Clim. Change Econ.

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work is licensed under a Creative Commons IGO 3.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC-IGO BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ legalcode) and may be reproduced with attribution to the IDB and for any non-commercial purpose. No derivative work is allowed. Any dispute related to the use of the works of the IDB that cannot be settled amicably shall be submitted to arbitration pursuant to the UNCITRAL rules. The use of the IDB's name for any purpose other than for attribution, and the use of IDB's logo shall be subject to a separate written license agreement between the IDB and the user and is not authorized as part of this CC-IGO license. Abstract We evaluate the effects of municipal infrastructure upgrades on property prices in the Municipality of Campo Grande, Brazil. Using detailed administrative data on property characteristics and sales prices, we implement a differences-indifferences methodology that compares treated and comparison neighborhoods over time to estimate the effects of road infrastructure improvements and revitalization of urban parks. We find that road improvements are highly cost-effective, producing an increase of 6.1% in property prices which translate into a return of $4.25 per dollar invested. On the other hand, we find no effects of the urban parks intervention. JEL Classification: H43, L91, O18, D04

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“…Firstly, HDD were projected to decrease, while CDD were expected to grow by the late century, both countrywide 5 7 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 and worldwide 17 24 26 27 28 , albeit the rate and magnitude of change in each parameter differed with the study. Secondly, changes in national residential net use of delivered energy were anticipated to result in modest savings 5 20 21 22 26 , because the reduction in heating fuels was expected to more than offset the rise in electricity demand for air conditioning 5 . However, on a regional level, combined energy demand was forecasted to exhibit spatial heterogeneity 20 : In northern areas with more than 4,000 HDD, the combined degree-day index dropped substantially, as compared to the areas in the South, where a reverse climatic effect was anticipated 5 .…”

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Impacts of global warming on residential heating and cooling degree-days in the United States

Petri

Caldeira

2015

Sci Rep

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Climate change is expected to decrease heating demand and increase cooling demand for buildings and affect outdoor thermal comfort. Here, we project changes in residential heating degree-days (HDD) and cooling degree-days (CDD) for the historical (1981–2010) and future (2080–2099) periods in the United States using median results from the Climate Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) simulations under the Representation Concentration Pathway 8.5 (RCP8.5) scenario. We project future HDD and CDD values by adding CMIP5 projected changes to values based on historical observations of US climate. The sum HDD + CDD is an indicator of locations that are thermally comfortable, with low heating and cooling demand. By the end of the century, station median HDD + CDD will be reduced in the contiguous US, decreasing in the North and increasing in the South. Under the unmitigated RCP8.5 scenario, by the end of this century, in terms of HDD and CDD values considered separately, future New York, NY, is anticipated to become more like present Oklahoma City, OK; Denver, CO, becomes more like Raleigh, NC, and Seattle, WA, becomes more like San Jose, CA. These results serve as an indicator of projected climate change and can help inform decision-making.

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The value of energy efficiency programs for US residential and commercial buildings in a warmer world

Abstract: Buildings, Climate change scenarios, Economic benefits, Energy efficiency, Energy modeling, Mitigation, Residential and commercial,

Cited by 27 publications

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Amplification of future energy demand growth due to climate change

Amplification of future energy demand growth due to climate change

Development and the Impact of Climate Change on Energy Demand: Evidence From Brazil

Impacts of global warming on residential heating and cooling degree-days in the United States

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