Assessing the relevance of barriers to energy efficiency implementation in the building and transport sectors in eight European countries

Bagaini, Annamaria; Colelli, Francesco; Croci, Edoardo; Molteni, Tania

doi:10.1016/j.tej.2020.106820

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“…The behavioral barriers are linked to the lack of awareness about the benefits of renewables, as well as the lack of knowledge or behavioral inconsistencies in information handling, lack of confidence, habits etc. [49,93]. In the policy hierarchy, the demand management measures should be highlighted instead of supply side measures [94,95].…”

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Renewable Energy Acceptance by Households: Evidence from Lithuania

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Although renewable energy adoption in the residential sector has increased significantly in the EU due to the governmental policies, aiming to reduce the barriers of renewable energy penetration, the full potential of renewable energy deployment in households is still not realized due to the behavioral and other barriers. One of the most important factors in the adoption of renewable energy technologies in households is the decision-making to implement renewables; therefore, the behavioral economics insights should be taken into account during the analysis of renewable energy acceptance by households. The paper provides a systematic literature review on renewable energy use in households by analyzing policies and measures, which could increase the use of renewable energy in households by overcoming the major barriers. The dynamics of renewable energy consumption in EU households was performed by applying Eurostat data, and the empirical case study was conducted in Lithuania to understand the main reasons of renewable energy acceptance by the household. Even though the use of renewable energy sources has increased significantly in the EU member states during the recent years, the study has found the following most common barriers that the traditional policies are unable to overcome: (1) high upfront cost and long pay-back period, (2) a lack of information and knowledge, (3) low priority of environmental concern, (4) resistance to change; human habits. The case study shows that the majority of Lithuanian households would like to use renewable energy technologies in their homes, but they encounter financial difficulties and lack of infrastructure. The policy recommendations were developed based on the results of the conducted study.

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“…Policies and measures to promote renewables in households, linking them to the main barriers[48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58].…”

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“…One reason for this could be technology decay. One of the known barriers to the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the building sector, particularly in the UK, is the lack of skills and expertise for energy professionals and technicians (Kangas et al, 2017;Bagaini et al, 2020). For example, loft insulation installed under the roof could, if not properly installed, lead to a lack of ventilation between insulation and timbers generating damp, humidity and a faster decay.…”

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Energy Efficiency Measures in the Residential Sector Gas Consumption Through Dynamic Treatment Effects: Evidence from England and Wales

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2022

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“…There are many studies dealing with the barriers and drivers of RES penetration in households (Beck, Martinot, 2004;Allen et al, 2008;Luttenberger, 2015;Yeatts et al, 2017;Briguglio, Formosa, 2017;Palm, 2018;Jacksohn et al, 2019;Shimoda et al, 2020;Krepl et al, 2020;Bagaini et al, 2020;Pietrzak et al, 2021; however there are just few studies about barriers of renewable energy technologies for low income households (Hansla et al, 2008;Frondel et al, 2012;Pereira et al, 2019;Streimikiene et al, 2020ab). These studies showed that low income households face additional barriers of low carbon transition due to limited cognitive capacity and high burden of stress of living in poverty (Grey et al, 2017;Haushofer, Fehr, 2014).…”

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Renewable energy technologies in households: Challenges and low carbon energy transition justice

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2022

Economics &Amp; Sociology

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uropean Union (EU) has set the target of achieving carbon neutral society by 2050. The main way to ensure low carbon energy transition is to accelerate the penetration of renewables in households. However, there are many economic, social, technical, and behavioural barriers to this. In addition, the technologies for renewable energy generation are not affordable for low income households which are experiencing energy poverty and energy affordability problems. The paper critically analyses the barriers and state policies and measures for the support of renewable energy micro generation technologies in households. Based on the conducted analysis, the paper discusses the best ways to combat energy poverty and transition to low carbon energy in the EU. The main findings of the paper indicate that developing well-targeted policy measures for support of renewable energy technologies and energy renovation would be more beneficial than paying energy bills of low-income vulnerable population. Such policies would also help to solve the problem of just low carbon energy transition, as currently the vulnerable population are facing greater economic, social, behavioural, infrastructure and other barriers to using renewable energy in their homes.

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Assessing the relevance of barriers to energy efficiency implementation in the building and transport sectors in eight European countries

Cited by 39 publications

References 26 publications

Renewable Energy Acceptance by Households: Evidence from Lithuania

Renewable Energy Acceptance by Households: Evidence from Lithuania

Assessing the Effectiveness of Energy Efficiency Measures in the Residential Sector Gas Consumption Through Dynamic Treatment Effects: Evidence from England and Wales

Renewable energy technologies in households: Challenges and low carbon energy transition justice

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