Do homeowners use energy labels? A comparison between Denmark and Belgium

Gram‐Hanssen, Kirsten; Bartiaux, Françoise; Jensen, Ole Michael; Cantaert, Madeleine

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2006.10.017

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“…Thus, overall, the limit to the market through a certification system has only provided a low incentive to improve quality through knowledge spillovers. This result is in line with the literature on certification in the energy sector (Brounen and Kok, 2011;Gram-Hanssen et al, 2007;Stieß and Dunkelberg, 2013). Previous studies have found a low acceptance of certificates among customers due to the complexity of the indirect link between quality and the certificates.…”

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Asymmetric Information as a Barrier to Knowledge Spillovers in Expert Markets

Feser

Proeger

2015

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract: This paper investigates barriers to effective knowledge spillovers for markets in which the product can be characterized as a credence good, i.e. its complexity impedes the evaluation of quality by customers both ex-ante and ex-post. We focus on the German market for energy efficiency consultants, as an emerging and subsidized sector in which the service offered has strong credence good properties. Based upon in-depth interviews with stakeholders, we analyze the determinants and barriers to knowledge spillovers. We find that the incentive to foster spillovers to increase suppliers' knowledge is limited by the difficult commercialization of additional capabilities. The implementation of a public certification scheme has failed to increase the sectoral knowledge spillovers. By contrast, the participation in formal knowledge networks has been more effective in prompting companies to foster knowledge spillovers, which has also led to a higher degree of specialization. We conclude that access to certification schemes should be further restricted to increase market transparency and private networks should be supported to achieve the aim of increasing knowledge spillovers. Terms of use: Documents in

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Asymmetric Information as a Barrier to Knowledge Spillovers in Expert Markets

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2015

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“…Se deduce que sustituir la información sobre el tiempo de amortización por el coste de inversión, que contiene la etiqueta energética, podría mejorar la eficacia de la certificación (Gram-Hanssen et al, 2007).…”

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Aproximación a la influencia de las certificaciones energéticas en los valores inmobiliarios

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Arenas²

2017

ACE: Architecture, City and Environment

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“…The estimation of building energy performance could be done by the simplified method -using a energy consumption label of a building (Richalet et al 2001;Gram-Hanssen et al 2007;Corrado, Fabrizio 2006). While applying this method, the total energy consumption of a building is estimated without the exclusion of particular energy consumption components.…”

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Heat Gains in Buildings ‐ Limit Conditions for Calculating Energy Consumption

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Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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The results of analysis presented in the paper are related to the certification of energy performance in buildings using calculation methods, when the real energy consumption of the building is not analyzed. Energy consumption for cooling is not examined. Heat transmission losses could be less than the sum of the heat gains of a building if building thermal insulation is sufficient. Currently, the whole amount of heat gains is included into calculation without the evaluation of time parameters. No limit conditions are specified in order to define surplus heat flows and the amount of heat flows so that energy performance of building is calculated. Thus, difference between heat gains and heat flows of a building could be negative. In the paper the basic formation schemes of heat gain access and accumulation are presented due to the presence of people and the bright period of the day. The most adverse circumstances are analyzed for the composition of the proposed schemes. The composition of estimating heat gains is the same for all categories of buildings. Calculation equations have been composed for the estimation of heat gains according to the basic formation schemes. The average monthly parameters of the heating season are used for calculation. The analysis of calculation has been done for the different categories of buildings in order to compare the results of building energy consumption when limit conditions for heat gains are estimated and vice versa. The analysis of different calculation methods of energy consumption has showed that limit conditions for heat gains are important to evaluate the calculation methodology of energy performance for building certification needs. It is important that the calculation methodology of energy performance for building certification would be universal for all EU member states. The presented limit conditions of the heat gains of a building could be used for improving calculation methods of energy consumption in the building certification process. Santrauka Straipsnyje pateiktu tyrimu rezultatai susieti su tais atvejais, kai pastatu energinis naudingumas ivertinamas skaičiavimo būdu, neatsižvelgiant i realius pastato energijos suvartojimo rodiklius. Energijos sanaudos pastato vesinimui neivertintos. Jei pastatas gerai apšiltintas, jo šilumos nuostoliai gali būti mažesni už suminius pritekančios šilumos kiekius. Dabartiniu metu skaičiuojant pastato energijos sanaudas ivertinami visi pritekančios šilumos kiekiai, išsiskiriantys pastate ar i ji patenkantys iš išores. Kol kas neaptarti laikiniai pritekančios šilumos i pastata parametrai, neaptartos ribines salygos, pagal kurias turi būti nustatyti pertekline pritekanti šiluma ir pritekančios šilumos kiekiai, kuriuos būtina vertinti skaičiuojant pastato energijos sanaudas. Todel skirtumas tarp pastato šilumos nuostoliu ir pritekančios šilumos kiekiu gali būti minusinis, t. y. pastatas pradeda gaminti energija. Darbe pateiktos autoriu sudarytos principines pritekančios šilumos kiekiu i pastata schemos per para, priklausomai nuo žmoniu buvimo pastate ta para, ir šviesaus paros laikotarpio trukmes. Sudarant šias schemas, pasirinktas pats nepalankiausias pritekančios šilumos atvejis, bendras visu naudojimo paskirčiu pastatams. Pagal šias schemas sudarytos formules, apibūdinančios ribines šilumos pritekejimo salygas, ir pagal jas buvo atlikti ivairios paskirties pastatu kontroliniai energijos sanaudu skaičiavimai pagal šildymo sezono vidutinius menesio rodiklius. Šiu skaičiavimu rezultatai rodo, kad šilumos pritekejimo i pastata ribiniu salygu ivertinimas daro didele itaka pastato energijos sanaudu skaičiavimu rezultatams. Svarbu, kad pastatu energinio naudingumo sertifikavimo skaičiavimo metodikos būtu paremtos tais pačiais pastatu energijos suvartojimo vertinimo principais. Straipsnyje autoriu pateiktos šilumos pritekejimo ribines salygos galetu būti panaudotos tikslinant skaičiavimo metodikos principus pastatu energiniam naudingumui ivertinti.

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Do homeowners use energy labels? A comparison between Denmark and Belgium

Cited by 88 publications

References 12 publications

Asymmetric Information as a Barrier to Knowledge Spillovers in Expert Markets

Asymmetric Information as a Barrier to Knowledge Spillovers in Expert Markets

Aproximación a la influencia de las certificaciones energéticas en los valores inmobiliarios

Heat Gains in Buildings ‐ Limit Conditions for Calculating Energy Consumption

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