Energy cost of living

Herendeen, Robert A.; Tanaka, Jerry

doi:10.1016/0360-5442(76)90015-3

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“…It represents consumption decisions as a system of equations which depend on prices, consumption budgets, and observed as well as unobserved household characteristics. We employ the EASI demand 2 Utilising between-country heterogeneity, studies find affluence, measured as income or final demand, to be the principle driver of material footprints (Wiedmann et al, 2015;Pothen, 2017;Pothen and Welsch, 2017) 3 The energy footprint of households, also known as energy requirements, has been estimated since the 1970s (Herendeen and Tanaka, 1976;Herendeen, 1978). Other studies on energy and carbon footprints of households include Wier et al (2001) for Denmark, Weber and Matthews (2008) for the USA, Druckman and Jackson (2009) and Baiocchi et al (2010) for the UK, Girod and De Haan (2010) for Switzerland, Steen-Olsen et al (2016) for Norway, and Lenzen et al (2006) for Australia, Brazil, Denmark, India as well as Japan.…”

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The Distribution of Material Footprints in Germany

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Reaños

2018

SSRN Journal

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Die Dis cus si on Pape rs die nen einer mög lichst schnel len Ver brei tung von neue ren For schungs arbei ten des ZEW. Die Bei trä ge lie gen in allei ni ger Ver ant wor tung der Auto ren und stel len nicht not wen di ger wei se die Mei nung des ZEW dar.Dis cus si on Papers are inten ded to make results of ZEW research prompt ly avai la ble to other eco no mists in order to encou ra ge dis cus si on and sug gesti ons for revi si ons. The aut hors are sole ly respon si ble for the con tents which do not neces sa ri ly repre sent the opi ni on of the ZEW. The Distribution of Material Footprints in Germany

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The Distribution of Material Footprints in Germany

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Reaños

2018

SSRN Journal

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“…Estimates of the embodied energy content of specific as well as general categories of goods and services can be obtained by means of environmentally-extended inputoutput analysis (EEIOA), life cycle assessment (LCA), or combinations of both in the form of hybrid LCA (Chapman, 1974;Herendeen and Tanaka, 1976;Kok et al, 2006;Joshi, 1999;Suh and Huppes, 2005).…”

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Economic structure and energy savings from energy efficiency in households

Vivanco

Ventosa

2017

Ecological Economics

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When an energy efficiency improvement occurs at the household level, several mechanisms, grouped under the name of the rebound effect, increase the available income and consumption, increasing the total energy consumption of the economic structure. The present research analyses the links between energy efficiency improvements in households, consumption, and the economic structure in an input-output framework. We examine, from an empirical perspective, the relationship between energy efficiency improvements and the economic structure, and between the direct and the indirect rebound effect. The limits of the input-output methodology in assessing the direct and indirect rebound effect have been empirically tested with respect to efficiency improvements of electricity uses in households in Catalonia.

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“…The methodological root of the carbon footprint indicator goes back to the concept of "the energy cost of living" developed in the 1970s, and to net energy analysis (Herendeen, 1976).…”

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A consumption-based approach to carbon emission accounting – sectoral differences and environmental benefits

Mózner

2013

Journal of Cleaner Production

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In recent years there has been growing concern about the emission trade balances of countries. This is due to the fact that countries with an open economy are active players in international trade. Trade is not only a major factor in forging a country's economic structure, but contributes to the movement of embodied emissions beyond country borders. This issue is especially relevant from the carbon accounting policy and domestic production perspective, as it is known that the production-based principle is employed in the Kyoto agreement. The research described herein was designed to reveal the interdependence of countries on international trade and the corresponding embodied emissions both on national and on sectoral level and to illustrate the significance of the consumption-based emission accounting. It is presented here to what extent a consumption-based accounting would change the present system based on production-based accounting and allocation. The relationship of CO 2 emission embodied in exports and embodied in imports is analysed here. International trade can blur the responsibility for the ecological effects of production and consumption and it can lengthen the link between consumption and its consequences. Input-output models are used in the methodology as they provide an appropriate framework for climate change accounting. The analysis comprises an international comparative study of four European countries (Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Hungary) with extended trading activities and carbon emissions. Moving from a production-based approach in climate policy to a consumption-based principle and allocation approach would help to increase the efficiency of emission reductions and would force countries to rethink their trading activities in order to decrease the environmental load of production activities. The results of this study show that it is important to distinguish between the two emission accounting approaches, both on the global and the local level.

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Energy cost of living

Cited by 124 publications

References 4 publications

The Distribution of Material Footprints in Germany

The Distribution of Material Footprints in Germany

Economic structure and energy savings from energy efficiency in households

A consumption-based approach to carbon emission accounting – sectoral differences and environmental benefits

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