Measuring the environmental load of household consumption using some methods based on input–output energy analysis: A comparison of methods and a discussion of results

Kok, Rixt; Benders, Reinerus; Moll, Henri

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2005.04.006

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“…The LCA data for embodied greenhouse gas emissions used in the thesis is consistent with the requirements outlined in Kok et al (2006).…”

Section: Evidence Ofthe Indirect Effectmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…Since the rebound effect is expressed in terms of a particular resource or externality, estimates of the indirect effect require an estimate of the embodied resources in household consumption. The scarcity of such embodied resource data is one reason for the dearth of research, which is emphasized by the work of Kok et al (2006)who reviewed 19 studies of embodied energy and greenhouse emissions from consumption patterns and found only three provided sufficient detail to allow econometric estimation of the indirect effect at a micro level.…”

Section: Evidence Ofthe Indirect Effectmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Finally, the literature is currently short of reliable LCA data (Kok et al, 2006). The most recent embodied greenhouse gas data was from 1999 and was used by Mizobuchi (2007).…”

Section: Gaps Inthe Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Remarkable Environmental Rebound Effect of Electric Cars: A Microeconomic Approach

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The main objective of the thesis is to seek insights into the theory, and provide empirical evidence of rebound effects. Rebound effects reduce the environmental benefits of environmental policies and household behaviour changes. In particular, win-win demand side measures, in the form of energy efficiency and household consumption pattern changes, are seen as ways for households and businesses to save money and the environment. However, these savings have environmental impacts when spent, which are known as rebound effects. This is an area that has been widely neglected by policy makers.This work extends the rebound effect literature in three important ways, (1) it incorporates the potential for variation of rebound effects with household income level, (2) it enables the isolation of direct and indirect effects for cases of energy efficient technology adoption, and examines the relationship between these two component effects, and (3) it expands the scope of rebound effect analysis to include government taxes and subsidies. MACROBUTTON HTMLDirectUsing a case study approach it is found that the rebound effect from household consumption pattern changes targeted at electricity is between 5 and 10%. For consumption pattern changes with reduced vehicle fuel use, the rebound effect is in the order of 20 to 30%. Higher income households in general are found to have a lower total rebound effect; however the indirect effect becomes relatively more significant at higher household income levels. In the win-lose case of domestic photovoltaic electricity generation, it is demonstrated that negative rebound effects can occur, which can potentially amplify the environmental benefits of this action.The rebound effect from a carbon tax, which occurs due to the re-spending of raised revenues, was found to be in the range of 11-32%. Taxes and transfers between households of different income levels also have environmental implications. For example, a more progressive tax structure, with increased low income welfare payments is likely to increase greenhouse gas emissions. Subsidies aimed at encouraging environmentally friendly consumption habits are also subject to rebound effects, as they constitute a substitution of government expenditure for household expenditure. For policy makers, these findings point to the need to incorporate rebound effects in the environmental policy evaluation process.' KeywordsRebound effect, demand side management, direct rebound effect, indirect rebound effect, greenhouse gas emissions, CO 2 , household consumption patterns, efficiency, energy, conservation, natural resources. The energy and emissions produced at other stages of the production chain outside of the household scope. vi List of Tables and +/-is efficiency net effect minus the conservation net effect with negative values in parentheses). 66 Table 5.5: Rebound effects at mean and median total expenditure levels for separated fuel efficiency case (indirect reduction is the efficiency indirect rebound minus the conservation indir...

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“…The LCA data for embodied greenhouse gas emissions used in the thesis is consistent with the requirements outlined in Kok et al (2006).…”

Section: Evidence Ofthe Indirect Effectmentioning

confidence: 84%

Section: Evidence Ofthe Indirect Effectmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Households consume energy in two ways: direct (space heating, lighting, vehicle fuel, etc.) and indirect (consumed energy for production, transport and disposal of consumer goods) [15][16][17]. Investigations have shown that the household energy consumption is influenced by such factors as income level [18][19][20][21][22][23], that the location of the residence is the urban or rural area [15] and dwelling type, size and age [24][25][26][27], as well as geographical conditions [15,16,19], household size and properties 27, and age and education level of the household head.…”

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Determining residential energy consumption-based CO₂ emissions and examining the factors affecting the variation in Ankara, Turkey

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Abstract. Energy demand of Turkey has been showing a remarkable increase in the last two decades due to rapid increase in population and changes in consumption trends. In parallel to the increase in energy demand, the CO2 emissions in Turkey are also increasing dramatically due to high usage of fossil fuels. CO2 emissions from the residential sector covers almost one fourth of the total sectoral emissions. In this study, CO2 emissions from the residential sector are estimated, and the factors affecting the emission levels are determined for the residential sector in Ankara, Turkey. In this study, detailed surveys are conducted to more than 400 households in Ankara. Using the information gathered from the surveys, the CO2 emissions associated with energy consumption of the households are calculated using the methodology outlined at IPCC. The statistical analyses are carried out using household income, dwelling characteristics, and household economic and demographic data to determine the factors causing the variation in emission levels among the households. The results of the study present that the main factors impacting the amount of total energy consumption and associated CO2 emissions are household income, dwelling construction year, age, education level of the household, and net footage of the dwelling.

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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

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2017

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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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Measuring the environmental load of household consumption using some methods based on input–output energy analysis: A comparison of methods and a discussion of results

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The Remarkable Environmental Rebound Effect of Electric Cars: A Microeconomic Approach

Determining residential energy consumption-based CO₂ emissions and examining the factors affecting the variation in Ankara, Turkey

Economic structure and energy savings from energy efficiency in households

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Measuring the environmental load of household consumption using some methods based on input–output energy analysis: A comparison of methods and a discussion of results

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The Remarkable Environmental Rebound Effect of Electric Cars: A Microeconomic Approach

The Remarkable Environmental Rebound Effect of Electric Cars: A Microeconomic Approach

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