Profits or preferences? Assessing the adoption of residential solar thermal technologies

Mills, Bradford F.; Schleich, Joachim

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2009.05.014

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“…For capital intensive systems like space and water heating, insulation, and appliances landlords often make investment in energy efficient technologies, while tenants capture the benefits (e.g. Mills and Schleich, 2009;Gillingham, Harding, and Rapson, 2012;Davis, 2012). Deterrents to energy efficient adoption associated with lack of benefit appropriability may be less of an issue for bulbs, as they are less capital intensive and may -unlike most thermal insulation measures -be easily transferred to a new apartment.…”

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Household transitions to energy efficient lighting

Mills

Schleich

2014

Energy Economics

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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. Terms of use: Documents in Household Transitions to Energy Efficient Lighting AbstractNew energy efficient lighting technologies have the potential to significantly reduce household electricity consumption. But adoption of many technologies has been slow. This paper employs a unique dataset of German households to examine the factors associated with the replacement of old incandescent lamps (ILs) with new energy efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and light emitting diodes (LEDs). The 'rebound' effect of increased light luminosity during the transition to energy efficient bulbs is analyzed jointly with the replacement decision to control for household self-selection in bulb-type choice. The results indicate that the EU ban on ILs accelerated the pace of transition to CFLs and LEDs, while storage of bulbs significantly dampened the speed of the transition. Households also appear responsive to new bulb attributes, as those with stated preferences for energy efficient, environmentally friendly, and durable lighting are more likely to replace ILs with CFLs and LEDs. Higher lighting needs generally spur IL replacement with CFLs or LEDs. However, electricity gains from new energy efficient lighting are mitigated by increases in bulb luminosity; with average increases in luminosity of 23% and 47% upon transitioning to CFLs and LEDs, respectively.

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Household transitions to energy efficient lighting

Mills

Schleich

2014

Energy Economics

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“…Gustavsson (2008), Schleich (2009), Mills andSchleich (2012), Michelsen and Madlener (2012), and Sardianou and Genoudi (2013).…”

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“…More energy-efficient appliances will reduce the cost of consuming energy and, therefore, more heating and cooling degree days are expected to increase the sales share of ENERGY STAR appliances. The effect of weather and climate zones on energy technology adoption has been observed by, for example, Long (1993) and Mills and Schleich (2009).…”

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Analysing the impact of ENERGY STAR rebate policies in the US

Datta

Filippini

2015

Energy Efficiency

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In this paper we estimate the impact of rebate policies in various US states on the sales share of ENERGY STAR household appliances. We use annual ENERGY STAR sales data for clothes washers, dishwashers, refrigerators and air conditioners from 2001 to 2006 and the variation in the coverage of rebates across US states and over time to identify the impact of rebate policies. We use, at first, a difference-in-differences approach to estimate this impact. Then, we take into account the possibility of rebate policies being endogenous and use an instrumental variables approach in a fixed effects panel data regression model. Results suggest that rebate policies increase the sales share of ENERGY STAR household appliances by around 3.3 to 6.6 percentage points and this represents an impact of around 9% to 18% on the mean level of the sales share of ENERGY STAR household appliances in the US between 2001 and 2006. We conclude that our estimates indicate that rebates on ENERGY STAR appliances increase the uptake of energy-efficient appliances.

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“…The annual cost of saving a tonne of carbon as a result of the retrofit varies between £2,252 and £10,250. Mills and Schleich (2009) studied the adoption of solar thermal technologies in the German residential sector. Results show that households can make moderate savings on energy expenditure from combined solar water and space heating systems.…”

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Greener homes: an ex-post estimate of the cost of carbon dioxide emission reduction using administrative micro-data from the Republic of Ireland

Leahy

Tol

2012

Environ Econ Policy Stud

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We assess the subsidy for the installation of biomass boilers and wood gasification boilers under the Greener Homes Scheme in Ireland. We find that the (implicit) subsidy per tonne of carbon dioxide avoided varies hugely across households. The current policy costs 17 % too much for the emissions avoided, or avoids 17 % too little for the money spent. The subsidy reduces net social gain (including environmental benefits but excluding producer surplus) by 42 %.

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Profits or preferences? Assessing the adoption of residential solar thermal technologies

Cited by 78 publications

References 31 publications

Household transitions to energy efficient lighting

Household transitions to energy efficient lighting

Analysing the impact of ENERGY STAR rebate policies in the US

Greener homes: an ex-post estimate of the cost of carbon dioxide emission reduction using administrative micro-data from the Republic of Ireland

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