Split incentives and energy efficiency in Canadian multi-family dwellings

Maruejols, Lucie; Young, Denise

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.072

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“…No mention is made, for instance, of split incentives around energy efficiency [48], which would have presented the opportunity to discuss this as an important contextual issue. We also detected, despite arguments discussed in section 2.2 about issues above the level of the individual being addressed in the reviewed guidance, the consumer was referenced far more frequently than other actors in the supply chain such as manufacturers or retailers of electrical goods.…”

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Insights from psychology about the design and implementation of energy interventions using the Behaviour Change Wheel

Wilson

Marselle

2016

Energy Research & Social Science

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Improving the design and implementation of interventions to encourage end-use energy efficiency has the potential to contribute a substantive reduction in carbon emissions. A plethora of behaviour change frameworks is available to guide policymakers and designers but none have been found to be comprehensive or well-used. A new framework -the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) -purports to be a useful aid for developing all types of behaviour change interventions. This paper assesses whether the BCW comprehensively describes programmes attempting to reduce energy consumption.To do this, components of behaviour change programmes as identified in four EU guidance documents were mapped onto the BCW. Most of the components discussed in the guidance could be readily coded to the BCW framework. The main energy policy under-represented in the BCW was energy price. Based on our work in this paper, we believe that the BCW offers a useful aid for the systematic design and development of behaviour change around end-use energy efficiency. We also propose that it may support development of a common lexicon for activities that can be rather vaguely described currently in energy efficiency guidance. KeywordsEnergy; consumption; behaviour; intervention; policy. IntroductionEnd-use energy efficiency is generally seen as the most cost-effective way to reduce CO 2 emissions [1,2]. It offers potentially the largest reduction opportunity [3]. The gap between what savings are possible, and what are currently being realised, warrants the identification of effective strategies to seize this opportunity [4,5] . As such, changing energy demand and improving energy efficiency is now key to helping the UK and the EU meet obligations to reduce carbon emissions (e.g. UK ClimateChange Act 2008, Directive 2012/27/EU). Some interventions to alter consumption levels operate above the level of the end-user (e.g. market regulation), whilst others depend on altering end-user choice or practice. Efforts to reduce emissions in the early 2000s were dominated largely by ideas from the economics and engineering disciplines, ignoring the promise offered dimensions such as the sociological and psychological [6]. Specifically, much energy research has downplayed the role of the human dimension and choice [7].Coordinated sets of activities designed to alter usage choices and practices can be understood as behaviour change interventions [8]. New models of behaviour change are now emerging in the energy literature, based on multi-disciplinary work [9], but these are not yet widely used in practice [10].Further, many existing frameworks either analyse only limited aspects of behaviour, or are not reliable in leading to successful interventions [11].A recent review of the energy studies field concluded that it needed to reach out to other disciplines for useful insights [7]. Insight is potentially available from the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW), a framework for the systematic design and development of behaviour change interventions. The BCW is drawn from psych...

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Insights from psychology about the design and implementation of energy interventions using the Behaviour Change Wheel

Wilson

Marselle

2016

Energy Research & Social Science

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“…Davis (2012) employed data from the 2005 RECS and a linear probability model to study the importance of principal-agent problems in EE appliances and lighting and demonstrated the effectiveness of command-and-control approaches. Maruejols and Young (2011) used data from the 2003 Canadian 'Survey of Household Energy Use' to study energy-related behavior in multi-family dwellings. Their results indicate that households not paying heating bills directly chose higher temperature settings.…”

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Pro-environmental Households and Energy Efficiency in Spain

Ramos

Labandeira

Löschel

2015

Environ Resource Econ

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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. www.econstor.eu Terms of use: Documents in Pro-Environmental Households and Energy Efficiency in SpainAna Ramos*, Xavier Labandeira and Andreas Löschel AbstractThe residential building sector is a major driver of current and future energy consumption and associated emissions, which can be potentially mitigated through significant energy-efficiency (EE) improvements in both emerging and developed countries. Yet, there are several persistent barriers that hinder the attainment of EE improvements in this area. Using data from a 2008 national representative survey of Spanish households, this paper is interested in the determinants of EE-related decisions. In particular, a discrete-choice model empirically analyzes whether proenvironmental households are more likely to invest in EE and to adopt daily energysaving habits. We show that households with eco-friendly behaviors are more likely to investment in well-differentiated EE measures as well as to steer daily habits towards energy savings. However, no effects are found for households with environmental attitudes based on stated willingness to pay to protect the environment. In addition to this, households belonging to higher income groups and education levels are more likely to invest in EE but not to adopt energy-saving habits; while households with older members are less likely to invest in EE and show fewer eco-friendly habits.

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“…Tenants who sign energy-inclusive rental agreements face zero marginal cost from energy consumption, and therefore may use too much energy, relative to the social optimum. Indeed, tenants appear to keep indoor temperatures higher during winter months and when their homes are unoccupied when utilities are included in their leases (Maruejols and Young 2011;Levinson and Niemann 2004). Likewise, tenants who pay for utilities are more likely to adjust heating temperatures at night than tenants who face zero marginal cost (Gillingham, Harding, and Rapson 2012).…”

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