The effectiveness of energy efficiency improvement in a developing country: Rebound effect of residential electricity use in South Korea

Jin, Sang-Hyeon

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2007.05.028

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“…In the known cases, the sample size varies from dozens to ten thousands. The evidence shows that the direct rebound effect may be less than 30% in industrialized countries [12][13][14] and more than 30% in non-industrialized countries [15][16][17][18].…”

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The life cycle rebound effect of air-conditioner consumption in China

Liu

Sun

et al. 2016

Applied Energy

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h i g h l i g h t sDevelop a life cycle rebound effect model. Assess the life cycle rebound effect of Chinese room air conditioners. Conduct a questionnaire to assess the consumption behavior of Chinese room air conditioners. Rebound effect should be considered by energy policy makers. Governments worldwide are attempting to reduce energy consumption and environmental pollution by confronting environmental problems and adopting more energy-efficient products. However, because of the rebound effect, energy-saving targets cannot always be fully achieved, and sometimes greater energy consumption is generated. Research on the rebound effect from the perspective of industrial ecology considers not only direct energy consumption but also its life cycle negative impacts on the environment with China's rapid economic development and simultaneously improving quality of life, the ownership of room air conditioners (RACs) has increased more than three hundred times, and air conditioners' energy consumption has increased one thousand times over the last twenty years. The Air Conditioner Energy Efficiency Standard is one of the most important measures in China for reducing the amount of energy consumed by RACs. This paper introduces a life cycle based method to estimate the rebound effect of Chinese RACs consumption. This model provides a product's life-cycle view to assess the rebound effect, considering the contribution of both producer and consumer. Based on the established life cycle rebound effect model, we compared urban household RAC consumption behaviour before and after the launch of the Air Conditioner Energy Efficiency Standard. A rebound effect in RAC consumption was found that there was a longer daily usage period in the household as air conditioner efficiency levels improved. The life cycle rebound effect of household air-conditioner consumption was calculated to be 67%. The main conclusion obtained from this study is that policies and regulations should consider the rebound effect when encouraging households to alter their energy consumption patterns. a r t i c l e i n f o

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The life cycle rebound effect of air-conditioner consumption in China

Liu

Sun

et al. 2016

Applied Energy

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“…In this regard, it is of cardinal importance for current generations to carefully decide upon the desired path of sustainable growth. This discussion is also closely related to the rebound effect argument, according to which even more efficient and more energy-saving technologies do not necessarily lead to reduced energy consumption and thus do not necessarily alleviate environmental concerns (see, inter alia, Bentzen, 2004;Jin, 2007;Sorrell and Dimitropoulos, 2008;Wang et al, 2014a,b). By all accounts, achieving sustainable growth appears to be a rather cumbersome task.…”

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Energy consumption, CO 2 emissions, and economic growth: An ethical dilemma

Antonakakis¹,

Chatziantoniou

Filis

2017

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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In this study we examine the dynamic interrelationship in the output-energyenvironment nexus by applying panel vector autoregression (PVAR) and impulse response function analyses to data on energy consumption (and its subcomponents), carbon dioxide emissions and real GDP in 106 countries classified by different income groups over the period 1971-2011. Our results reveal that the effects of the various types of energy consumption on economic growth and emissions are heterogeneous on the various groups of countries. Moreover, causality between total economic growth and energy consumption is bidirectional, thus making a case for the feedback hypothesis. However, we cannot report any statistically significant evidence that renewable energy consumption, in particular, is conducive to economic growth, a fact that weakens the argument that renewable energy consumption is able to promote growth in a more efficient and environmentally sustainable way. Finally, in analysing the case for an inverted U-shaped EKC, we find that the continued process of growth aggravates the greenhouse gas emissions phenomenon. In this regard, we cannot provide any evidence that developed countries may actually grow-out of environmental pollution. In the light of these findings, the efficacy of recent government policies in various countries to promote renewable energy consumption as a means for sustainable growth is questioned. Put differently, there seems to be a moral dilemma, between high economic growth rates and unsustainable environment and low or zero economic growth and environmental sustainability.

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“…There is a growing literature on energy intensity and carbon emissions. Such studies include Bentzen (2004), Jin (2007), Sorrell and Dimitropoulos (2008), Zhang (2003), Zhang and Zhaohua (2014), Zhaohua, Yin, Zhang, and Zhang (2012), Zhaohua, Zeng, Wei, and Zhang (2012), Zhang (2014, Zhaohua, Milin, and, Zhaohua, Wang, Yin (2015), , Zhaohua, and Yang (2015), , among others. The role of individual sources of renewable energy is important,…”

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Hydroelectricity consumption and economic growth nexus: Evidence from a panel of ten largest hydroelectricity consumers

Apergis

Chang

Gupta

et al. 2016

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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This paper explores the long-run and causal relationships between hydroelectricity consumption and economic growth for a panel of the 10 largest hydroelectricity For the pre-1988 period, there is evidence of unidirectional causality running from real GDP per capita to hydroelectricity per capita in both the short-and long-run. Over the post-1988 period, there exists evidence of bidirectional causality between hydroelectricity energy consumption per capita and real GDP per capita in both the short-and the longrun. The results imply the existence of a feedback hypothesis with both hydroelectricity consumption and growth promoting each other in more recent periods, as the importance of hydroelectricity as a renewable energy, has become more prominent.

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The effectiveness of energy efficiency improvement in a developing country: Rebound effect of residential electricity use in South Korea

Cited by 105 publications

References 17 publications

The life cycle rebound effect of air-conditioner consumption in China

The life cycle rebound effect of air-conditioner consumption in China

Energy consumption, CO 2 emissions, and economic growth: An ethical dilemma

Hydroelectricity consumption and economic growth nexus: Evidence from a panel of ten largest hydroelectricity consumers

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