The Energy Rebound Effect for Construction Industry: Empirical Evidence from the China

Du, Qiang; Li, Yi; Bai, Libiao

doi:10.20944/preprints201704.0054.v1

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“…Lu et al [22] studied the energy rebound effect of 135 business divisions in China and found that enterprises could better reduce the energy rebound effect by means of improving the electricity consumption proportion to total energy consumption. Du et al [23] revealed that the average energy rebound effect for the construction industry in China was about 59.5% during the period of 1990-2014. Wu et al's [13] empirical results based on the panel data of various industries sector in Taiwan showed that sectors with lower energy efficiency had higher direct rebound effects, while sectors with higher forward linkages generated higher indirect rebound effects.…”

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Exploring the Direct Rebound Effect of Energy Consumption: A Case Study

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Technological innovation plays a crucial role for improving energy efficiency. But the excessive energy consumption has presented a significant challenge at the same time, which indicates that the direct energy rebound effect exists in China. Cobb-Douglas production function and Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index decomposition model are employed to analyze the rebound effect of energy consumption of all three main industries sector in China. The results show that total technological effect curve and total substitution effect curve fluctuated more significantly than total structure effect curve from 1991 to 2014.The first two curves were the most critical factors for the energy consumption intensity. Stabilizing energy prices, developing new and renewable energy and implementing policies related to energy conservation and emission reduction are effective measures to reduce energy consumption intensity. More attention should be paid to the growing demand for living energy consumption derived from the rapid development of the tertiary industry. The direct rebound effect of energy consumption in China showed an overall descending trend. This shows that technological effect has well prevented the growth of energy consumption. Direct energy rebound effect can be controlled effectively by means of formulating and implementing the corresponding energy related policies.

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Unintended Effects of Autonomous Driving: A Study on Mobility Preferences in the Future

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Innovations in the mobility industry such as automated and connected cars could significantly reduce congestion and emissions by allowing the traffic to flow more freely and reducing the number of vehicles according to some researchers. However, the effectiveness of these sustainable product and service innovations is often limited by unexpected changes in consumption: some researchers thus hypothesize that the higher comfort and improved quality of time in driverless cars could lead to an increase in demand for driving with autonomous vehicles. So far, there is a lack of empirical evidence supporting either one or other of these hypotheses. To analyze the influence of autonomous driving on mobility behavior and to uncover user preferences, which serve as indicators for future travel mode choices, we conducted an online survey with a paired comparison of current and future travel modes with 302 participants in Germany. The results do not confirm the hypothesis that ownership will become an outdated model in the future. Instead they suggest that private cars, whether conventional or fully automated, will remain the preferred travel mode. At the same time, carsharing will benefit from full automation more than private cars. However, the findings indicate that the growth of carsharing will mainly be at the expense of public transport, showing that more emphasis should be placed in making public transport more attractive if sustainable mobility is to be developed.

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Rebound Effect of China’s Electric Power Demand in the Context of Technological Innovation

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Technological innovations in the power industry can help reduce electricity consumption but may also have a negative result due to rebound effects. Estimation and refinement of electricity demand rebound effects are important for assessing the impact of technological innovations. For this purpose, this paper first constructs a Log Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) to measure the structural and technical effects. Secondly, a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)–Malmquist Productivity Index is used to calculate the change in the generalized rate of technological progress, narrow rate of technological progress, and technical use efficiency. Thirdly, the electric power demand rebound effect during the New Normal period is calculated to compare with the rebound effect of the overall energy. Finally, a vector auto-regressive (VAR) model and an impulse response function (IRF) are used to investigate the impact degree of electric power demand changes on other energy demand under the “electrical energy substitution” strategy. The empirical results indicate that the general technological progress rate of China’s electric power industry is increasing gradually in the New Normal period, and the variations in electric demand exhibit the characteristics of the backfire effect and partial rebound effect, respectively, in the context of generalized technological innovation and narrow technological innovation. Meanwhile, contrary to the changing trend of the overall energy demand intensity, electric power demand intensity increased continuously with the advancement of the “electrical energy substitution” strategy, which led to a continuous decline in other energy demands.

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The Energy Rebound Effect for Construction Industry: Empirical Evidence from the China

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Exploring the Direct Rebound Effect of Energy Consumption: A Case Study

Exploring the Direct Rebound Effect of Energy Consumption: A Case Study

Unintended Effects of Autonomous Driving: A Study on Mobility Preferences in the Future

Rebound Effect of China’s Electric Power Demand in the Context of Technological Innovation

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