Published in Energy Efficiency
Energy systems which combine renewable energy sources and waste-to-energy systems have been of great interest around the world. These systems use eco-friendly technologies and reduce waste production, which are the emerging priorities of the European Union. This paper describes an experimental hybrid energy system installed in the Technology Centre...
Published in Energy Efficiency
Saving energy is essential for mitigating environmental harm, and convincing consumers to purchase energy-efficient products repeatedly represents a challenge for sustainable development. On the basis of motivation theory, this study developed a theoretical model to explore how the needs-based motivations (i.e., the need to feel unique and the need...
Published in Energy Efficiency
The EU building stock is 97% not energy efficient and the promotion of energy retrofitting strategies is a key way of reducing energy consumptions and greenhouse gas emission. In order to improve the energy performance of buildings, the European Union released the Energy Performance of Buildings and the Energy Efficiency Directives. The certificati...
Published in Energy Efficiency
Household energy consumption is a significant driver of greenhouse gas emissions associated with global climate change. Thus, identifying social and psychological determinants of household-level consumption warrants further study. Using nationally representative samples from Canada (N = 1220) and the USA (N = 1001), we examine the impact of three c...
Published in Energy Efficiency
The energy efficiency gap has been presented as a prevalent paradox in the literature as individuals and firms fail to invest money or effort in seemingly highly profitable efficiency improvements. This article contributes to answering which management tools promote the realization of economic energy savings. This article first provides a compariso...
Published in Energy Efficiency
The dynamic energy efficiencies of airlines are measured in this paper. Greenhouse gas emissions are selected as the undesirable output, and the dynamic factor is defined as fleet size. Weak-G disposability is considered to reflect the material balance principle. A new model, the Dynamic Range Adjusted Measure (RAM) with weak-G disposability, is bu...
Published in Energy Efficiency
This research aimed to improve the thermal performance of industrial cookstoves using natural gas in Metropolitan Lima to promote good use of energy and reduce the impacts of climate change. The methodology was to use an appropriate test bench under the international standards of fuel gases; the appropriate instrumentation was used to record the va...
Published in Energy Efficiency
Based on an analytical production frontier framework, this paper constructs a comprehensive assessment model of both technological progress and its factor bias. It then systematically analyzes both industrial green biased technological progress and the energy conservation and emission reduction effects it exerts in China from 2001 to 2015. The resu...
Published in Energy Efficiency
Increasing energy efficiency is a major way of saving energy and thus reducing energy expenses. However, adoption of energy efficiency is generally low, as demonstrated by the energy efficiency gap. To understand that gap, this paper analyses the factors that affect how the energy efficiency attribute is rated in investment in heating, ventilation ...
Published in Energy Efficiency
In this paper, we analyze the level of efficiency in the use of electricity in the European residential sector relying on a cross-sectional data set comprised of 1375 households located in Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland and observed in 2016. To do this, we estimate an electricity demand frontier function using a stochastic frontier approac...
