There are typically costs of adoption that are not included in simple cost-effectiveness energy calculations. It is by no means costless to learn how a technological improvement fits into a home or firm or to learn about reliable suppliers. Even after basic information about a technology has been disseminated, the purchase price of a new product is only a lower bound on its adoption cost. (more…)
Beginning at the end of the technological change process, research has consistently shown that diffusion of new, economically ...
Energy performance ratings tell what the energy performance of a building is, but if the energy performance of a building is to be ...
Did you know that the average American household uses around 10,000 kWh of electricity per year? This amount would be lessened ...
You’re paying a lot more for energy of all kinds these days—oil, gas, and electricity cost double (and in some cases, nearly tr ...
The average homeowner can use these home energy saving tips and conservation ideas to improve the overall energy efficiency of thei ...
Energy efficiency is defined here to mean energy services provided per unit of energy input (for example, gallons of water heated to a specified temperature per British thermal units of natural gas input). Within this framework, energy efficiency is conceived primarily at the disaggregated, product level, rather than at a more aggregated sectoral level. (more…)
Cost–benefit analysis (CBA), also known as benefit–cost analysis, is rooted in applied welfare economics. It is a way of organizing ...
Statistics on national production levels and indicators of environmental pressure have been collected during the past few decad ...
Another possible non-market-failure explanation for the energy efficiency gap is associated with the fact that even if a given tech ...
Recently, attention to energy efficiency has been gaining momentum. The attention given by policy maker is mainly due to concer ...
Not surprisingly, most Energy Research and Development takes place in industrialized countries where both the public and private se ...
The convention aims not only at stabilizing CO2 emissions in developed countries but also at ultimately reducing man-made CO2 emissions globally so as to stabilize the global climate. Environmental degradation cannot be singled out as an independent matter among various global issues. (more…)
Biomass has been a main energy sources in the world since the beginning of civilization. It has been important in development p ...
Over the last decade, the number of countries researching the potential of biomass and bioenergy for energy services rose rapid ...
Renewable energy sources cannot run out and causes so little damage to the environment that its use does not need to be restric ...
Estimation of the future technical potential of biomass as an energy source is dependent on assumptions with respect to land av ...
Climate change caused by the enhanced greenhouse effect is one of the most significant global environmental issues. Increased emiss ...
