Rebound effect in Chinese household energy efficiency and solution for mitigating it

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5269-5276

  Ouyang, Jinlong ^a   Long, Enshen ^a   Hokao, Kazunori ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Energy prices; Household lifestyle; Negative influence; Rebound effect; Renewable

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CONSUMER BEHAVIORS; ENERGY PRICES; HOUSEHOLD LIFESTYLE; NEGATIVE INFLUENCE; REBOUND EFFECT; RENEWABLE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; LIFESTYLE; MOMENTUM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

CHINA;

EID: 78649826436     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.07.038     Document Type: Article

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