Estimating broad-brush rebound effects for household energy consumption in the EU 28 countries and Norway: Some policy implications of Odyssee data

Energy Policy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 323-332

  Galvin, Ray ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EU energy policy; Household energy consumption; Household energy efficiency; Rebound effect

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

DOMESTIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EU ENERGY POLICIES; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY EFFICIENCIES; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; REBOUND EFFECT; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

DATABASE; ECONOMETRICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; EUROPEAN UNION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; OECD; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

GERMANY; NORWAY;

EID: 84905383889     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.02.033     Document Type: Article

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