How to deal with the rebound effect? A policy-oriented approach

Energy Policy

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 114-125

  Font Vivanco, David ^a   Kemp, René ^b   van der Voet, Ester ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumption; Energy efficiency; Environmental policy; Europe; Rebound effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPE; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; POLICY DOCUMENTS; POLICY-ORIENTED; REBOUND EFFECT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING;

EUROPE;

EID: 84962802895     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.03.054     Document Type: Article

References (117)

1. Ürge-Vorsatz D., Tirado Herrero S. Building synergies between climate change mitigation and energy poverty alleviation. Energy Policy 2012, 49:83-90.
2. Alcott B. The sufficiency strategy: would rich-world frugality lower environmental impact?. Ecol. Econ. 2008, 64(4):770-786.
3. Alcott B. Impact caps: why population, affluence and technology strategies should be abandoned. J. Clean. Prod. 2010, 18(6):552-560.
4. Andersen M.S., Sprenger R.-U. Market-Based Instruments for Environmental Management: Politics and Institutions 2000, Edward Elgar Publishing Inc, Cheltenmham, United Kingdom.
5. Australian Government, 2014. ComLaw. http://[https://www.comlaw.gov.au/].
6. Ayres R.U., Simonis U.E. Industrial Metabolism: Restructuring For Sustainable Development 1994, United Nations University Press, Tokyo, Japan.
7. Ayres R.U., Warr B. Accounting for growth: the role of physical work. Struct. Chang. Econ. Dyn. 2005, 16:181-209.
8. Azevedo I.M. Consumer end-use energy efficiency and rebound effects. Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour. 2014, 39:393-418.
9. Belz F.-M., Peattie K. Sustainability Marketing: A Global Perspective 2009, Wiley, Chichester, United Kingdom.
10. van den Bergh J.C.J.M. Energy conservation more effective with rebound policy. Environ. Resour. Econ. 2011, 48(1):43-58.
11. Biermayr P., Schriefl E. Measures for Minimisation of Rebound-Effects Concerning Residential Building Renovation (MARESI), Wiener Zentrum für Energie. Umw. und Klima 2005.
12. Binswanger M. Technological progress and sustainable development: what about the rebound effect?. Ecol. Econ. 2001, 36:119-132.
13. Brekke, K.A., McNeill, D., 2003. Identity Signalling in Consumption: A Case for Provision of More Public Goods, World Development Report.
14. Brookes L. The greenhouse effect: the fallacies in the energy efficiency solution. Energy Policy 1990, 18:199-201.
15. CEC, 1996. Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on "The implications of the information society for European Union policies - preparing the next steps". COM(96) 395 final. Commission of the European Communities.
16. CEC, 2006. Commission staff working document. Accompanying document to the Communication from the Commission "Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential". Impact assessment. SEC(2006)1174. Comission of the European Communities.
17. Chandra A., Gulati S., Kandlikar M. Green drivers or free riders? An analysis of tax rebates for hybrid vehicles. J. Environ. Econ. Manag. 2010, 60:78-93.
18. Chitnis M., Sorrell S., Druckman A., Firth S.K., Jackson T. Turning lights into flights: estimating direct and indirect rebound effects for UK households. Energy Policy 2013, 55:234-250.
19. Chitnis M., Sorrell S., Druckman A., Firth S.K., Jackson T. Who rebounds most? Estimating direct and indirect rebound effects for different UK socioeconomic groups. Ecol. Econ. 2014, 106(0):12-32.
20. CSES, 2012. Evaluation of the Ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC). Final report. Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services.
21. D'Haultfœuille X., Givord P., Boutin X. The environmental effect of green taxation: the case of the French bonus/malus. Econ. J. 2014, 124:444-480.
22. Darby, S., 2006. The effectiveness of feedback on energy consumption. A Review for DEFRA of the Literature on Metering, Billing and direct Displays. Environmental Change Institute, University of Exford.
23. DCENR, 2014. National energy efficiency action plan 2014, Department of communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Government of Ireland.
24. Department of Energy and Climate Change, 2014. IAG spreadsheet tool for valuing changes in greenhouse gas emissions. http://[https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/360321/20141001_2014_toolkit_for_valuing_changes_in_greenhouse_gas_emissions.xls].
25. Druckman A., Chitnis M., Sorrell S., Jackson T. Missing carbon reductions? Exploring rebound and backfire effects in UK households. Energy Policy 2011, 39:3572-3581.
26. Durning, A., 2009. Cap and Trade 101. A Federal Climate Policy Primer. Sightline Institute, USA.
27. EC, 2009. Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on 'Enhancing energy efficiency policies and programmes by end users' (Own-initiative opinion). 2009/C 318/08., European Commission, Brussels.
28. EC, 2011a. Commission staff working document. Summary of the impact assessment accompanying document to the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions European Energy Efficiency Plan 2011, European Commission, Brussels.
29. EC, 2011b. Commission staff working paper. Impact assessment accompanying document to the White Paper Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area - Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system, European Commission, Brussels.
30. EC, 2012a. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. A Blueprint to Safeguard Europe's Water Resources., European Commission, Brussels.
31. EC, 2012b. Global Europe 2050, European Commission, Brussels.
32. EC, 2014a. Commission staff working document. Impact assessment accompanying the document Strategy for Reducing Heavy-Duty Vehicles Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions, European Commission, Brussels.
33. EC, 2014b. EUR-Lex , European Commission. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/.
34. Ecolabel Index, 2014. Ecolabel Index. http://www.ecolabelindex.com/.
35. EEA, 2013. Achieving energy efficiency through behaviour change: what does it take?, Technical report No 5/2013, European Environment Agency. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
36. Ehrlich P.R., Holdren J.P. Impact of Population Growth. Science 1971, 171:1212-1217.
37. Ellerman A.D., Buchner B.K. The European Union emissions trading scheme: origins, allocation, and early results. Rev. Environ. Econ. Policy 2007, 1:66-87.
38. Flachsland C., Brunner S., Edenhofer O., Creutzig F. Climate policies for road transport revisited (II): closing the policy gap with cap-and-trade. Energy Policy 2011, 39:2100-2110.
39. Font Vivanco D., van der Voet E. The rebound effect through industrial ecology's eyes: a review of LCA-based studies. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2014, 19:1933-1947.
40. Font Vivanco D., Kemp R., van der Voet E. The relativity of eco-innovation: environmental rebound effects from past transport innovations in Europe. J. Clean. Prod. 2015, 101:71-85.
41. Font Vivanco D., Freire-González J., van der Voet E., Kemp R. The remarkable environmental rebound effect of electric cars: a microeconomic approach. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48:12063-12072.
42. Font Vivanco D., Kemp R., van der Voet E., Heijungs R. Using LCA-based decomposition analysis to study the multidimensional contribution of technological innovation to environmental pressures. J. Ind. Ecol. 2014, 18:380-392.
43. Freire-González J., Puig Ventosa I. Energy efficiency policies and the Jevons paradox. Int. J. Energy Econ. Policy 5 2015, 69-79.
44. Gadema Z., Oglethorpe D. The use and usefulness of carbon labelling food: a policy perspective from a survey of UK supermarket shoppers. Food Policy 2011, 36:815-822.
45. Gillespie, E., 2009a. August 20. Hang up on air miles for old phones scheme, (Environment) (blog, The Guardian).
46. Gillespie, E., 2009b. April 6. Tesco's 'flights for lights' promotion - every little hurts, (Environment) (blog, The Guardian).
47. Gillingham, K., Rapson, D., Wagner, G., 2015. The rebound effect and energy efficiency policy, FEEM Working Paper No. 107, 2014.
48. Girod B., van Vuuren D.P., Hertwich E.G. Climate policy through changing consumption choices: options and obstacles for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Glob. Environ. Chang. 2014, 25:5-15.
49. Goedkoop M., Van Halen C., te Riele H., Rommens P. Product service systems, ecological and economic basics, ministry of housing, spatial planning and the environment. Commun. Dir. 1999.
50. Griskevicius V., Tybur J.M., Van den Bergh B. Going green to be seen: status, reputation, and conspicuous conservation. J. Pers. Social. Psychol. 2010, 98:392.
51. de Haan P., Mueller M.G., Peters A. Does the hybrid Toyota Prius lead to rebound effects? Analysis of size and number of cars previously owned by Swiss Prius buyers. Ecol. Econ. 2005, 58:592-605.
52. Hanimann R. Consumer Behaviour in Renewable Electricity: Can Identity Signaling Increase Demand for Renewable Electricity? 2013, Department of Earth Sciences. Uppsala University, Uppsala.
53. Hayden A., Shandra J.M. Hours of work and the ecological footprint of nations: an exploratory analysis. Local Environ. 2009, 14:575-600.
54. Heiskanen E., Jalas M. Can services lead to radical eco-efficiency improvements? - a review of the debate and evidence. Corp. Social. Responsib. Environ. Manag. 2003, 10:186-198.
55. Hempel L.C. Environmental Governance: The Global Challenge 1996, Island Press, USA.
56. Herring H., Roy R. Technological innovation, energy efficient design and the rebound effect. Technovation 2007, 27:194-203.
57. Herring H., Sorrell S. Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption: The Rebound Effect 2009, Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom.
58. Herring, H., 2011. Dealing with rebound effects, ECEEE Summer Study, Belambra Presqu'ile de Giens, France.
59. Hofstetter P., Madjar M., Ozawa T. Happiness and Sustainable Consumption: psychological and physical rebound effects at work in a tool for sustainable design. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2006, 11(1):105-115.
60. House L. Smart Meters and California: Overview and Status 2010, Water and Energy Consulting, California, USA.
61. Hovi J., Holtsmark B. Cap-and-trade or carbon taxes? The feasibility of enforcement and the effects of non-compliance. Int. Environ. Agreem. 2006, 6:137-155.
62. Hurth V. Creating sustainable identities: the significance of the financially affluent self. Sustain. Dev. 2010, 18:123-134.
63. IEA Energy Efficiency Policy and Carbon Pricing 2012, International Energy Agency, France.
64. IRGC, 2013. The Rebound Effect: Implications of Consumer Behaviour for Robust Energy Policies. International Risk Governance Council, Lausane, Switzerland.
65. Irrek W., Tholen L., Franke M. Task 3 report: outlook on the estimated GHG emisisons reductions 2010, European Commission, Contract 070307/2008/506876/SER/C5.
66. Jackson T. Sustainable consumption. Handbook of sustainable development 2014, Edwar Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, United Kingdom. G. Atkinson, S. Dietz, E. Neumayer, M. Agarwala (Eds.).
67. Jackson, T., 2005. Motivating sustainable consumption: a review of evidence on consumer behaviour and behavioural change: a report to the Sustainable Development Research Network. Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, United Kingdom.
68. Jenkins J., Nordhaus T., Shellenberger M. Energy Emergence: Rebound and Backfire as Emergent Phenomena 2011, Breakthrough Institute, USA.
69. Jevons, W.S., 1865. The Coal Question. An inquiry concerning the progress of the nation and the probable exhaustion of our coal-mines. Macmillan and co., Cambridge, United Kingdom.
70. Jorgenson D.W. The role of energy in productivity growth. Energy J. 1984, 5(3):11-26.
71. Kågeson, P., 2005. Reducing CO2 Emissions from new cars. A progress report on the car industry's voluntary agreement and an assessment of the need for policy instruments. European Federation for Transport and Environment. Brussels, Belgium.
72. Kampman, B., van Essen, H., Braat, W., Grünig, M., Kantamaneni, R., Gabel, E., 2011. Impact analysis for market uptake scenarios and policy implications. Report by CE Delft, ICF International, and Ecologic, The Netherlands.
73. Khazzoom J.D. Economic implications of mandated efficiency in standards for household appliances. Energy J. 1980, 1:21-40.
74. Kley, F., Wietschel, M., Dallinger, D., 2012. Evaluation of European electric vehicle support schemes. Paving the Road to Sustainable Transport. New York: Routledge, pp. 75-95.
75. Knight K.W., Rosa E.A., Schor J.B. Could working less reduce pressures on the environment? A cross-national panel analysis of OECD countries, 1970-2007. Glob. Environ. Chang. 2013, 23:691-700.
76. Kratena K., Meyer I., Wuger M. The role of technological and lifestyle changes versus carbon taxes in determining the energy demand of households. Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation, 2010, VIII. Oxford University Press, Oxford. C. Dias Soares, J. Milne, H. Ashiabor, K. Deketelaere (Eds.).
77. Leontief W. Environmental repercussions and the economic structure: an input-output approach. Rev. Econ. Stat. 1970, 262-271.
78. Levett R. Energy efficiency and sustainable consumption: the rebound effect. Rebound and Rational Public Policy-Making 2009, Palgrave Macmillan (St. Martin's Press), New York. H. Herring, S. Sorrell (Eds.).
79. Levy S.J. Symbols for sale. Harv. Bus. Rev. 1959, 37:117-124.
80. Manzini, E., Vezzoli, C., 2003. Product-service Systems and Sustainability: Opportunities for Solutions. UNEP, Division of Technology Industry and Economics, Production and Consumption Branch.
81. Martínez-Alier J., Pascual U., Vivien F.-D., Zaccai E. Sustainable de-growth: mapping the context, criticisms and future prospects of an emergent paradigm. Ecol. Econ. 2010, 69:1741-1747.
82. Maxwell, D., Owen, P., McAndrew, L., Muehmel, K., Neubauer, A., 2011. Addressing the rebound effect, a report for the European Commission DG Environment.
83. Mont O. Institutionalisation of sustainable consumption patterns based on shared use. Ecol. Econ. 2004, 50:135-153.
84. Mudgal S., Tinetti B., MArkandya A., Ricci E., Arigoni Ortiz R., Best A. A Study on the Costs and Benefits Associated with the use of Tax Incentives to Promote the Manufacturing of more and Better Energy-efficient Appliances and Equipment and the Consumer Purchasing of these Products 2008, Bio intelligence service, Ivry-sur-Seine, France.
85. Nørgaard J.S. Avoiding rebound through a steady-state economy. Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption: The Rebound Effect 2008, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, United Kingdom. H. Herring, S. Sorrell (Eds.).
86. Nørgaard, J.S., 2000. Danish Energy Saving Policy: The Past, the Present, and How It Should Be, Proceedings of the International UIE/EDP Conference: Electricity for a Sustainable Urban Development, Lisboa, Portugal.
87. Nilsson A., von Borgstede C., Biel A. Willingness to accept climate change strategies: the effect of values and norms. J. Environ. Psychol. 2004, 24:267-277.
88. Ouyang J., Long E., Hokao K. Rebound effect in Chinese household energy efficiency and solution for mitigating it. Energy 2010, 35:5269-5276.
89. Ozkan, M., 2011. Purchaser preferences on carbon labels: Conventional vs. organic milk. University of Arkansas, Ann Arbor.
90. Pearce D. The political economy of an energy tax: The United Kingdom's Climate Change Levy. Energy Econ. 2006, 28:149-158.
91. Princen T. The Logic of Sufficiency 2005, MIT Press, Cambridge, USA.
92. Roberts P.W., Greenwood R. Integrating transaction cost and institutional theories: toward a constrained-efficiency framework for understanding organizational design adoption. Acad. Manag. Rev. 1997, 22:346-373.
93. Rosnick D., Weisbrot M. Are shorter work hours good for the environment? A comparison of US and European energy consumption. Int. J. Health Serv. 2007, 37:405-417.
94. Santarius, T., 2012. Green Growth Unravelled. How rebound effects baffle sustainability targets when the economy keeps growing.
95. Saunders H.D. The Khazzoom-Brookes postulate and neoclassical growth. Energy J. 1992, 13(4):131-148.
96. Saunders H.D. A view from the macro side: rebound, backfire, and Khazzoom-Brookes. Energy Policy 2000, 28:439-449.
97. Saunders H.D. A calculator for energy consumption changes arising from new technologies. J. Econ. Anal. Policy 5(1) 2005, 1935(1682).
98. Saunders, H.D., 2011. Mitigating Rebound with Energy Taxes, The Selected Works of Harry D. Saunders. http://works.bepress.com/harry_saunders/28.
99. Schaefer, S., Wickert, C., 2015. The Efficiency Paradox in Organization and Management Theory, The 4th European Theory Development Workshop, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
100. Sirgy M.J. Self-concept in consumer behavior: a critical review. J. Consum. Res. 1982, 9(3):287-300.
101. Smil, V., 2003. Energy at the Crossroads. Global perspectives and Uncertainties, The MIT Press, USA.
102. Sorrell S. Jevons Paradox revisited: the evidence for backfire from improved energy efficiency. Energy Policy 2009, 37(4):1456-1469.
103. Sorrell S. Energy, Economic Growth and Environmental. Sustain.: Five Propos. Sustain. 2010, 2:1784-1809.
104. Sorrell S., Sijm J. Carbon trading in the policy mix. Oxf. Rev. Econ. Policy 2003, 19:420-437.
105. Sorrell, S., 2007. The rebound effect: an assessment of the evidence for economy-wide energy savings from improved energy efficiency. Project Report.
106. Sorrell, S., Dimitropoulos, J., 2007. UKERC review of Evidence for the Rebound Effect: Technical Report 5-Energy Productivity and Economic Growth Studies. UK Energy Research Centre, London.
107. Speck S. Design of carbon and broad-based energy taxes in European Countries, Vermont. J. Environ. Law 2008, 10:31-59.
108. Sterner T. Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management 2003, Resources for the Future, USA.
109. Suh S. Are Services Better for Climate Change?. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40:6555-6560.
110. Tischner U., Stø E., Kjærnes U., Tukker A. System Innovation for Sustainability 3: Case. Studies in Sustainable Consumption and Production-Food and Agriculture 2010, Greenleaf Publishing, United Kingdom.
111. Tischner, U., 2012. New business models for sustainable solutions, Sustainable Innovation 2012 Conference, The Centre for Sustainable Design, Bonn, Germany.
112. U.S. House of Representatives, 2014. United States Code. http://uscode.house.gov/.
113. UNEP, 2002. Sustainable consumption. A global status report, United Nations Environment Programme.
114. US, 2014. Rebound Effects, University of Sussex, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/impact/rebound.
115. Weidema B.P., Thrane M., Christensen P., Schmidt J., Løkke S. Carbon footprint. J. Ind. Ecol. 2008, 12:3-6.
116. Williams B. Intelligent Transport Systems Standards 2008, Artech House, USA.
117. Wright A., Formby J., Holmes S. A Review of the Energy Efficiency and Other Benefits of Advanced Utility Metering 2000, AEA Technology, United Kingdom.