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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Energy efficiency investments"”.
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Energy efficiency investments in residential buildings: Does personality matter?
In recent years, energy efficiency in the built environment has been attracting considerable interest to mitigate energy consumption. A number of scientific studies indicate that rising air pollution, decreasing biodiversity, ocean acidification and other adverse effects on humans and the …
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A szabályozó eszközök rengetegében. A villamosenergia-szektor piaci kudarcait kezelő szabályozó eszközök egymásra hatásának vizsgálata = In the jungle of regulatory instruments. Analysis of the interaction of regulatory instruments dealing with the market failures of the electricity sector
… externalities, market failures related to energy efficiency investments, and negative externality of carbon-dioxide emission. A number of regulatory instruments are available to manage these market failures. These include the excise tax imposed on more polluting technologies, support to …
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Global warming, energy efficiency and the role of the built environment
… the relationships between the Buildings Sector, energy efficiency and global warming. Through a qualitative analysis the author illustrates the connection between these three areas and shows how both energy efficiency, as a key policy measure, and the Buildings Sector, as the key recipient of …
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Equitable energy for Massachusetts : how can climate policy reduce inequality?
… The state's annual $730 million of investment in energy efficiency is governed by the Green Communities Act, which emphasizes cost-savings for consumers rather than environmental benefits or social equity. The state's Global Warming Solutions Act does impose a legal obligation to reduce greenhouse …
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Crossing the Energy Efficiency Chasm: An Assessment of the Barriers to Institutional Investment at Scale
… of building retrofits and installations of energy efficient plant such as biomass boilers or CCHPs must be the aim if the UK is serious in meeting its commitment to CO2 reduction at both the domestic and EU level. A way of achieving this increase, which will need to be significant, would be …