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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"rebound effect"”.
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Computation of economic rebound effect in different sectors of the U.S. economy
Economic rebound effect is the phenomenon in which price reduction in products and services, induced by energy efficiency increase will cause more consumption leading to an "eat away" of the potential decreases in energy usage. Several researchers have expressed their views on the existence of the …
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The technology-evoked time use rebound effect and its impact on consumer behaviour in tourism.
… energy demand, the phenomenon known as the rebound effect (RE). Time savings from time efficiency technologies can similarly intensify energy consumption, leading to the so- called time use rebound effect (TRE). Efficiency improvement technologies have been employed in tourist transport to …
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Behavioral responses and policy evaluation: Revisiting water and fuel policies
… and fuel consumption. I assess their cost-effectiveness by modeling and quantifying the behavioral responses of farmers and households.</p> <p>My first essay focuses on decreasing groundwater depletion through increasing irrigation efficiency in Mexico. I quantify the impacts of different …
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Three essays on energy economics: Policy options and evaluation
My dissertation evaluates the effectiveness of energy policies designed to mitigate emissions from energy production and to promote renewable energy. It also explains key factors that determine both the magnitude and the direction of each policy's effects on various economic and environmental …
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An investigation of carbon footprint reductions achievable in Cape Town social housing considering rebound effects
… These conclusions, however, do not take the rebound effect into account, where money saved from spending less on electricity or transport, is spent eventually, either on more electricity and transport, or on other goods and services with an associated carbon footprint.
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The role of technical improvements in decarbonising passenger transport
… in 2008/09 is found to have had little effect at stimulating the rate of real technical efficiency improvements in British vehicles. If efficiency improvements stimulate drivers to travel more, due to lower running costs, potential emissions reductions from technical improvements may be …
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Effective implementation of energy efficiency in the South African residential sector
… protecting the environment and using resources effectively. In light of the recent blackouts, South Africa has stepped up its energy efficiency initiatives in order to delay the need for new generation capacity, but human behavioural responses often tend to offset the beneficial effects of such …
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The Climate Emergency and the Need for Global Climate Stabilization: The Role of Energy Efficiency in Climate Policy
… greenhouse gas emissions. Economists debate the effectiveness of energy efficiency policies due differing perspectives regarding the relationship between energy use and economic growth. Because of this fundamental disagreement, economists often come to different conclusions as to whether energy …
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Essays in applied economic theory
… play a role. The second chapter studies the rebound effect, or the increased use of energy services following an increase in the efficiency of that service. This effect is widely studied in the literature, but it usually only considered in a single-service environment. Such a framework …
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Machine-Learning based Ship Traffic Prediction in the Suez Canal
… within the AIS data indicate that despite the effects of Covid-19 in 2020, there is an increase in traffic in subsequent years especially in 2022 due to a rebound effect.
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Using Stranded Assets Analysis to Inform Distributed Incremental System Design
… and game theory approaches. The hypothesized rebound effect---where an action that looks favorable to local mangers, once inputted into the network, might actual hurt the outcome for the injecting manager---was shown. Altogether, this study has highlighted the need for local manages to broaden …
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Essays on Waste Generation
… (DiD) approach, complemented by two-way fixed effects models and household survey data, it provides empirical evidence for the existence of the circular economy rebound effect. The analysis reveals that the bag-based curbside system had no significant effect on total or mixed waste, and …
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Modeling the Food-Water Nexus: A Spatio-temporal Accounting of Agricultural Land and Water Use in the United States
… water management, explicitly accounting for the rebound effect i.e. the reinvestment of saved water into expanded cultivation. Using AquaCrop-OS simulations, we quantified the water savings achievable through the adoption of high-efficiency irrigation technologies (sprinkler and drip) and organic …
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Elastic Lateral Torsional Buckling of Beams Strengthened with Cover Plates while under Loading
… design loads make it essential to develop effective techniques for strengthening and rehabilitating existing structures, to enhance their resistance. An effective method for strengthening existing steel I-beams is to weld either one or two cover plates to the flange(s). In many cases, it is …
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Transformation in US Agriculture: Insights from Energy Price Shocks, Ecosystem Service Enhancements, and Renewable Energy Developments
… but falling prices. The study also evaluates the effects of increased ethanol demand. In the highest-demand scenario (increasing the blend wall, the allowable proportion of ethanol that can be added to gasoline, to 20 percent and quadrupling exports), corn production jumps by 44.8 percent, and …
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Data-driven customer energy behavior characterization for distributed energy management
… demand reduction for DR. Furthermore, the rebound effect problem (creating undesired peak demand after a DR event) was studied, and it was shown that the proposed approach has the potential of identifying a subset of consumers (~5%-40% with specific loads like AC and electric vehicle) who …
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A Guideline for Establishing Local Energy-Efficiency Programs in Virginia
… regional and national savings. By employing cost-effective investments in building efficiency, we could reduce the cumulative energy use of America's housing stock by twenty-eight percent, save Americans $41 billion annually, abate 360 megatons of CO-2 (Choi Granade, et.al., 2009), and meet fifty …
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The economics of climate change and the change of climate in economics: the implications for climate policy of adopting an evolutionary perspective
… to the conclusion that the globally averaged net effect of human activities since 1750 has been one of warming (IPCC 2007, p. 5) and that continued greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming (IPCC, 2007 p. 13). This unequivocal link between climate change and …