Sustainable Energy Consumption in Residential Buildings

As the residential buildings sector accounts for around 30 percent of the final energy demand in Germany, this sector is increasingly becoming the focus of public attention with regard to climate change. In this book, decisions on energy consumption by private households are examined. The analyses are based on several empirical methods. The results show that the road to more sustainable energy consumption in residential buildings is not hampered by a lack of will on behalf of the consumers. However one should be realistic that there are many instances where improving thermal institution involves additional economic costs for individual households.

List of contents

Introduction and Theoretical Framework.- Analysis of Existing Data: Determinants for the Adoption of Energy-Efficient Household Appliances in Germany.- Results of the SECO@Home Household Survey and Discrete Choice Analysis.- Firm Strategies and Political Instruments.- Impacts of the Instruments.- Home Heating, Technology and Gender: A Qualitative Analysis.

Summary

As the residential buildings sector accounts for around 30 percent of the final energy demand in Germany, this sector is increasingly becoming the focus of public attention with regard to climate change. In this book, decisions on energy consumption by private households are examined. The analyses are based on several empirical methods. The results show that the road to more sustainable energy consumption in residential buildings is not hampered by a lack of will on behalf of the consumers. However one should be realistic that there are many instances where improving thermal institution involves additional economic costs for individual households.

Product details

• Assisted by: Bettin Brohmann (Editor), Bettina Brohmann (Editor), Julia Nentwich (Editor), Julia Nentwich et al (Editor), Klaus Rennings (Editor), Joachim Schleich (Editor), Thure Traber (Editor), Rolf Wüstenhagen (Editor)
• Publisher: Physica-Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9783790829464
• ISBN: 978-3-7908-2946-4
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 15 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 427 g
• Illustrations: X, 266 p.
• Series: ZEW Economic Studies; ZEW Economic Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; B, Sociology, Society, Society & social sciences, Economic Policy, Psychology, Social Sciences, Environmental Economics, Economics and Finance, Behavioral Sciences and Psychology, Social Sciences, general, Sociology, general, Political Economy, Psychology, general, Management science