Rebound Effect in Home Heating - A Guide for Policymakers and Practitioners

This is a definitive guide to the rebound effect in home heating - the increase in energy service use after a technological intervention aimed at reducing consumption. It sets out what the effect is, how it plays out in the home heating sector, what this implies for energy saving initiatives in this sector, and how it relates to rebound effects in other sectors.

List of contents

Preface 1. The rebound effect and domestic heating 2. What causes the rebound effect in home heating? 3. The Prebound Effect 4. Methods for estimating the rebound effect in domestic energy consumption 5 Rebound effects in low energy dwellings and passive houses 6. Fuel poverty and the rebound effect 7. Rebound Effects in Non-Residential Buildings 8. Conclusions, insights and recommendations

About the author

Ray Galvin has an interdisciplinary background, including engineering, social science and policy studies. He works with the Engineering and Architecture Departments at the University of Cambridge, UK, and the Business and Economics Faculty at RWTH-Aachen University, Germany. His main research interest in recent years has been energy efficiency upgrades of existing homes, focusing mostly on Germany and the UK, but also on Europe more widely. He has published extensively on economic, social, technical and policy issues with regard to domestic energy consumption. His empirical and theoretical work includes research on the rebound effect in both buildings and transport.

Summary

This is a definitive guide to the rebound effect in home heating – the increase in energy service use after a technological intervention aimed at reducing consumption. It sets out what the effect is, how it plays out in the home heating sector, what this implies for energy saving initiatives in this sector, and how it relates to rebound effects in other sectors.

Product details

• Authors: Ray Galvin, Ray (University of Cambridge Galvin, Galvin Ray
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.06.2015
• EAN: 9781138788343
• ISBN: 978-1-138-78834-3
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: BRI Research Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Climate Change, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Energy Efficiency, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Building construction & materials, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, Building construction and materials, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design