What Impedes Household Investment in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

IF 1.2 Q3 ECONOMICS

International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics Pub Date : 2015-05-21 DOI:10.1787/5JS1J15G2F8N-EN

Nadia Ameli, N. Brandt

引用次数: 34

Abstract

Energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies provide important opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, households fail to take up many clean energy investments that are cost-effective. This paper reviews different explanations for apparent underinvestment in energy efficiency that have been put forward in the literature. While investments in renewable energy technologies are typically not (yet) profitable, many of its drivers are similar to those that determine energy efficiency investments, and the two types of investment are therefore assessed jointly. The paper also provides new evidence regarding barriers to investment in energy efficiency based on the OECD Survey on Household Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes. Finally, policy solutions that would help overcome some of these barriers are also presented.

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是什么阻碍了家庭对能源效率和可再生能源的投资

能源效率和可再生能源技术为减少温室气体排放提供了重要机会。然而，家庭没有采取许多具有成本效益的清洁能源投资。本文回顾了文献中对能源效率明显投资不足的不同解释。虽然对可再生能源技术的投资通常(尚未)有利可图，但其许多驱动因素与决定能源效率投资的驱动因素相似，因此这两种类型的投资被联合评估。本文还根据经合组织家庭环境行为和态度调查提供了有关能源效率投资障碍的新证据。最后，还提出了有助于克服其中一些障碍的政策解决办法。

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International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics ECONOMICS-

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期刊介绍： Environmental and resource economics has become a broad topic making connections with many other subdisciplines in economics as well as the natural and physical sciences. It has also experience a significant growth in research such that the literature is exploding in terms of the number of topics addressed, the number of methodological approaches being applied and the sheer number of articles being written. Coupled with the high degree of specialization that characterizes modern academic research, this proliferation of topics and methodologies makes it impossible for anyone, even those who specialize in the subject, to keep up with developments in the field.