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Managing renewable energy resources using equity-market risk tools - the efficient frontiers 利用股票市场风险工具管理可再生能源——高效前沿

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Energy Efficiency Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1007/s12053-025-10350-0

Divya Vikas Tekani, Jim Shi, Haim Grebel

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Antecedents of electricity saving intentions and behaviour of generation Y and Z of India – a combined use of structural equation modeling and necessary condition analysis 印度Y代和Z代的节电意图和行为的前因后果——结构方程模型和必要条件分析的结合使用

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Energy Efficiency Pub Date : 2025-07-04 DOI: 10.1007/s12053-025-10349-7

Rajesh Gangakhedkar, Mohsin Khan

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Procuring local net zero investment: A UK case study 获得本地净零投资：一个英国案例研究。

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Energy Efficiency Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1007/s12053-025-10346-w

Colin Nolden, Sean Fox, Emilia Melville, Katherine Sugar, Tedd Moya Mose, Caroline Bird, Jack Nicholls

{"title":"Procuring local net zero investment: A UK case study","authors":"Colin Nolden, Sean Fox, Emilia Melville, Katherine Sugar, Tedd Moya Mose, Caroline Bird, Jack Nicholls","doi":"10.1007/s12053-025-10346-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12053-025-10346-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Following over a decade and a half of austerity measures, and with costs of delivering statutory duties soaring, UK local authorities’ resources and capabilities to deliver net zero are diminishing. Decarbonisation funding provided by central government, meanwhile, is awarded competitively. To secure long-term, place-based net zero investments under these unfavourable circumstances, UK local authorities are increasingly turning to public procurement. A prominent example is Bristol City Leap, a Joint Venture Company procured by Bristol City Council between 2018 and 2022 to deliver around £1bn of investment in energy infrastructure and service delivery over 20 years through a concession agreement. Drawing on workshops and interviews with key stakeholders and experts, this paper examines the risks and opportunities of procurement and early-stage delivery of this public–private-partnership model. Using insights from transaction cost economics, it finds that this agreement has significantly increased net zero investment in return for increased risk and transaction costs. To ensure successful, just, and equitable delivery of promised place-based net zero investments, significant procurement capabilities, careful due diligence procedures, continuing institutional oversight, and independent measurement and verification are required.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":537,"journal":{"name":"Energy Efficiency","volume":"18 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12213993/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144558692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Policy recommendations to accelerate the replacement of inef-ficient electric motors in the EU 在欧盟加速更换低效率电动机的政策建议

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Energy Efficiency Pub Date : 2025-06-17 DOI: 10.1007/s12053-025-10338-w

João Fong, Bruno de Wachter, Ivan Sangiorgio, Nikos Ntaras, Maria Zarkadoula, Anibal T. de Almeida

{"title":"Policy recommendations to accelerate the replacement of inef-ficient electric motors in the EU","authors":"João Fong, Bruno de Wachter, Ivan Sangiorgio, Nikos Ntaras, Maria Zarkadoula, Anibal T. de Almeida","doi":"10.1007/s12053-025-10338-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12053-025-10338-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Electric motors service longer than is generally assumed, resulting in large numbers of inefficient motors remaining in service. Replacing them faster would free up additional energy savings – a contribution not to be overlooked in view of the energy efficiency objectives set out at COP28. The savings potential is even greater if the entire motor system is optimized at the same time. The EU-funded initiative EU-MORE conducted a review of current policy measures stimulating motor replacement in EU Member States, on the basis of publicly available data sources and with the help of national experts. The identified measures were analysed for their approach, impact, and the lessons learned. The review revealed that support measures of a financial nature formed the large majority, while it is questionable whether these are still the most effective in times of high electricity prices. The lack of insight into the benefits of motor replacement is much less addressed. A significant proportion of the identified measures address industrial energy efficiency in general, often without mentioning motor replacement as an eligible measure. Only a few countries have developed policy instruments specifically promoting a system approach to motor replacement. The review is followed by recommendations aiming to tackle these shortcomings and build on the success factors of existing policies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":537,"journal":{"name":"Energy Efficiency","volume":"18 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12053-025-10338-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145166595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring sustainability potential of integrated modeling approach for a residential building in composite climate of India: A case study 探索印度复合气候下住宅建筑综合建模方法的可持续性潜力：一个案例研究

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Energy Efficiency Pub Date : 2025-06-16 DOI: 10.1007/s12053-025-10339-9

Shubham Kumar Verma, Navin Gupta, Sanjeev Anand, Yatheshth Anand

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A contemporary review of approaches to assess demand-side flexibility 对评估需求侧灵活性的方法的当代回顾

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Energy Efficiency Pub Date : 2025-06-12 DOI: 10.1007/s12053-025-10333-1

Mohammad Musa Mohammadi, Mahmoud Reza Haghifam, Sayyed Majid Miri Larimi

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Goal setting and signposting in a rasch-based recommender system to promote household energy conservation 以rasch为基础的推荐系统设定目标及指引，促进家庭节能

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Energy Efficiency Pub Date : 2025-06-07 DOI: 10.1007/s12053-025-10332-2

Aleid S. Oonk, Alain D. Starke, Martijn C. Willemsen

{"title":"Goal setting and signposting in a rasch-based recommender system to promote household energy conservation","authors":"Aleid S. Oonk, Alain D. Starke, Martijn C. Willemsen","doi":"10.1007/s12053-025-10332-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12053-025-10332-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recent studies have used algorithm tailoring on digital platforms to provide household energy-saving advice. Such ‘recommender systems’ have successfully used the psychometric Rasch model as an advice algorithm, matching energy-saving measures in terms of their difficulty to consumers’ ability levels. While these previous studies indicated positive user experiences, tailored advice did not lead to higher savings overall; not even when also using persuasive nudges, such as displaying social norm percentages in the system. One possible reason for these results was that the system was used exploratively, allowing users to pick energy measures as they liked without tapping into goal setting or value-based motivational frames (e.g., signposts). In this study, 202 participants used and evaluated our ‘Saving Aid’ Rasch recommender system, choosing energy-saving measures they would like to perform at home. Through a 3 × 2-between subject design, we examined whether guided goal setting and signposts (kWh/Euro/CO2) affected user experience and energy savings. Following the signpost literature, we examined the moderation of these effects by user values, such as environmental concern (New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) score). A structural equation model analysis revealed that goal setting did not affect outcome variables, while signpost framing had varying effects, although these were not in line with prior expectations. Still, the overall system remains promising, with users achieving a 316 kWh yearly savings with the chosen recommendations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":537,"journal":{"name":"Energy Efficiency","volume":"18 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12053-025-10332-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145162946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Class topper optimizer for cost-efficient smart grid operation under renewable energy uncertainties 可再生能源不确定条件下智能电网运行成本效益的顶层优化器

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Energy Efficiency Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1007/s12053-025-10336-y

Chitrangada Roy, Dushmanta Kumar Das

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Impact of building regulations on energy efficiency: Evidence from energy use in Swedish multi-apartment buildings 建筑法规对能源效率的影响：来自瑞典多公寓建筑能源使用的证据

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Energy Efficiency Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1007/s12053-025-10334-0

Xiaoying Li

{"title":"Impact of building regulations on energy efficiency: Evidence from energy use in Swedish multi-apartment buildings","authors":"Xiaoying Li","doi":"10.1007/s12053-025-10334-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12053-025-10334-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Building codes currently regulate energy efficiency in newly constructed buildings in Sweden. Alongside energy declarations, performance-based regulation specifying specific energy use requirements was introduced in Sweden in 2006. The requirements have been subsequently tightened to enhance energy performance. This study estimates the impact of these requirements on energy savings in Swedish multi-apartment buildings, relying on specific energy use data from energy performance certificates (EPCs). An estimated time trend indicates greater energy efficiency at a rate of 1.57% per year for buildings with district heating and 1.09% per year for electrically heated buildings. After accounting for this trend, the results indicate that the implementation of performance-based regulation is associated with a 14.2% increase in energy efficiency for buildings with district heating and a 9.7% increase for those with electric heating. Moreover, the first tightened building codes generates an additional 2% increases in energy efficiency for district-heated buildings and an approximately 7.4% improvement for electrically heated buildings. However, there is no evidence to suggest that the second tightening of building codes have strong effects on further increasing energy efficiency. Furthermore, the effect of building codes is more substantial for buildings where actual energy use exceeds the mandated levels and modest for buildings with better energy performance. Alternatively, when studying the time trend of energy efficiency, I find a structural break with a significantly greater increase in efficiency over time during the period of regulation compared to before. In addition, findings in this study indicate evidence of the energy performance gap, where the estimated energy use from engineering models is substantially lower than the measured energy use for comparable construction.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":537,"journal":{"name":"Energy Efficiency","volume":"18 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12053-025-10334-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145170708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Beyond energy savings: comfort and health effects of white goods schemes 除了节能：白色家电计划的舒适和健康影响

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Energy Efficiency Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1007/s12053-025-10329-x

Arianne J. van der Wal, Queena K. Qian, Elham Maghsoudi Nia , Joris Hoekstra

{"title":"Beyond energy savings: comfort and health effects of white goods schemes","authors":"Arianne J. van der Wal, Queena K. Qian, Elham Maghsoudi Nia , Joris Hoekstra","doi":"10.1007/s12053-025-10329-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12053-025-10329-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The energy crisis, that began in 2021 has exacerbated energy poverty throughout Europe. Households with lower incomes, higher energy requirements, and less efficient homes and appliances are disproportionately affected by this crisis. These households often lack the financial capacity to upgrade outdated and inefficient appliances, such as refrigerators and washing machines. This then leads to increased energy costs or necessitates cutbacks in other energy uses such as heating, which in turn diminishes their residential comfort. In response to this issue, the Dutch government has implemented various strategies to mitigate energy poverty, including the 'White Goods Scheme'. The term ‘White Goods Schemes’ usually refers to a governmental initiative that offers financial incentives or assistance to consumers to encourage the purchase of new, energy-efficient household appliances. Despite such initiatives, there is hardly any research evaluating their effectiveness. This study examined the impact of the 'White Goods Scheme' in two regions of the Netherlands, by means of a questionnaire among residents (N = 541), comparing households that have made use of a white goods scheme (intervention group; N = 310) with households that have not yet made use of a white goods scheme (control group; N = 231). The findings show that the white goods schemes have the potential to improve residential comfort conditions, enhance physical health and reduce energy costs and financial concerns, yield better mental health. Yet, the causal mechanisms behind these connections need to be further scrutinised. While the scheme has demonstrated positive outcomes in terms of comfort, financial well-being and health, it is suggested that combining improvements like shallow retrofits and appliance schemes with other local support initiatives like energy advice is essential to address energy poverty, effectively.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":537,"journal":{"name":"Energy Efficiency","volume":"18 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12053-025-10329-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144108419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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