scholarly journals Motivations behind individuals’ energy efficiency investments and daily energy-saving behavior: The case of China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. K. Perret ◽  
V. Udalov ◽  
N. Fabisch
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
China Policy ◽  
Beijing Area ◽  
Daily Energy ◽  
Sociocultural Background ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe impact of environmental motivations on the individual’s decisions regarding investments in energy efficiency and the adoption of energy-saving habits are analyzed for a representative sample of Chinese inhabitants from the larger Beijing area, replicating a comparative study on Western Europe. For the considered type of energy efficiency investments and daily energy-saving activities similarities and discrepancies between the two regions are discussed in regard to their sociocultural background as well as governmental regulations. The study provides empirical evidence that for Chinese environmental issues if all only play a tertiary role after monetary and regulatory incentives. The findings could suggest that in China policy programs aimed at raising environmental awareness and forming pro-environmental motivations might not lead to an increase in energy efficiency investments and daily energy-saving activities and the Chinese government’s interests in this regard might be better served by implementing corresponding incentives via regulations. In the long-term. However, social peer pressure might affect a change in the Chinese mentality.

scholarly journals The 1949 sterling crisis and British policy towards European integration

1985 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Newton
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
The United States ◽  
Marshall Plan ◽  
Public Records ◽  
The Public ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Impact

Most commentators on the 1949 sterling crisis have viewed it as an episode with implications merely for the management of the British economy. This paper, based on the public records now available, discusses the impact of the crisis on British economic foreign policy. In particular it suggests that the crisis revealed deep Anglo-American differences, centring on the nature of the Marshall Plan, on the international value of the sterling area, and on the proper relationship between the United Kingdom and Western Europe, Ultimately the British succeeded in resolving these disagreements: but this triumph ironically implied both the defeat of British aims in post-war European reconstruction and a long term delusion that great power status could be maintained on the basis of a special relationship-with the United States.

scholarly journals Strategy Context of Decision Making for Improved Energy Efficiency in Industrial Energy Systems

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Melnik ◽  
Kirill Ermolaev
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Energy Management ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Efficiency Improvement ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Energy Efficiency Improvement ◽  
The Impact

Energy efficiency improvement in industrial companies is an essential prerequisite for the enhancement of their competitive positions in the national and global markets. Yet, the approaches currently employed in respect of the energy management do not fully utilize the innovative potential of energy technologies to achieve strategic goals. One way to further develop energy management is theoretical justification of the use of new approaches based on the suggested concept of the energy saving and energy efficiency processes’ positioning in the system of a company’s management priorities. In this article, we consider the applied use of the developed conceptual approach from the perspective of the energy saving and energy efficiency program development at the company. The main purpose of this paper is to justify the relations between energy management and strategic decision making in industrial companies. The results of the research conducted, firstly, make a certain contribution into the research of strategic multiple benefits of energy efficiency in a company; secondly, they expand understanding of the impact of energy saving and energy efficiency improvement on the achievement of operational, tactical and strategic results of the company’s activities; thirdly, they provide methodological decision support for the development of energy saving and energy efficiency programs taking into account the management and organizational barriers.

scholarly journals Economic internationalization and the decline of the left–right dimension

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-49
Author(s):  
Emiliano Grossman ◽  
Nicolas Sauger
Keyword(s):  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Economic Openness ◽  
Foreign Investments ◽  
Economic Exchanges ◽  
European Election ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the continuing importance of the left–right dimension for voting behavior in Western Europe. We test the extent to which economic internationalization may affect the capacity of this dimension to structure party preferences. We explore two dimensions of internationalization, long-term openness and short-term changes, assessing, respectively, the impact of international trade and foreign investments on voters’ preference formation. To study the influence of changing context, we use four waves of the European Election Study (1999, 2004, 2009, and 2014). We show that openness to international economic exchanges tends to weaken the left–right cleavage. At the same time, long-term economic openness appears to soften the impact of short-term shocks for the relevance of left–right politics.

scholarly journals Consumers' Response to State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Programs

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Houde ◽  
Joseph E. Aldy
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
State Energy ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Term Energy ◽  
The Impact

Through an evaluation of the 2009 Recovery Act's State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program, this paper examines consumers' response to energy efficiency rebates. The analysis shows that 70 percent of consumers claiming a rebate were inframarginal and an additional 15 percent–20 percent of consumers simply delayed their purchases by a few weeks. Consumers responded to rebates by upgrading to higher quality, but less energy-efficient models. Overall the impact of the program on long-term energy demand is likely to be small. Measures of government expenditure per unit of energy saved are an order of magnitude higher than estimates for other energy efficiency programs. (JEL D12, H31, H71, Q48)

scholarly journals Global Value Chain: The Effects of Trade Mechanism on Energy Efficiency using Simultaneous Equation: Evidence from Asian Countries within Belt and Road

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Mensah Patience Acquah ◽  
Mandella Osei Assibey Bonsu ◽  
Rosemond Atampokah
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Simultaneous Equation ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Heterogeneous Effects ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Impact

Long-term economic development is thought to necessitate the use of energy. To sustain steady economic growth, economies have increased their dependence on energy sources, tightened restrictions, and put pressure on energy supplies. Our paper employed simultaneous equations with GMM and SBM model to examine the impact of trade mechanism on energy efficiency of Asian countries within the Belt and Road Countries. We find significant increase in energy efficiency. After controlling the heterogeneous effects, the magnitude impact of the coefficient was noticeably which approves that the heterogeneity of countries and years influence the empirical findings of the model. Further, we find and validates that trade in the GVC mechanism helps to promote energy efficiency. Energy efficiency could be greatly promoted by emphasizing its significance in the age of GVC. Several policy recommendations support the findings

scholarly journals Influence Mechanism of Energy Efficiency Label on Consumers’ Purchasing Behavior of Energy-Saving Household Appliances

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo Si-dai ◽  
Lu Cheng-Peng ◽  
Li Hang ◽  
Zhu Ning
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Purchasing Behavior ◽  
Household Appliances ◽  
The Impact

Mandatory energy efficiency label is an effective way to change consumers’ consumption habits and guide them to buy energy-saving appliances. However, few studies concerned about the impact of energy efficiency label on consumers’ purchasing behavior. Based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), social cognitive theory and signaling theory, this paper constructs a theoretical model of the effect of the energy label on consumers’ purchasing behavior of energy-saving household appliances. The survey data of 396 household appliance consumers in Mianyang City, China, are collected by the interception method, and the theoretical model is tested by structural equation modeling (SEM). Empirical results of this study indicate that consumers’ cognition and perceived value of energy efficiency label significantly affect label trust. Perceived value has a significant impact on consumers’ purchasing behavior of energy-saving appliances, while label cognition and label trust indirectly influence consumers’ purchasing behavior through the intermediary variable of purchase intention. External environmental factors such as publicity and education as well as subjective norms affect consumers’ actual purchasing behavior through the intermediary effect of purchase intention. This study provides important insights into the policy intervention measures to promote consumers’ purchasing behavior of energy-saving appliances.

scholarly journals Economic-Engineering Modelling of the Buildings Sector to Study the Transition towards Deep Decarbonisation in the EU

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 2745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fotiou ◽  
Vita ◽  
Capros
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Electric Heating ◽  
Heat Pumps ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The paper presents a newly developed economic-engineering model of the buildings sector and its implementation for all the European Union (EU) Member States (MS), designed to study in detail ambitious energy efficiency strategies and policies, in the context of deep decarbonisation in the long term. The model has been used to support the impact assessment study that accompanied the European Commission’s communication “A Clear Planet for All”, in November 2018. The model covers all EU countries with a fine resolution of building types, and represents agent decision-making in a complex and dynamic economic-engineering mathematical framework. Emphasis is given to behaviours driving the energy renovation of buildings and the ensuing choice of equipment for heating and cooling. The model represents several market and non-market policies that can influence energy decisions in buildings and promote deep energy renovation. Moreover, the paper presents key applications for supporting policies targeting ambitious reduction of energy consumption and carbon emissions in buildings across Europe. The results illustrate that the achievement of ambitious energy-efficiency targets in the long-term heavily depends on pursuing a fast and extensive renovation of existing buildings, at annual rates between 1.21% and 1.77% for the residential sector and between 0.92% to 1.35% for the services sector. In both cases, the renovation rates are far higher past trends. Strong policies aimed at removing non-market barriers are deemed necessary. Electrification constitutes a reasonable choice for deeply renovated buildings and, as a result, almost 50% of households chooses electric heating over gas heating in the long term. However, heat pumps need to exploit further their learning potential to be economical and implementable for the various climatic conditions in Europe. The results also show that the cost impacts are modest even if renovation and decarbonisation in buildings develop ambitiously in the EU. The reduced energy bills due to energy savings can almost offset the increasing capital expenditures. Fundraising difficulties and the cost of capital are, however, of concern.

Assessment of the Impact of Sources of Funding on Project Successes Criteria of Energy Saving

2015 ◽  
Vol 792 ◽  
pp. 403-409
Author(s):  
Sergei Chernov ◽  
Jose Alberto Pacheco Soto ◽  
Eugene Kulack
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Efficiency Indicators

Sources of financing actions on rising energy efficiency are considered and their contents and structure are defined. On the base of economic calculations the conclusion was made about impact of contents and structure of sources of financing on integrating efficiency indicators of projects of energy efficiency.

Analysis of Factors Influencing Public Participation in Building Energy Efficiency Awareness - Based on the Empirical Investigation of Xi'an Public

2014 ◽  
Vol 644-650 ◽  
pp. 6145-6148
Author(s):  
Lin Ling He ◽  
Chao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Building Energy Efficiency ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
The Impact

Extensive public participation activities conducive to the smooth commencement of building energy efficiency, public participation and awareness building energy will determine the strength of the effect of the implementation of building energy efficiency. Therefore, this paper is based on empirical investigation of Xi'an, the use of factor analysis to explore the underlying causes of the impact of public participation in the construction of energy-saving consciousness.

scholarly journals Method for Energy Efficiency Evaluation of Coal-fired Unit Based on Environmental Protection and Reliability

2020 ◽  
Vol 204 ◽  
pp. 01014
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Li ◽  
Zhenning Zhao ◽  
Tongrui Cheng ◽  
Jinjing Li ◽  
Ling Bai
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Core Competence ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Efficiency Evaluation ◽  
Energy Problem ◽  
Protection Technology ◽  
Energy Efficiency Evaluation

As energy problem become more important, and nation require further intensify energy-saving work, coal-fired power plants begin to pay attention increasingly to the environmental protection and reliability. The study establishe a new method for the present coal-fired unit, that can overall evaluate environmental protection and reliability regularly. The running condition of a 600MW grade coal-fired unit in 2019 is take as an example for energy efficiency evaluation. The results prove that the method is simple andconvenient for the use. It can weigh the level of safety, energy saving, environmental protection technology and management for coal-fired power plants, and is important for advancing the firm’s core competence and long-term profitability.

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