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Energieeffizienz: größte Energiequelle oder Quell zusätzlicher Nachfrage?

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  • Martin Achtnicht
  • Simon Koesler

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Energy efficiency improvements are generally seen as the royal road to sustainability and energy security. The underlying idea is simple: if the same amount of output can be produced with fewer inputs, this saves resources and alleviates environmental issues. But this logic fails to recognise basic economic principles. Efficiency improvement may eventually stimulate energy consumption. This so-called rebound effect limits the effectiveness of policies inducing energy efficiency by means of standards. Policy makers should acknowledge this and take rebound into account when designing climate and energy policy. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

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  • Martin Achtnicht & Simon Koesler, 2014. "Energieeffizienz: größte Energiequelle oder Quell zusätzlicher Nachfrage?," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 94(7), pages 515-519, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:wirtsc:v:94:y:2014:i:7:p:515-519
    DOI: 10.1007/s10273-014-1706-6
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    1. Runst, Petrik & Ohlendorf, Jana, 2015. "Die Rolle des Handwerks auf dem Weg zu einem klimaneutralen Gebäudebestand," Göttinger Beiträge zur Handwerksforschung 1, Volkswirtschaftliches Institut für Mittelstand und Handwerk an der Universität Göttingen (ifh).
    2. Runst, Petrik, 2016. "Energiekosten, Energieeffizienz und Nachhaltigkeit im Handwerk - Eine Auswertung der ZDH-Energieumfrage," Göttinger Beiträge zur Handwerksforschung 7, Volkswirtschaftliches Institut für Mittelstand und Handwerk an der Universität Göttingen (ifh).

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    D01; Q01; Q58;
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    JEL classification:

    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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