کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5063739 1476701 2017 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Estimating the potential for electricity savings in households
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
برآورد پتانسیل صرفه جویی در مصرف برق در خانوارها
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی انرژی انرژی (عمومی)
چکیده انگلیسی


- We estimate the level of efficiency in the use of electricity by Swiss households.
- We apply a non-radial input distance function and stochastic frontier methods.
- We use data from two waves of a Swiss household survey conducted in 2005 and 2011.
- We find an inefficiency in the use of electricity of around 20-25%.

Improving efficiency in the use of energy is an important goal for many nations since end-use energy efficiency can help to reduce CO2 emissions. Furthermore, since the residential sector in industrialised countries requires around one third of the end-use electricity, it is important for policy makers to estimate the scope for electricity saving in households to reduce electricity consumption by using appropriate steering mechanisms. We estimate the level of technical efficiency in the use of electricity using data from a Swiss household survey. We find an average inefficiency in electricity use by Swiss households of around 20 to 25%. Bottom-up economic-engineering models estimate the potential in Switzerland to be around 15%. In this paper we use a sub-vector input distance frontier function based on economic foundations. Our estimates lie at the upper end of the electricity saving potential estimated by the afore-mentioned economic-engineering approach.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Energy Economics - Volume 63, March 2017, Pages 288-300
نویسندگان
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