کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
993572 936040 2009 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Profits or preferences? Assessing the adoption of residential solar thermal technologies
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی انرژی مهندسی انرژی و فناوری های برق
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Profits or preferences? Assessing the adoption of residential solar thermal technologies
چکیده انگلیسی

Solar thermal technologies offer the potential to meet a substantial share of residential water and space heating needs in the EU, but current levels of adoption are low. This paper uses data from a large sample of German households to assess the effects of geographic, residence, and household characteristics on the adoption of solar thermal water and space heating technologies. In addition, the impact of solar thermal technology adoption on household energy expenditures is estimated after controlling for observed household heterogeneity in geographic, residential, and household characteristics. While evidence is found of moderate household energy expenditure savings from combined solar water and space heating systems, the findings generally confirm that low in-home energy cost savings and fixed housing stocks limit the diffusion of residential solar thermal technologies. Little evidence is found of differential adoption by distinct socio-economic groups.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Energy Policy - Volume 37, Issue 10, October 2009, Pages 4145–4154
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