scholarly journals Narrowing the Energy Efficiency Gap: The Impact of Educational Programs, Online Support Tools and Energy-Related Investment Literacy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Blasch ◽  
Massimo Filippini ◽  
Nilkanth Kumar ◽  
Adan L. Martinez-Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Online Support ◽  
Energy Efficiency Gap ◽  
Support Tools ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Efficiency Gap

scholarly journals Exploring the factors influencing energy efficiency in the Greek hotel sector

2020 ◽  
pp. 5-20
Author(s):  
Christos Tourkolias ◽  
Areti Kontogianni ◽  
Dimitris Damigos ◽  
Michalis Skourtos
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Energy Efficiency Gap ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Hotel Sector ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Efficiency Gap

The current paper aims at enhancing the existing literature of studies discussing the parameters, which formulate the phenomenon of the energy efficiency gap in hotels. Specifically, the obtained outcomes, as resulted by the conduction of a stated preference survey are presented and discussed. The survey was carried out on a representative sample of hotels in Greece in the context of the “Consumer Energy Efficiency Decision making (CONSEED)” project. Emphasis was given on various issues related to the energy efficiency gap, such as the impact of EU labelling scheme, the linkage of the pro-environmental behaviour with the willingness to invest in more energy-efficient technologies and equipment, the lack of information about electricity prices and the imperfect understanding of energy operating costs. The findings of the survey can be used to explain the role of the behaviour in the decision-making procedures for the further promotion of energy efficiency. Theoretical models can be developed with the collected data to examine the energy efficiency gap phenomenon and to quantify the contribution of different factors to its formulation including the calculation of the implicit discount rate. Finally, the design of more effective policies can be supported with the findings of the paper maximizing the private and social benefits, which are associated with the purchase of energy-efficient technologies and equipment in the hotel sector.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Government Policy on the Energy Efficient Gap: The Evidence from Ukraine

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 373
Author(s):  
Oleksii Lyulyov ◽  
Tetyana Pimonenko ◽  
Aleksy Kwilinski ◽  
Henryk Dzwigol ◽  
Mariola Dzwigol-Barosz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Cointegration Analysis ◽  
Energy Efficiency Gap ◽  
Institutional Determinants ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Efficiency Gap

This paper aims to check the impact of investment and institutional determinants on the energy efficiency gap. The findings of the bibliometric analysis confirmed the growth of research interests in identifying the core determinants of the energy efficiency gap. The central hypothesises are: the increasing quality of the institutions leads to an increase of green investments in the energy sector and the dual relationships between investment and institutional determinants lead to additional synergy effects, which allow boosting the decline of energy efficiency gaps of the national economy. For the analysis, the times series were collected from the World Data Bank, Eurostat, Bloomberg, for Ukraine for the period of 2002–2019. The following methods were used: the unit root test—for checking the stationarity of data—and the Johansen test and VEC-modelling—for the cointegration analysis. The findings prove that to reduce the energy efficiency gaps in Ukraine by 1% next year, it is necessary to increase green energy investments by 1.5% this year, and the political stability and public perception of corruption by 3% and 1%. The increase of the public perception of corruption by 1.47 points and of political stability by 2.38 points leads to maximising the recovery speed of the Ukrainian energy sector. Thus, while developing the policy to decrease the energy efficiency gaps, the Ukrainian government should consider the level of public perception of corruption and political stability.

scholarly journals Is There an Energy Efficiency Gap?

2013 ◽  
pp. 133-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hunt Allcott ◽  
Michael Greenstone
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Efficiency Gap ◽  
Efficiency Gap

scholarly journals GEF Experiences in Closing the Global Energy Efficiency Gap

2014 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 6-18
Author(s):  
Ming Yang ◽  
Robert K. Dixon ◽  
Andre Laperriere ◽  
Chizuru Aoki ◽  
Megan Nicholson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Global Energy ◽  
Energy Efficiency Gap ◽  
Efficiency Gap
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