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2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meg Power
2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 841-846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Girolamo Mattioli ◽  
Stefano Avanzini ◽  
Luca Pio ◽  
Sara Costanzo ◽  
Maria Grazia Faticato ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 905-923
Author(s):  
Verena Streitferdt ◽  
Surapong Chirarattananon ◽  
Peter Du Pont

Author(s):  
Georg Reichard ◽  
Suchismita Bhattacharjee

The authors present a comparative study on effectiveness of energy policies for the building sector that are presently implemented in selected countries in Europe versus selected states in the U.S. Socio-economic factors affecting energy consumption on both sides of the Atlantic are identified from a human behavior perspective. Various identified factors known to affect energy efficiency and consumption have been positioned in diagrams based on four primary directions: lifestyle, economy, environment, and technology. In a second step various programs and incentives are positioned in the same diagram to demonstrate how well these strategies address the factors identified before. This is done for selected countries and continents in sub-diagrams to allow a comparison of effectiveness and provide a tool for predicting the effectiveness of a possible policy or program transfer to other nations. The research conducted so far suggests that energy efficiency policies and measures implemented in the United States do not always target the factors that have been identified to most significantly influence energy consumption. The results indicate that there might be a significant gap between parameters that are guiding factors affecting energy consumption, and parameters targeting a proper implementation of energy efficient policies. The authors strive to provide a tool that will help policy makers and other decision makers to evaluate and compare their incentives and programs against those from other countries and benefit from lessons learned by mapping various policies towards specific efficiency parameters.


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