This paper reviews the recent evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of
energy efficiency interventions. After a brief review of explanations for the energy efficiency …

In recent years, economists and policymakers have increasingly focused their attention on
improving the energy efficiency of households due to its ability to simultaneously meet …

We explore the mechanisms driving the effectiveness of a widely-used behavioral
intervention that reduces energy consumption by repeatedly mailing social comparison …

We implement a conditional demand analysis (CDA) using a large dataset of electricity
consumers in a Canadian province with a high market share of electric heating …

We extend the commonly-studied definition of investment in sustainable and energy efficient
real estate beyond environmental building certification to include three additional types of …

Many jurisdictions use net metering to record power exchanges between residential solar
photovoltaic (PV) panels and the grid, thus valuing solar power at the electricity retail rate …

Quantifying the energy impact of teleworking has been challenging because of the low
prevalence of telework. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and the associated …

In this paper we provide empirical evidence of the energy-efficiency gap between
homeowners and renters and quantify the magnitude of the split incentives problem in an …

Researchers have speculated that limited participation in low-income energy efficiency
programs is due, in part, to poor communication of program information. In response, we …

We revisit the issue of the energy efficiency (EE) gap by explicitly acknowledging the two-
sided nature of the rental housing market and two-sided asymmetries of information …