A comprehensive review of obstacles and drivers to building energy-saving technologies and their association with research themes, types of buildings, and …

TM Cristino, FA Lotufo, B Delinchant, F Wurtz… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The building sector has played an important role in energy consumption over the last few
decades, demanding actions to decrease it. A way to reach this goal, without affecting the …

The role of information for energy efficiency in the residential sector

A Ramos, A Gago, X Labandeira, P Linares - Energy Economics, 2015 - Elsevier
In spite of the large potential and existing efforts to foster energy efficiency in the residential
sector, much remains to be achieved. This may be partially due to the many barriers and …

Assessing the energy-efficiency gap

TD Gerarden, RG Newell, RN Stavins - Journal of economic literature, 2017 - aeaweb.org
Energy-efficient technologies offer considerable promise for reducing the financial costs and
environmental damages associated with energy use, but it has long been observed that …

A parallel computing simulation-based multi-objective optimization framework for economic analysis of building energy retrofit: A case study in Iran

M Tavakolan, F Mostafazadeh, SJ Eirdmousa… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
The building sector represents a large share of rising global energy demand. Improving
energy efficiency in existing building stock is a crucial strategy. Adopting the best energy …

[HTML][HTML] Determinants of energy efficient retrofits in residential sector: A comprehensive analysis

J Dolšak - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy-efficient retrofits (EERs) are probably the most cost-effective method to address
energy poverty in the residential sector. However, actual EER rates are far below those …

[HTML][HTML] Making the implicit explicit: A look inside the implicit discount rate

J Schleich, X Gassmann, C Faure, T Meissner - Energy Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Implicit discount rates (IDRs) are employed in energy models to capture household
investment decisions, yet the factors behind the IDR and their respective implications for …

Promoting energy efficiency at household level: a literature review

MM Solà, A de Ayala, I Galarraga, M Escapa - Energy Efficiency, 2021 - Springer
The household sector is one of the most energy-intensive sectors in Europe, and thus a focal
point for reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy consumption. Energy …

Prospect theory and energy efficiency

G Heutel - Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2019 - Elsevier
Investments in energy efficiency entail uncertainty, and when faced with uncertainty
consumers have been shown to behave according to prospect theory: preferences are …

Energy efficiency as a credence good: A review of informational barriers to energy savings in the building sector

LG Giraudet - Energy Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Information problems have early been suspected to be the main barrier to energy-
efficiency investment. I review the vast yet piecemeal research that has been carried out …

Deconstructing the energy-efficiency gap: conceptual frameworks and evidence

T Gerarden, RG Newell, RN Stavins - American Economic Review, 2015 - aeaweb.org
Energy-efficient technologies offer considerable promise for reducing the financial costs and
environmental damages associated with energy use, but these technologies appear not to …