Business & Economics
; Energy & Fuels
; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
英文摘要:
A three-year field experiment was conducted with 185 prosperous households to assess whether behavioural interventions by a community environmental group during and after thermal upgrades (cavity wall and/or loft insulation) can achieve reductions in households' energy use, including reductions in direct and indirect rebound. The engineering interventions on the thermal efficiency of dwellings appear effective in reducing energy use in both treatment and control groups: a direct rebound effect is estimated to be at most 40 per cent from the engineering interventions. However, across a range of measures of energy use, we observe no significant effect of the community behavioural intervention across the total lifetime of the project. Qualitative data collected on similar community groups suggests substantial constraints on their capacity to realise reductions in energy use amongst households.
1.Univ Reading, Sch Agr Policy & Dev, Reading, Berks, England 2.Univ Leeds, Sch Earth & Environm, Sustainabil Res Inst, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England 3.Univ Southampton, Fac Engn & Environm, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England 4.Univ Exeter, ESI, Penryn TR10 9FE, Cornwall, England 5.Univ Westminster, Ctr Study Democracy, London W1T 3UW, England 6.Univ Southampton, Sch Social Sci, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
Recommended Citation:
Bardsley, Nicholas,Buchs, Milena,James, Patrick,et al. Domestic thermal upgrades, community action and energy saving: A three-ear experimental study of prosperous households[J]. ENERGY POLICY,2019-01-01,127:475-485