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Does energy labelling on residential housing cause energy savings?

Abstract

Danish households use more than 30% of the total amount of energy being used in Denmark. More than 80% of this energy is dedicated to space heating. The same relation is seen in many OECD countries. The corresponding energy savings potential was recently estimated at 30% of the energy used in buildings. Energy labelling is seen as an important instrument to target these potential energy savings. This paper evaluates the effects of the Danish Energy Labelling Scheme on energy consumption in existing single-family houses with propensity score matching using real metered natural gas consumption and a very wide range of register data describing the houses and households. The study did not find significant energy savings due to the Danish Energy Labelling Scheme, but more research would be needed to complement this conclusion
Authors:
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 2009
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
NEI-DK-5474
Resource Relation:
Conference: eceee 2009 Summer study. Act. Innovate. Deliver. Reducing energy demand sustainably. Conference proceedings, La Colle sur Loup (FR), 06/01/2009--06/06/2009; Other Information: Conference Literature; EFP-2004; 27 refs., 6 tabs.
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; DENMARK; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; HOUSES; SPACE HEATING; LABELLING; REGULATIONS
OSTI ID:
1010708
Research Organizations:
AKF, Danish Institute of Governmental Research, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Country of Origin:
Denmark
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: Contract ENS-33030-0027; ENS-1753/04-0007; TRN: DK1101035
Availability:
Also available at http://www.risoe.dtu.dk/rispubl/NEI/NEI-DK-5474.pdf; OSTI as DE01010708
Submitting Site:
DK
Size:
11 p. pages
Announcement Date:
Apr 11, 2011

Citation Formats

Kjaerbye, V H. Does energy labelling on residential housing cause energy savings?. Denmark: N. p., 2009. Web.
Kjaerbye, V H. Does energy labelling on residential housing cause energy savings?. Denmark.
Kjaerbye, V H. 2009. "Does energy labelling on residential housing cause energy savings?" Denmark.
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abstractNote = {Danish households use more than 30% of the total amount of energy being used in Denmark. More than 80% of this energy is dedicated to space heating. The same relation is seen in many OECD countries. The corresponding energy savings potential was recently estimated at 30% of the energy used in buildings. Energy labelling is seen as an important instrument to target these potential energy savings. This paper evaluates the effects of the Danish Energy Labelling Scheme on energy consumption in existing single-family houses with propensity score matching using real metered natural gas consumption and a very wide range of register data describing the houses and households. The study did not find significant energy savings due to the Danish Energy Labelling Scheme, but more research would be needed to complement this conclusion}
place = {Denmark}
year = {2009}
month = {Jul}
}