Energy efficiency and sustainable consumption : the rebound effect

By H. Herring, S. Sorrell. 2009

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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The macroeconomic rebound effect and the world economy (2009, background): “The literature on the rebound effect has developed in recent years as climate mitigation has moved up the policy agenda (Herring and Sorrell 2009; Herring 2004; Schipper and Grubb 2000; Vikström, 2004; Grepperud and Rasmussen 2004; International Energy Agency 2005; Sorrell and Dimitropoulos 2007;…”
The environmental state and the glass ceiling of transformation (2020, background): “…system, however, efforts of decoupling underlie intractable rebound effects which have so far largely prevented an absolute decoupling of systemic parameters like carbon emissions and ecological footprints from production and consumption activities (Herring and Sorrell 2009, Fritz and Koch 2016).”
The contradiction of the sustainable development goals: Growth versus ecology on a finite planet (2019, background): “…either Dittrich et al. (2012) or Schandl et al. (2016) predict, because the model incorporates the “rebound effect”: As resource efficiency improves, the cost of resources goes down, thus increasing demand and cancelling out some of the gains (UNEP, 2017b, p. 106, ff.; see Herring & Sorrell, 2009).”
Negative rebound and disinvestment effects in response to an improvement in energy efficiency in the UK economy (2009, methodology): “…(Hanley et al, 2006, 2009) has suggested that key parameters in determining the size of rebound effects are elasticities of substitution in production of energy for other inputs and price elasticities 1 All of the applications cited above are reviewed in Sorrell (2007) and Allan et al (2008a).”
How to deal with the rebound effect? A policy-oriented approach (2016, background): “For instance, as Sorrell (2007), Herring and Sorrell (2009) note, the rebound effect tends to be larger for general purpose technologies, such as fuels, as they have strong complementarities with existing and new technologies and are transversally applied, leading to economy-wide rebound effects.”
Resource Efficiency: Potential and Economic Implications (2016, background): “Rebound effects can be mitigated by policy measures (Herring and Sorrell, 2009), most obviously where these measures increase the cost of the resource that has been the subject of the efficiency measure (for example, through resource or environmental taxation).”
Feel good, stay green: Positive affect promotes pro-environmental behaviors and mitigates compensatory “mental bookkeeping” effects (2018, unknown): “Negative spillover effects relate at the psychological level to rebound effects observed at the macroeconomic level, in which improved energy ef ﬁ ciency, for instance, can lead to enhanced energy consumption, reducing the size of potential energy savings (Herring & Sorrell, 2008).”