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Estimating implicit discount rate for energy efficiency investment using the contingent valuation method: a case study in South Korea
This study measures the implicit discount rate (IDR) for energy efficiency investment at the household level. Our pioneering attempt to use the...
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The Role of Social Discount Rate in Energy Modelling
Energy systems modelling aims to introduce a sustainable energy system design with an improved understanding of present and future interactions...
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Dissecting subjective discount rates and investment literacy for energy-efficient investments
Consumers are assumed to compare the upfront costs to the discounted value of future savings in energy expenditures when deciding whether to invest...
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Techno-Economic Assessment of Shallow Geothermal Heat Pump System with Energy Piles
Shallow geothermal heat pump system has been extensively applied to commercial and residential buildings owing to its high-energy efficiency and low...
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How important is energy efficiency for Slovenian households? A case of homeowners and potential homebuyers and their willingness to invest in more efficient heating controls
Which attributes are the most important when buying a property? How much do individuals value energy efficiency? What discount rates do individuals...
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Cost Analysis
Cost analysis is always an essential component in forest and biomass supply chain management and optimization. Both machine rate and cash flow...
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Costs in Power Systems
The chapter “Costs in Power Systems” delves into the intricate web of expenses associated with the generation, transmission, and distribution of...
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Safeguarding the energy transition against political backlash to carbon markets
Substantial renewable energy (RE) cost reductions have raised the prospect of a subsidy-free RE era of the energy transition. The envisaged policy...
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The inscrutable baseline and the problem of attribution
This paper examines the problem of attribution in the evaluation of energy efficiency program impact. The methodological problem concerns the...
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Cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency improvements for a residential building stock in a Danish district heating area
The residential building stock holds a large energy efficiency improvement potential related to energy upgrading of the building envelope. Details...
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Conceptualising the energy efficiency first principle: insights from theory and practice
The Energy Efficiency First (EE1st) principle has recently been placed onto the political agenda in the European Union (EU). While the general...
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The Value of BECCS in IAMs: a Review
Purpose of ReviewIntegrated assessment model (IAM) scenarios consistent with Paris Agreement targets involve large negative emission technologies...
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How first comes energy efficiency? Assessing the energy efficiency first principle in the EU using a comprehensive indicator-based approach
The energy efficiency first (EE1) principle was defined and established as a leading principle of the European Union’s energy policy with the Clean...
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A real options analysis of existing green energy facilities: maintain or replace?
We consider an operator of machinery with deteriorating efficiency, facing the problem of optimally timing of either a minor (maintenance) investment...
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Business Case Development for Support of Asset Management Investment
Investments in assets involve choices in what, if anything, to do and, if so, when to do it. Choices include doing nothing, investing in repairs,...
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The Impact of Oil and Gas Activities on the Value of Ecosystem Goods and Services of the Mississippi River Delta
Environmental goods and services have long been recognized as subject to damage by the oil and gas industry. In the 1930s, the State of Louisiana...
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Beyond cost reduction: improving the value of energy storage in electricity systems
From a macro-energy system perspective, an energy storage is valuable if it contributes to meeting system objectives, including increasing economic...
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Assessment of Sustainability
The concept of sustainability is broadly used but lousily defined. Sustainability comprises several dimensions and it is still subject of many...
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Reframing incentives for climate policy action
A key aim of climate policy is to progressively substitute renewables and energy efficiency for fossil fuel use. The associated rapid depreciation...
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Life Cycle Cost Methodology for Replacement Decisions of Aging Aircraft
Life cycle cost (LCC) is defined as the total cost of a project over its life span that begins at the initialization of the project and ends at the...