Barriers to Energy Efficiency – Focus on Transaction Costs

Transaction Costs and Market Efficiency

Previous research suggests that a decline in transactions costs leads to improved economic efficiency. In this paper, we show that such a decline will introduce increasingly uninformed consumers into established markets. Using a model of financial market inefficiency, we show that this increase in uninformed individuals can increase market risk (volatility), can decrease efficiency, and may red...

Market Failures, Consumer Preferences, and Transaction Costs in Energy Efficiency Purchase Decisions

Several factors limit the energy savings potential and increase the costs of energyefficient technologies to consumers. These factors may usefully be placed into two categories; one category is what economists would define as market failures and the other is related to consumer preferences. This paper provides a conceptual framework for understanding the roles of these factors, and develops a m...

Understanding barriers to energy-efficiency renovations of multifamily dwellings

We have studied how energy efficiency is discussed by professionals during renovation of multifamily dwellings, in order to capture how barriers in relation to energy measures are appearing, disappearing and transformed during the process. We did participatory observations of renovation meetings, conducted interviews with the involved professionals and studied-related documents. Our intentions ...

Focus on Energy Efficiency Through Power Consumption Disaggregation

Mobile Fluid Power Systems Design: with Focus on Energy Efficiency

This work deals with innovative energy efficient fluid power systems for mobile applications. The subjects taken up concern to what extent and how energy losses can be reduced in mobile working hydraulics systems. Various measures are available for increasing energy efficiency in these kinds of systems. Examples include: Flow controlled systems The pump controller is switched from a load sensin...