Investment in energy efficiency: a survey of Australian firms

被引：132

作者：

Harris, J ^{[1
]}

Anderson, J ^{[1
]}

Shafron, W ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Australian Bur Agr & Resource Econ, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

来源：

ENERGY POLICY | 2000年 / 28卷 / 12期

关键词：

energy efficiency; energy audits; Australia;

D O I：

10.1016/S0301-4215(00)00075-6

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

The 'efficiency gap' and 'no regrets' are examples of terms used to describe the apparent slow diffusion of supposedly economic opportunities to improve energy efficiency. The aims of this research are to investigate the factors which influence a firm's decision about investing in energy efficiency and in particular to assess the policy implications. A basic assumption is that governments will continue to pursue policies to improve energy efficiency because of negative externalities associated with energy use. Despite this, little is known about the cost effectiveness of alternative policies including information dissemination through energy audit programs. This research is based on a survey of 100 firms that took part in the Commonwealth Government's Enterprise Energy Audit Program (EEAP) which ran for six years until May 1997 and was monitored by ABARE. The survey included detailed questions about each firm's implementation of audit report recommendations. Implementation rates were found to be high and audits to be cost effective. Crown Copyright (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：867 / 876

页数：10

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