Disruption and mess associated with energy efficiency retrofits is one aspect that is rarely considered in studies investigating households' preferences for energy renovations. Using a choice experiment, we estimate a price for residential retrofit disruption, finding it represents a substantial...

Damit die Wärmewende gelingt, gilt es, den Wärmebedarf durch energetische Modernisierungen - also bessere Dämmung, Wärmerückgewinnung und Energiemanagement - zu senken und auf klimafreundliche Heizungen umzustellen. Das nützt nicht nur dem Klima, sondern kann auch zu mehr sozialer...

To achieve the ambitious target of climate neutrality of the EU set out within the EU Green Deal, a reduction of energy use in the highly energy consuming building sector is critical. To achieve this, the renovation of existing buildings has been given a key role, starting with the Renovation...

The majority of energy renovations of houses cost more than they increase the sales price. This holds particularly in the metropolitan area and Aarhus, but also in a number of rural areas. Renovations that increase the sales price more than the renovation costs reduce CO2 emissions only...

An important factor driving energy policy over the past two decades has been the Energy Paradox,' the perception that consumers apply unreasonably high hurdle rates to energy saving investments. We explore one possible explanation for this apparent puzzle: that realized returns fall short of the...

Ein neuer Zukunftsimpuls des Wuppertal Instituts zeigt, welche Weichen die Politik stellen muss, um den Gebäudebestand bis 2045 klimaneutral zu machen. Im Fokus stehen höhere Effizienzanforderungen für Bestands- und Neubauten, ein schnellerer Ausstieg aus Gas- und Ölheizungen, gleichzeitig...

This paper explores the impact of retrofitting single-family residential buildings in historic districts with energy efficiency measures that are compliant with the 2012 version of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). This study focuses on Sears's kit homes that were built in the...

We apply three complementary approaches designed to identify the localized effects of Superfund site remediation under the CERCLA, examining data at the level of (i) the census tract (paying attention to within tract heterogeneity), (ii) the census block, and (iii) individual house transaction....

Deutschland hat sich ehrgeizige Klimaschutzziele im Gebäudesektor gesetzt. Bis 2050 soll der Gebäudebestand nahezu klimaneutral sein. Dies bedingt die umfangreiche Sanierung fast aller Wohnungen und Wirtschaftsimmobilien. Tatsächlich stockt die energetische Sanierung jedoch, die vorhandenen...