Voluntary environmental management programs for firms have become an increasingly popular instrument of environmental policy. However, the literature’s conclusion on the effectiveness of such programs is ambiguous, and for the European region there is a lack of evidence based on a large...

Voluntary environmental management programs for firms have become an increasingly popular instrument of environmental policy. However, the literature's conclusion on the effectiveness of such programs is ambiguous, and for the European region there is a lack of evidence based on a large control...

One of the major challenges that our world faces today and in the future is human-induced climate change. The primary cause of global warming, leading to climate change, is the burning of fossil fuels for energy and transport, which increases the concentration of greenhouse gases in the...

Residential buildings strongly contribute to global CO2 emissions due to the high energy demand for electricity and heating, particularly in industrialised countries. Within the EU, decentralised heat generation is of particular relevance for future climate policy, as its emissions are not...

Eine verbesserte Energieeffizienz wird häufig als sinnvoller Weg erachtet, um weniger Treibhausgase zu produzieren und Ressourcen zu schonen. Dabei wird jedoch oft unberücksichtigt gelassen, dass gerade durch die Erhöhung der Energieeffizienz Anreize geschaffen werden, mehr Energie zu nutzen....

Residential buildings strongly contribute to global CO2 emissions due to the high energy demand for electricity and heating, particularly in industrialised countries. Within the EU, decentralised heat generation is of particular relevance for future climate policy, as its emissions are not...

Eine verbesserte Energieeffizienz wird häufig als sinnvoller Weg erachtet, um weniger Treibhausgase zu produzieren und Ressourcen zu schonen. Dabei wird jedoch oft unberücksichtigt gelassen, dass gerade durch die Erhöhung der Energieeffizienz Anreize geschaffen werden, mehr Energie zu nutzen....