This paper examines the relationship among real GDP, CO2 emissions, and energy use in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Using annual data for the years 1960-2013, stationarity, structural breaks, and cointegration tests have been conducted. The empirical evidence strongly...

The majority of rural Indian households remain dependent on unreliable, inefficient and harmful household energy technologies. Rural households make their energy decisions with respect to the Water-Energy-Food security (WEF) Nexus jointly, however, previous research initiatives have analyzed...

We introduce a pro-cyclical endogenous utilization rate of physical capita1 stock into a real-business-cycle model augmented with a detailed government sector. We calibrate the model to Bulgarian data for the period following the introduction of the currency board arrangement (1999-2016). We...

We introduce a pro-cyclical endogenous utilization rate of physical capita1 stock into a real-business-cycle model augmented with a detailed government sector. We calibrate the model to Bulgarian data for the period following the introduction of the currency board arrangement (1999-2016). We...

To understand historical changes in energy performance of economy or specific sector, it is useful to evaluate the driving forces underlying these changes. Structural decomposition analysis allows identifying the impact of the external factors, such as technological, demand, and demographic...

We introduce a pro-cyclical endogenous utilization rate of physical capita1 stock into a real-business-cycle model augmented with a detailed government sector. We calibrate the model to Bulgarian data for the period following the introduction of the currency board arrangement (1999-2016). We...

Introduction -- Analytical framework -- Household biomass energy choice for cooking in energy transition and its impacts on rural livelihoods -- Evaluating the impacts of biomass collection on agricultural production -- Impacts of the changes in exogenous markets on household biomass energy use...

Residential heating is responsible for one-fifth of Germany’s energy consumption. Heating costs were around 562 euros per year for an average apartment in 2016, which is more than a 13th month’s rent minus heating costs (Kaltmiete). These are the findings of the 2016 Heat Monitor, published...

This paper aims to investigate the effects of urbanization, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption, trade liberalization, and economic growth on pollutant emissions and energy intensity in selected Asian developing countries from 1980 to 2010. We use both linear and nonlinear panel data...

The aim of this paper is to empirically examine the effect of renewable energy use and economic growth on pollution within EUROZONE from 2005 to 2013 by utilizing Dynamic Panel Generalized Method of Moments approaches. The empirical results reveal that economic growth positively affects...

"Energie radikal verändern" ist das zweite Policy Brief, das ein vertieftes Verständnis über das österreichische Energiesystem vermittelt. Auf Basis eines neuen Mindsets sollen die Potentiale für künftige Strukturen des Energiesystems aufbereitet werden. Österreich hat in den letzten zehn...

A longstanding question in the study of energy demand concerns the role of information as a determinant of home efficiency improvements. Although the provision of information via energy audits is frequently asserted to be an effective means for governments to encourage the implementation of...

As of May 1, 2014, sellers on the German real estate market are obliged to disclose a house's energy consumption per square meter in their advertisements. The effect of this law has been to substantially increase the transparency of the real estate market. At the same time, the introduction of...

Mit der seit dem 1. Mai 2014 gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Informationspflicht hat sich der Anteil an Immobilienanzeigen, die den Wärmeenergieverbrauch des zum Verkauf stehenden Hauses veröffentlichen, deutlich erhöht. Gleichzeitig sanken die Angebotspreise für Immobilien mit hohem Verbrauch....

Der Abschlussbericht des dritten Arbeitspakets im Projekt "Energiesuffizienz" entwickelt aufbauend auf den Erkenntnissen der vorhergehenden Projektarbeiten Empfehlungen für ein integriertes Paket von Energiesuffizienzpolitiken im Feld Bauen/Wohnen. Der Fokus liegt auf dem Stromverbrauch in...