| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w16194 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 16194 |
| Are Building Codes Effective at Saving Energy? Evidence from Residential Billing Data in Florida | |
| Grant D. Jacobsen; Matthew J. Kotchen | |
| 发表日期 | 2010-07-19 |
| 出版年 | 2010 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | In response to the 1973 oil embargo, many states began passing building energy codes in order to promote energy efficiency. While the vast majority of states have energy codes in place, policymakers are now attempting to legislate energy codes at the federal level to help address more recent concerns about energy efficiency and climate change. Nevertheless, surprisingly little is known about whether energy codes are an effective way to reduce energy consumption in practice. This paper provides the first evaluation of an energy-code change that uses residential billing data on both electricity and natural gas, combined with data on observable characteristics of each residence. The study takes place in Gainesville, Florida, and the empirical strategy is based on comparisons between residences constructed just before and just after Florida increased the stringency of its energy code in 2002. We find that the increased stringency of the energy code is associated with a 4-percent decrease in electricity consumption and a 6-percent decrease in natural-gas consumption. The pattern of savings is consistent with reduced consumption of electricity for air-conditioning and reduced consumption of natural gas for heating. We also estimate economic costs and benefits and find that the private payback period for the average residence is 6.4 years. The social payback period, which accounts for the avoided costs of air-pollution emissions, ranges between 3.5 and 5.3 years. |
| 主题 | Environmental and Resource Economics ; Energy ; Environment |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w16194 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/573876 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Grant D. Jacobsen,Matthew J. Kotchen. Are Building Codes Effective at Saving Energy? Evidence from Residential Billing Data in Florida. 2010. |
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| w16194.pdf（175KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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