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Household fuel expenditure and residential building energy efficiency ratings in Ireland. ESRI Research Bulletin 2015/1/1

Curtis, John and Pentecost, Anne (2015) Household fuel expenditure and residential building energy efficiency ratings in Ireland. ESRI Research Bulletin 2015/1/1. UNSPECIFIED.

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    Abstract

    Residential building energy rating (BER) labels indicate a theoretical energy use based on standardised assumptions about occupancy and energy service demand and are a market signal about the energy performance of a property. BER labels explicitly state the energy demand required for heating, lighting and ventilation within a property, for example, a 'B2' BER rating is associated an annual primary energy demand of 100-125 kWh/m2 year. Movements along the BER rating scale are associated with changes in energy demand and implicit changes in energy costs. This paper uses household energy expenditure data and quantifies the level of energy expenditure associated with properties by BER scale. As expected we find that families living in properties with better BER ratings spend less on energy, ceteris paribus, but proportionate cost savings are substantially less than the energy use savings implicit in the BER scale.

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    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > energy policy (Including international arena)
    Countries > Ireland
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin > ESRI Research Bulletin
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 12 Sep 2019 13:13
    Number of Pages: 4
    Last Modified: 12 Sep 2019 13:13
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/98605

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