Analytical Framework to Study Energy Efficiency Policy Portfolios across Countries/States

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dc.contributor.authorBhattacharjee, Suchismitaen
dc.contributor.committeechairReichard, Georgen
dc.contributor.committeememberBeliveau, Yvan J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPearce, Annie R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMcCoy, Andrew P.en
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Design and Planningen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:14:16Zen
dc.date.adate2010-08-17en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:14:16Zen
dc.date.issued2010-07-22en
dc.date.rdate2012-05-08en
dc.date.sdate2010-07-24en
dc.description.abstractEnergy conservation and implementation of effective energy efficiency policies have become imperative to curbing the escalating consumption of energy. The imbalance in the supply and demand of a country's energy has increased the importance of implementing energy efficiency policies. Proper replication of strategic energy efficiency policies that are known to be successful in one country, along with development of new approaches, can be helpful in developing the energy policy portfolio of another country. Some OECD (Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development) countries like Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States have benefited from their energy policies during the most recent energy crisis. The motivation of this research is to provide a tool for developing countries, which are still in the stage of formulating their energy efficiency policies, to compare energy efficiency policy portfolios across countries. These countries can improve their energy efficiency policy portfolios based on lessons learned from the developed countries. The research develops a framework to compare energy efficiency policy portfolios across countries / states. Although this framework can be adopted for any type of energy policy, targeting any sector with few modifications, the current focus is on policies that target the residential building sector to reduce energy consumption. The research begins with identification of the functional domains that influence human behavior–people, economy, environment and technology–followed by identification of the factors affecting household energy consumption. It uses the four functional domains as the evaluation framework's four axes. The various factors affecting household energy consumption are positioned in the framework based on association with the functional domains. The energy efficiency policies implemented in a country are positioned in the same framework based on the pattern of diffusion of each type of policy. In addition, a prototype method is developed to identify the factors targeted by each energy efficiency policy implemented in a country. This evaluation method allows for a uniform assessment process of how energy efficiency policies target specific socio-economic factors that are known to affect energy consumption. The proposed framework will facilitate the work of policy makers and other decision makers with a powerful tool for evaluating and comparing their individual policies, or their complete portfolio of energy efficiency policies, to those from other states or countries, and to benefit from the lessons learned.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-07242010-034910en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07242010-034910/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/28386en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartBhattacharjee_Suchismita_D_2010.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEnergy Efficiency Policy Evaluationen
dc.subjectEnergy Efficiency Policiesen
dc.subjectEnergy Efficiencyen
dc.subjectEnergy Consumption Factoren
dc.titleAnalytical Framework to Study Energy Efficiency Policy Portfolios across Countries/Statesen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineEnvironmental Design and Planningen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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