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Reinhard Madlener - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • are prosumer households that much different evidence from stated residential Energy Consumption in germany
    Ecological Economics, 2019
    Co-Authors: Christian Oberst, Hendrik Schmitz, Reinhard Madlener
    Abstract:

    Abstract This paper discusses the effect of residential Energy prosuming on households' Energy Consumption behavior with the objective of finding evidence of a ‘prosumer rebound effect’ on Energy Consumption. Prosuming is the partial self-Consumption of distributed Energy production. We hypothesize that prosumer households are systematically different from consumer households with regard to housing situation and socio-economic characteristics. We ensure an appropriate quasi-randomized comparison by using propensity score matching as our identification strategy. We employ data from a nationwide online survey among homeowners in Germany. While the data show a correlation between Lower Energy Consumption and prosumer households, we find no significant difference in Energy Consumption behavior between prosumers and non-prosumers in a comparable sample with regard to socio-economic and housing characteristics. Instead, the Lower Energy Consumption of prosumer households is attributed to more Energy-efficient technical equipment and thus to purchasing behavior. Our results do not show evidence of either negative or positive externalities of prosuming on residential Energy Consumption behavior, and therefore we conclude that there is no need for additional governmental measures, e.g. in the form of taxation or subsidies, to address behavioral changes in Energy prosuming.

  • are prosumer households that much different evidence from stated residential Energy Consumption in germany
    2016
    Co-Authors: Christian Oberst, Hendrik Schmitz, Reinhard Madlener
    Abstract:

    This paper discusses the effect of residential Energy prosuming on households’ Energy Consumption behavior with the objective to find evidence for a “prosumer rebound effect” on Energy Consumption. Prosuming is the partial self-Consumption of distributed Energy production. We hypothesize that prosumer households are systematically different from consumer households regarding their housing situation and socio-economic characteristics. We address sample selection bias by using a quasi-experimental technique called propensity score matching as our identification strategy. We employ data from a nationwide online survey among homeowners in Germany. While the data shows a correlation of Lower Energy Consumption and prosumer households, we find no significant difference of Energy Consumption behavior between prosumers and non-prosumers when controlling for sample selection bias. Instead, the Lower Energy Consumption of prosumer households is attributed to more Energy-efficient technical equipment and thus to purchasing behavior. Our results show neither evidence for negative nor positive externalities of prosuming on residential Energy Consumption behavior and therefore we conclude that there is no need for additional governmental measures in the form of taxation or subsidies to address behavioral changes of Energy prosuming.

Luigi Iannone - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Cédric Ware - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Artur Minakhmetov - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Christian Oberst - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • are prosumer households that much different evidence from stated residential Energy Consumption in germany
    Ecological Economics, 2019
    Co-Authors: Christian Oberst, Hendrik Schmitz, Reinhard Madlener
    Abstract:

    Abstract This paper discusses the effect of residential Energy prosuming on households' Energy Consumption behavior with the objective of finding evidence of a ‘prosumer rebound effect’ on Energy Consumption. Prosuming is the partial self-Consumption of distributed Energy production. We hypothesize that prosumer households are systematically different from consumer households with regard to housing situation and socio-economic characteristics. We ensure an appropriate quasi-randomized comparison by using propensity score matching as our identification strategy. We employ data from a nationwide online survey among homeowners in Germany. While the data show a correlation between Lower Energy Consumption and prosumer households, we find no significant difference in Energy Consumption behavior between prosumers and non-prosumers in a comparable sample with regard to socio-economic and housing characteristics. Instead, the Lower Energy Consumption of prosumer households is attributed to more Energy-efficient technical equipment and thus to purchasing behavior. Our results do not show evidence of either negative or positive externalities of prosuming on residential Energy Consumption behavior, and therefore we conclude that there is no need for additional governmental measures, e.g. in the form of taxation or subsidies, to address behavioral changes in Energy prosuming.

  • are prosumer households that much different evidence from stated residential Energy Consumption in germany
    2016
    Co-Authors: Christian Oberst, Hendrik Schmitz, Reinhard Madlener
    Abstract:

    This paper discusses the effect of residential Energy prosuming on households’ Energy Consumption behavior with the objective to find evidence for a “prosumer rebound effect” on Energy Consumption. Prosuming is the partial self-Consumption of distributed Energy production. We hypothesize that prosumer households are systematically different from consumer households regarding their housing situation and socio-economic characteristics. We address sample selection bias by using a quasi-experimental technique called propensity score matching as our identification strategy. We employ data from a nationwide online survey among homeowners in Germany. While the data shows a correlation of Lower Energy Consumption and prosumer households, we find no significant difference of Energy Consumption behavior between prosumers and non-prosumers when controlling for sample selection bias. Instead, the Lower Energy Consumption of prosumer households is attributed to more Energy-efficient technical equipment and thus to purchasing behavior. Our results show neither evidence for negative nor positive externalities of prosuming on residential Energy Consumption behavior and therefore we conclude that there is no need for additional governmental measures in the form of taxation or subsidies to address behavioral changes of Energy prosuming.