Efficiency standards versus negotiated agreements in the electrical appliance sector

Philippe Menanteau

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: In association with energy labelling, minimum efficiency standards have proved to be very effective in stimulating energy efficiency. But standards also suffer from long and often difficult implementation periods because of the resistance of the industrial sector. This paper compares efficiency standards and energy labelling with voluntary agreements in the domestic appliances sector. We conclude that VAs may be an effective instrument for market transformation in certain conditions: the most important is that alternative of regulatory measures must remain a credible, realistic threat if Vas are to have a really significant impact on performance improvement.

Keywords: energy labelling; energy efficiency; appliance; voluntary agreement; étiquetage; appareil électroménager; efficacité énergétique; accord volontaire; norme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00004031v1
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Published in The handbook of environmental voluntary agreements : design, implementation and evaluation issues, chap. 4, Springer, p. 163-178, 2005

Downloads: (external link)
https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00004031v1/document (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00004031

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().