Energy efficiency improvements and investment behavior in small commercial buildings

Marvin J. Horowitz

Energy, 1989, vol. 14, issue 11, 697-707

Abstract: Commercial-sector energy-efficiency programs offer many benefits to utilities, including better understanding of the client base and the determinants of program participation and investment, more precise knowledge of the supply of conservation acquired or available at given cost levels, and feedback on program design. A study of the Northeast Utilities EnergyCHECK audit program provides insights on a number of these issues. Analysis of program data reveals that over 40% of recommended measures were adopted within two years of building audits; that owner occupancy of commercial buildings is an important determinant in conservation decisions; and that the rate of increase in electrical energy use was slowed for participating buildings.

Date: 1989
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0360544289900030
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

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:eee:energy:v:14:y:1989:i:11:p:697-707

DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(89)90003-0

Access Statistics for this article

Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser

More articles in Energy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().