Energy efficiency retrofits for U.S. housing: Removing the bottlenecks

Ashok Bardhan, Dwight Jaffee, Cynthia Kroll and Nancy Wallace

Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2014, vol. 47, issue C, 45-60

Abstract: U.S. housing accounted for over 22% of the country's total primary energy consumption in 2009, which equated to more than $2000 per household and $229billion in aggregate expenditure. It appears that these amounts could be reduced substantially, with benefits to both household budgets and the environment's well-being. This paper's goal is to evaluate the alternative mechanisms that could expedite energy efficiency retrofits for U.S. housing.

Keywords: Energy efficiency; Real estate; Housing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2013.09.001

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