A comprehensive review of data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach in energy efficiency

A Mardani, EK Zavadskas, D Streimikiene… - … and sustainable energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
The main aim of this review article is to review of DEA models in regarding to energy
efficiency. This paper reviewed and summarized the different models of DEA that have been …

Building energy efficiency: A research branch made of paradoxes

S Copiello - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The literature dealing with building energy efficiency has long since debated about the
possible occurrence of the so-called Jevons' paradox. In a nutshell, benefiting from energy …

Energy rebound as a potential threat to a low-carbon future: Findings from a new exergy-based national-level rebound approach

PE Brockway, H Saunders, MK Heun, TJ Foxon… - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
150 years ago, Stanley Jevons introduced the concept of energy rebound: that anticipated
energy efficiency savings may be “taken back” by behavioural responses. This is an …

Environmental Kuznets Curve of greenhouse gas emissions including technological progress and substitution effects

G Liobikienė, M Butkus - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The relationship between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and economic growth has been
intensively analysed. The literature criticizing Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) …

Technological progress and rebound effect in China's nonferrous metals industry: an empirical study

B Lin, Y Chen, G Zhang - Energy Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
As one of China's mainstay and six major energy-intensive industries, the nonferrous metals
industry faces the intense contradiction between economic growth and energy & …

Rebound effect by incorporating endogenous energy efficiency: A comparison between heavy industry and light industry

J Li, B Lin - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy resource depletion and environmental degradation have become big challenges for
China's sustainable development. Energy efficiency improvement is usually regarded as an …

Displacement efficiency of alternative energy and trans-provincial imported electricity in China

Y Hu, H Cheng - Nature Communications, 2017 - nature.com
China has invested heavily on alternative energy, but the effectiveness of such energy
sources at substituting the dominant coal-fired generation remains unknown. Here we …

Energy-extended CES aggregate production: Current aspects of their specification and econometric estimation

PE Brockway, MK Heun, J Santos, JR Barrett - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
Capital–labour–energy Constant Elasticity of Substitution (CES) production functions and
their estimated parameters now form a key part of energy–economy models which inform …

A methodology for estimating office building energy use baselines by means of land use legislation and reference buildings

T Alves, L Machado, RG de Souza, P de Wilde - Energy and Buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding the energy demand of cities is a challenge especially in countries such as
Brazil where the lack of building energy consumption benchmarks makes it hard to decide …

A behavior-based decision-making model for energy performance contracting in building retrofit

Y Lu, N Zhang, J Chen - Energy and Buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Energy Saving Performance Contracts (ESPCs) are a business model that aims to
promote building energy efficiency through retrofitting with minimal or zero upfront costs for …