Abstract

This paper describes the results of a study that analyzes energy demand behavior in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. After defining what is meant by energy demand , this paper describes the research design and findings related to the responsiveness of energy users, in aggregate, to market forces. These responses, expressed statistically as elasticities, are one way of measuring long-term market effects or the degree to which the markets for energy efficiency products and services have been transformed by energy efficiency policies. The evidence presented in this paper shows that energy efficiency policies have had the kinds of lasting effects on energy demand behavior that energy efficiency advocates find desirable.

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Market Transformation: Taking Efficiency Mainstream

Utility Regulation, Strategies, and Policies

Residential Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Visions of the Future: Big New Ideas for Energy Efficiency

Energy and Environmental Policy: Planning for Greater Impacts

Sustainable Communities: Systems Integration at the Community Scale

Residential Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Commercial Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Human and Social Dimensions of Energy Use: Trends and their Implications

Strategies for Appliances, Lighting, Electronics, and Miscellaneous End–Uses

Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends