Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption The Rebound Effect
This book challenges conventional wisdom by showing how, in some circumstances, improved energy efficiency may increase energy consumption. Relying upon energy efficiency to reduce carbon emissions could therefore be misguided. This book explores the broa
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Edited by
Horace Herring and Steve Sorrell
Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption
Energy, Climate and the Environment Series Series Editor: David Elliott, Professor of Technology, Open University, UK Titles include: David Elliott (editor) NUCLEAR OR NOT? Does Nuclear Power Have a Place in a Sustainable Future? David Elliott (editor) SUSTAINABLE ENERGY Opportunities and Limitations Horace Herring and Steve Sorrell (editors) ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION The Rebound Effect Catherine Mitchell THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY Joseph Szarka WIND POWER IN EUROPE Politics, Business and Society
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Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption The Rebound Effect
Edited by
Horace Herring Visiting Research Fellow, Energy and Environment Research Unit The Open University, UK
and Steve Sorrell Senior Fellow, Sussex Energy Group University of Sussex, UK
Editorial matter, selection, introduction and conclusion © Horace Herring and Steve Sorrell 2009 All remaining chapters © respective authors 2009 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2009 978-0-230-52534-4 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-35753-6 DOI 10.1057/9780230583108
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