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Systematic review
What are the effects of residential building energy performance disclosure policies on property values?
A rapid systematic review of international academic literature suggests that home buyers typically value a more energy efficient home, and when presented with easily accessible information in the form of an energy performance rating, are willing to pay more to live in one.
Systematic review
Policy for low carbon (energy efficiency) retrofit/renovation of residential buildings
This review identifies themes to consider for policies to effect low carbon residential retrofits and/or renovations.
Conference paper
Behaviour change via social sanctions and shared electricity
Applying behaviour change methods to reduce home energy consumption has resulted in varying outcomes and also conservation effects that were short-lived. Some of the more promising treatments included In Home Energy Displays (IHDs) and home energy bills with comparisons to unknown others - for individual...