Energy sufficiency and rebound effects. Concept paper

Nov 2018 – eceee concept papers, Overview & framework, Potentials & modelling

This concept paper discusses how energy sufficiency and the rebound effect interact.

Rebound effects can constrain the energy savings from energy efficiency improvements. The paper examines the nature of these effects, and ask the question: can greater use of sufficiency policies and actions help to tackle negative rebounds, or will it create rebounds itself?

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Energy sufficiency and rebound effects. Concept paper (2018)

The energy sufficiency library

eceee's energy sufficiency library contains all concept papers, workshop reports and presentations from the Energy Sufficiency project. It also highlights relevant reports from other sources to help you dig deeper and better understand what sufficiency might mean for you and our society.

External Resources

This section gives you links to other organisations and initiatives that work on energy sufficiency. Read more about the Enough! network, the Swiss 2000W project and the NegaWatt Association in France.