Modeling long term investment decisions in housing and transportation
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2012-05
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This paper for the first time addresses trade-offs between long-term energy efficiency investments in two major areas: housing and transport, e.g., retrofitting the house versus purchasing a more efficient car. The main question is whether homeowners treat their energy consumption and related expenses as one single budget or as two separate ones. A survey of homeowners (owner-occupiers) was conducted to study this issue. It comprised questions about their households, houses and car fleets as well as a relevant series of nine Stated Preference experiments with various listed energy prices. The resulting (personalized) energy costs were shown to the respondents along with the following optional ways to lower them: insulate the house (1), install a heat pump (2), buy a more efficient car (3), and switch to public transport (4). The alternatives differed with regard to the investment sum, the expected savings, the expected CO2 reduction and the expected annual mileage. The data were used to estimate a Multinomial Logit to predict the homeowners investment decisions regarding energy efficiency and private transport mobility tools. The model included socioeconomic variables, variables pertaining to the condition of the houses, the composition of the private transport fleets and energy prices.
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IVT, ETH Zurich
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INDIVIDUALVERKEHR (VERKEHR UND TRANSPORT); ENERGY SAVING IN BUILDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELING IN TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION; MODELLRECHNUNG IN VERKEHR UND TRANSPORT; THEORY OF CHOICE (OPERATIONS RESEARCH); INVESTITIONSENTSCHEIDE; HOUSING REHABILITATION + HOUSING RENOVATION (BUILDING MAINTENANCE); ENERGY POLICY; NACHHALTIGE ENERGIEVERSORGUNG (ENERGIETECHNIK); PRIVATE TRANSPORT (TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC); ENERGIESPAREN IM BAUWESEN; ENERGIEPOLITIK; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SUPPLY (ENERGY TECHNOLOGY); WOHNBAUSANIERUNG + ALTBAUERNEUERUNG (BAUWERKSUNTERHALT); SPECIAL APPLICATIONS AND MODELS OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS; SPEZIELLE ANWENDUNGEN UND MODELLE DER MATHEMATISCHEN STATISTIK; THEORIE DER AUSWAHL (OPERATIONS RESEARCH)
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03521 - Axhausen, Kay W. (emeritus) / Axhausen, Kay W. (emeritus)
02226 - NSL - Netzwerk Stadt und Landschaft / NSL - Network City and Landscape
02655 - Netzwerk Stadt u. Landschaft ARCH u BAUG / Network City and Landscape ARCH and BAUG
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Is part of: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/36086