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View article: Office building deep energy retrofit: life cycle cost benefit analyses using cash flow analysis and multiple benefits on project level
Office building deep energy retrofit: life cycle cost benefit analyses using cash flow analysis and multiple benefits on project level Open
Deep energy retrofit (DER) of the existing building stock is a meaningful strategy to reduce fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. However, the investment volumes required to undertake DER are enormous. In Europe, cumulative demand fo…
View article: The impact of emission-based taxes on the retirement of used and inefficient vehicles: The case of Switzerland
The impact of emission-based taxes on the retirement of used and inefficient vehicles: The case of Switzerland Open
Many countries have adopted policies designed to reduce CO2 emissions from road vehicles. Taxes linked to the CO2 emissions rate or the fuel economy of a vehicle (which is inversely related to its CO2 emissions rate) are examples of such p…
View article: The effect of registration taxes on new car sales and emissions: Evidence from Switzerland
The effect of registration taxes on new car sales and emissions: Evidence from Switzerland Open
In Switzerland, the annual circulation taxes on road vehicles are set by and paid to the cantons (not to the federal government). We exploit the 26 different circulation tax rules and their variation over time, which we interpret as a natu…
View article: What is the Effect of Fuel Efficiency Information on Car Prices? Evidence from Switzerland
What is the Effect of Fuel Efficiency Information on Car Prices? Evidence from Switzerland Open
Inadequate information is often identified as a potential cause for the so-called “energy efficiency gap,” i.e., the sluggish pace of investment in energy efficiency technologies, which potentially affects a wide variety of energy-using go…