Reframing policy for the energy efficiency challenge: Insights from housing retrofits in the United Kingdom
Reframing policy for the energy efficiency challenge: Insights from housing retrofits in the United Kingdom
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DOI：
10.1016/j.erss.2019.101386
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发表时间：
2020-05-01
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Foxon, Timothy J.
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作者：
Bergman, Noam;Foxon, Timothy J.
本文以英国住宅能效改进改造为例，探讨了刺激大规模能源效率投资和需求管理措施所面临的挑战。我们借鉴包括能源政策文件和研究报告在内的最新文献，以及对金融部门、能源效率从业者等利益相关者的采访，考虑能源政策、消费者选择和金融体系问题如何交叉。我们建议，在《绿色协议》撤销后，有必要重新考虑家庭能源效率改善政策的制定，而不仅仅是解决障碍和市场失灵。我们研究了新政策框架的三个潜在方面：能源效率作为基础设施；提供能源效率的新业务和融资模式；能源效率投资的分散融资机构。这需要政府对能源效率做出长期承诺，并需要确保项目从住户和投资者的角度都具有吸引力和可投资性。我们的结论是，政府在英国住宅节能改造的任何大规模举措中都发挥着重要作用，即使这些机制是基于市场的。其中包括表明长期政策一致性、降低金融投资风险以及支持行业创新者和去中心化参与者。
This paper examines the challenges associated with stimulating large-scale investment in energy efficiency and demand management measures, using residential energy efficiency-improving retrofits in the UK as a case study. We consider how issues of energy policy, consumer choice and financial systems intersect, drawing on recent literature including energy policy documents and research reports, and on interviews with stakeholders from the finance sector, energy efficiency practitioners and more. We suggest that following the withdrawal of the Green Deal, there is a need to reconsider the framing of policy for household energy efficiency improvements, moving beyond addressing barriers and market failure. We examine three potential aspects of a new policy framing: energy efficiency as infrastructure; new business and financing models for energy efficiency provision; and decentralised financing institutions for energy efficiency investment.This would require a long-term commitment from government on energy efficiency, and a need to ensure that projects are attractive and investable from both householders and investors' perspectives. We conclude that there are important roles for government in any large scale initiative for energy efficient retrofitting of UK homes, even if the mechanisms are market based. These include signalling long-term policy consistency and reducing risks for financial investment, and supporting industry innovators and decentralised actors.