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TRANSPOSE Working Paper No3: Identifikation, Quantifizierung und
Systematisierung technischer und verhaltensbedingter
Stromeinsparpotenziale privater Haushalte
Veit Bürger - 2009, 96 pages (Abstract: DE EN) (Download Paper)
Abstract
Electricity consumption in German households accounts for more than
10% of energyrelated CO2 emissions. In spite of substantial
improvements in, for example, the efficiency of household appliances,
there is still a considerable electricity savings potential to be
tapped in this sector. The possible contribution that the German
residential sector can make to climate protection is correspondingly
large. This working paper aims to structure and quantify electricity
savings potentials which could be exploited in German households either
through investment measures or changed user behaviour. The total
theoretical potential which can be tapped through the purchase of
efficient household appliances and the replacement of electrical
heaters and hot water generators (i.e. by encouraging investment)
amounts to approx. 90 TWh/a. This corresponds to more than 60% of the
current electricity demand of all German households. By means of
changed user behaviour, approx. 30 TWh of electricity could be saved
according to our calculations. The assessment of energy savings
potentials is an important step towards identifying those potentials
which are most significant with regard to their volume, the barriers
against their deployment and the design of appropriate policy.The
results of the analysis give indication which areas should be dealt
with as a matter of political priority in order to maximise the effects
of political instruments in the area of demand side related electricity
efficiency.
