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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113430
	Beyond energy efficiency: Do consumers care about life-cycle properties of household appliances?
	Olsthoorn, Mark; Schleich, Joachim; Guetlein, Marie -Charlotte; Durand, Antoine; Faure, Corinne
发表日期	2023
ISSN	0301-4215
EISSN	1873-6777
卷号	174 页码:11
英文摘要	Legislative proposals intend to require that manufacturers provide consumers with information on product life -cycle impacts. Yet, little is known about how consumers value such life-cycle information and who would be most sensitive to it. In this paper, we employ data from a demographically representative household survey among the adult population in Germany (N = 404), which elicits individuals' preferences for energy-related attributes of refrigerators. Based on mixed logit analysis of a discrete choice experiment, we find that con-sumers, on average, dislike refrigerators with much higher embodied energy, value the highest energy class, and prefer refrigerators with longer warranty periods. Latent class models distinguish three consumer classes: 'price sensitives' (36%), 'quality seekers' (24%) and 'energy savers' (40%). 'Energy savers' are characterized by a higher environmental identity, energy literacy, and more patience than the other classes. Rating scales reveal that consumers consider life-cycle properties with direct, private benefits much more strongly than properties with mainly indirect, social benefits. Results from ordered logit models suggest that women with more patience and high environmental identity consider all life-cycle properties more strongly, while durability appears to also be valued more by low-income and more energy literate consumers. The results support ongoing policy initia-tives that require the provision of life-cycle information and call for instruments to help consumers select ap-pliances based on life-cycle costs.
英文关键词	Energy efficiency; Life cycle; Label; Appliance; Choice experiment; Consumer preferences; Circular economy
学科领域	Economics; Energy & Fuels; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS记录号	WOS:000927065900001
来源期刊	ENERGY POLICY
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/272259
作者单位	Grenoble Ecole Management; Fraunhofer Gesellschaft; Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Olsthoorn, Mark,Schleich, Joachim,Guetlein, Marie -Charlotte,et al. Beyond energy efficiency: Do consumers care about life-cycle properties of household appliances?[J],2023,174:11.
APA	Olsthoorn, Mark,Schleich, Joachim,Guetlein, Marie -Charlotte,Durand, Antoine,&Faure, Corinne.(2023).Beyond energy efficiency: Do consumers care about life-cycle properties of household appliances?.ENERGY POLICY,174,11.
MLA	Olsthoorn, Mark,et al."Beyond energy efficiency: Do consumers care about life-cycle properties of household appliances?".ENERGY POLICY 174(2023):11.