Estimating the efficiency in overall energy consumption : evidence from Slovenian household-level data

Dolšak, Janez (avtor), Hrovatin, Nevenka (avtor), Zorić, Jelena (avtor)

This study measures the efficiency of energy consumption in the residential sector in Slovenia. It extends the existing research on the estimation of electricity consumption efficiency by considering the consumption efficiency of multiple energy sources used in households. The detailed disaggregated data from two cross-sectional surveys conducted in the years 2010 and 2014, resulting in a sample of 6,882 Slovenian households, is used in the estimation. The study includes energy services in a stochastic frontier framework through a sub-vector Shephard energy input distance function. Several household characteristics are considered in the estimation of energy consumption to control for household heterogeneity. The results reveal that Slovenian households have substantial potential for energy savings, which can be achieved through the replacement of inefficient energy-using capital stock and changed behavioural patterns. Specifically, we found the average inefficiency of energy consumption in Slovenian households to be 25.1% in 2010 and 23.3% in 2014, indicating a slight improvement in residential energy efficiency in the observed period, which is also in line with the EU energy-efficiency targets.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: Slovenia, energetics, households, residential sector, energy efficiency, stochastic frontier analysis, energy use, subvector Shephard input distance function
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Datum objave: 15.08.2022
• Leto izida: 2022
• Št. strani: 13 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 114, art. 106241
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-139602
• UDK: 620.9
• ISSN pri članku: 0140-9883
• DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106241
• COBISS.SI-ID: 118963715
• Datum objave v RUL: 05.09.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Energy economics
• Skrajšan naslov: Energy econ.
• Založnik: Elsevier
• ISSN: 0140-9883
• COBISS.SI-ID: 10397703

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Najbolj omejujoča licenca Creative Commons. Uporabniki lahko prenesejo in delijo delo v nekomercialne namene in ga ne smejo uporabiti za nobene druge namene.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: Slovenija, energetika, gospodinjstva

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Program financ.: Raziskovalni program
• Številka projekta: P5-0117
• Naslov: Trajnostna konkurenčnost slovenskega gospodarstva v evropskem in globalnem okviru