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Analysis of Existing Data: Determinants for the Adoption of Energy-Efficient Household Appliances in Germany

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Major household appliances account for 35 % of total European Union (EU) residential end-use electricity consumption (Bertoldi and Atanasiu, 2009). Refrigerators and freezers alone account for 15 % of residential electricity end-use, with washing machines accounting for 4 % and dishwashers, electric ovens and clothes dryers accounting for approximately 2 % of total residential end-use, apiece.

A modified version of this paper was published under the title “What’s Driving Energy- Efficient Appliance Label Awareness and Purchase Propensity?” in Energy Policy 38 (2), February 2010, 814-825.

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Mills, B., Schleich, J. (2013). Analysis of Existing Data: Determinants for the Adoption of Energy-Efficient Household Appliances in Germany. In: Rennings, K., Brohmann, B., Nentwich, J., Schleich, J., Traber, T., Wüstenhagen, R. (eds) Sustainable Energy Consumption in Residential Buildings. ZEW Economic Studies, vol 44. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2849-8_2

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