Carl Dalhammar
Senior lecturer
MEPS as climate policy
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Summary, in English
Researchers from Sweden (IIIEE, Lund University) and the US (Enervee) have found that minimum energy per-formance standards (MEPS) for home appliances are an effective alternative to stand-alone carbon pricing. A modest tightening of MEPS is already sufficient to account for climate externalities. For several appliances, carbon prices would have to increase manifold to provide the same incentives as progressive MEPS.
Department/s
- The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
Publishing year
2018
Language
English
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Document type
Web publication
Topic
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Keywords
- MEPS
- carbon pricing
- social cost of carbon
- life cycle costs
Status
Published
Project
- Behavioural economics for energy and climate change policies and the transition to a sustainable energy system.