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Letting the Gini out of the fuel poverty bottle? Correlating cold homes and income inequality in European Union countries by Galvin, Ray

“…•Emerging research shows economic inequality affects home energy consumption.•Energy poverty research has not considered this phenomenon on the macro-level.•I…”
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How Not to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions: An Unbalanced Focus on Energy Efficiency in Germany’s Building Rehabilitation Policies by Galvin, Ray

“…Germany needs to reduce CO2 emissions from space heating in its old buildings to net zero by 2045 to fulfil its climate goals. However, direct CO2 reduction…”
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“Let justice roll down like waters”: Reconnecting energy justice to its roots in the civil rights movement by Galvin, Ray

“…The meaning and connotations of the word “justice” as used in environmental justice and much climate justice literature were formed in the US civil rights…”
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Economic Inequality and Household Energy Consumption in High-income Countries: A Challenge for Social Science Based Energy Research by Galvin, Ray, Sunikka-Blank, Minna

“…Social science approaches commonly used in household energy consumption research tend to focus on regular, everyday determinants of household behavior…”
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Introducing the prebound effect: the gap between performance and actual energy consumption by Sunikka-Blank, Minna, Galvin, Ray

“…German regulations for the thermal renovation of existing homes demand high thermal standards, which the government claims are technically and economically…”
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Economic viability in thermal retrofit policies: Learning from ten years of experience in Germany by Galvin, Ray, Sunikka-Blank, Minna

“…Germany aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050 compared to 1990 levels and has merged this target with mandatory Energy Saving Regulations for thermal…”
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Rebound and Spillovers: Prosumers in Transition by Dütschke, Elisabeth, Galvin, Ray, Brunzema, Iska

“…Generating energy by renewable sources like wind, sun or water has led to the emergence of "clean" energy that is generally available at low cost to the…”
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Evolution of Energy and Exergy Efficiency in the European Road Freight Industry, 1978–2018 by Martulli, Alessandro, Galvin, Ray, Ruzzenenti, Franco

“…In the last four decades the European truck industry has made remarkable progress in energy efficiency, but this higher efficiency has failed to materialize in…”
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Editorial: The Rebound Effect and the Jevons' Paradox: Beyond the Conventional Wisdom by Ruzzenenti, Franco, Font Vivanco, David, Galvin, Ray, Sorrell, Steve, Wagner, Aleksandra, Walnum, Hans Jakob

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Are electric vehicles getting too big and heavy? Modelling future vehicle journeying demand on a decarbonized US electricity grid by Galvin, Ray

“…In the US a complete transition to electric vehicles (EVs) would increase demand for carbon-free electricity by around 30% if the future fleet has the same…”
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Making the ‘rebound effect’ more useful for performance evaluation of thermal retrofits of existing homes: Defining the ‘energy savings deficit’ and the ‘energy performance gap’ by Galvin, Ray

“…•Three distinct ‘rebound effect’ definitions for home heating are identified.•These are applied to case studies of three retrofitted apartment…”
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Policy pressure to retrofit Germany's residential buildings to higher energy efficiency standards: A cost-effective way to reduce CO2 emissions? by Galvin, Ray

“…Germany's climate goals require over 75% of its housing stock to be retrofitted for energy efficiency. An important question for Germany and other countries…”
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Reducing poverty in the UK to mitigate energy poverty by the 10% and LIHC indicators: What tax changes are needed, and what are the consequences for CO2 emissions? by Galvin, Ray

“…Energy poverty is driven by four factors: poverty; high energy prices; energy-inefficiency; and specific household characteristics. Increasingly refined…”
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The economic losses of energy-efficiency renovation of Germany's older dwellings: The size of the problem and the financial challenge it presents by Galvin, Ray

“…Germany has ambitious goals to steeply increase the thermal energy efficiency of its older residential buildings, to reduce CO2 emissions and bring heating…”
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How many interviews are enough? Do qualitative interviews in building energy consumption research produce reliable knowledge? by Galvin, Ray

“…Research in building energy consumption often uses semi-structured interviews to produce qualitative data on consumer beliefs, attitudes, practices and skills…”
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The ICT/electronics question: Structural change and the rebound effect by Galvin, Ray

“…ICT and related electronic appliances consumed 4% of global electrical energy in 2007, growing to 4.7% in 2012, with projections of continued increase in…”
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How prebound effects compromise the market premium for energy efficiency in German house sales by Galvin, Ray

“…Recent studies indicate that houses with higher energy efficiency usually have higher market prices, a 'market premium for energy efficiency'. But in Germany…”
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Estimating broad-brush rebound effects for household energy consumption in the EU 28 countries and Norway: some policy implications of Odyssee data by Galvin, Ray

“…Currently there is a strong policy commitment in European Union (EU) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries to increase…”
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Who co-opted our energy efficiency gains? A sociology of macro-level rebound effects and US car makers by Galvin, Ray

“…Rebound effects occur when energy efficiency upgrades lead to less energy saving than anticipated, compromising CO2 emission reduction. Studies of micro-level…”
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The Green New Deal in the United States: What it is and how to pay for it by Galvin, Ray, Healy, Noel

“…•We examine Ocasio-Cortez's and Sanders’ versions of the Green New Deal (GND).•We show how it intricately combines CO2 reduction with alleviating…”
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