Prosuming – energy sufficiency and rebound effects: Climate impact of changing household consumption patterns in Germany

Changes in energy consumption patterns after becoming a prosumer household are rarely associated with negative environmental effects, as prosuming is intuitively assumed to be emission-reducing. This paper demonstrates the importance of sufficiency-oriented energy prosumer behavior for climate neutr...

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Published in:	TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis (Online) Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 18 - 24
Main Authors:	Ouanes, Nesrine, Kegel, Jan, Wiesenthal, Jan, Lenk, Clara, Bluhm, Hannes, Weiß, Julika, Torliene, Lukas
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	oekom verlag GmbH 18-07-2022
Subjects:	energy rebound life cylce assessment prosumer self-consumption sufficiency
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Summary:	Changes in energy consumption patterns after becoming a prosumer household are rarely associated with negative environmental effects, as prosuming is intuitively assumed to be emission-reducing. This paper demonstrates the importance of sufficiency-oriented energy prosumer behavior for climate neutrality goals by quantifying GHG emissions for photovoltaic (PV) prosumers at the German household and energy system level. Based on the results, recommendations are derived for promoting energy sufficiency in prosumer households.
ISSN:	2568-020X 2567-8833
DOI:	10.14512/tatup.31.2.18