An empirical comparison of voluntary and mandatory building energy performance disclosure outcomes
| Autor: | Jeremy Gabe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Estimation
Government Actuarial science business.industry 020209 energy 0211 other engineering and technologies 021107 urban & regional planning Accounting 02 engineering and technology Certification Management Monitoring Policy and Law Environmental stewardship General Energy Lease Turnover 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Null hypothesis business Efficient energy use |
| Zdroj: | Energy Policy. 96:680-687 |
| ISSN: | 0301-4215 |
| Popis: | In 2010, the federal Australian government mandated the disclosure of energy performance ratings in advertisements for sale or lease of large commercial office properties. Prior to 2010, participation in the rating scheme was voluntary. This study first develops a theoretical model of mandatory disclosure policy effectiveness. Then, with a dataset of all ratings since inception of the voluntary regime in 1999, it tests the expectation that initial voluntary adopters have a greater tendency towards environmental stewardship and are more likely to manage and invest in environmental performance improvements, potentially dampening the effectiveness of mandatory disclosure policy. However, multiple statistical models of certification are unable to reject the null hypothesis that there is no difference in energy efficiency outcomes between the mandatory and voluntary adopters at equivalent stages. For urban policymakers, the extrapolation of voluntary adopter performance appears to be a good – perhaps even conservative – estimation of mandatory energy performance disclosure outcomes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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