Dr. Corinna Fischer

100 Social Sciences and Humanities priority research questions for energy efficiency in Horizon Europe

The launch of the European Union’s (EU) Horizon Europe programme provides exciting opportunities for Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research to contribute to the fulfilment of the EU’s ambitious policy goals on energy and climate change. This report presents 100 questions that have been id

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Guidance for consumers – how do labels help?

In recent years, there has been a substantial improvement in the energy consumption and environmental footprint of a wide range of products, from fridges to office equipment. Various labels are now in use to inform consumers about these and other product features. Through their spending decisions, c

Living spaces: Saving energy by encouraging alterna-tive housing options for senior homeowners

An important share of Middle European countries’ energy consumption is used for space heating. The latter is determined by building energy efficiency, user practices, and floor space. Research and policy tend to focus on the first two factors and neglect the latter. In the German residential secto

Instruments to achieve reductions in energy consumption through sufficiency: Financial impacts for households and distributional considerations

Behave 2018: F5. Policy implementation and evaluation II Results from a current project for the Federal Environment Agency (FKZ 37EV 16 124 0)

Living up to expectations? Monitoring the effects of Ecodesign and Energy Labelling in Germany

Published in: eceee 2017 Summer Study on energy efficiency: Consumption, efficiency and limits, ISSN: 2001-7960 (online)/1653-7025 (print), ISBN: 978-91-983878-1-0 (online)/978-91-983878-0-3 (print)

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Resource Efficiency in the ICT Sector

In compiling this study, Oeko-Institut was able to draw from a broad variety of its previous research in virtually all of the fields addressed. While these research projects are referred to in the references section, Oeko-Institut also holds manifold experiences in related fields such as mining and