The Centre for Energy Policy research highlights several potential positive impacts of national household energy efficiency initiatives, at both household and economy-wide levels.
In particular, the economy-wide perspective highlights that there are advantages both in terms of reduced energy costs and greater disposable income when household energy efficiency improves. There are also positive economy-wide impacts of the energy rebound of any spending of the resulting increased disposable income.
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