Cash for Coolers : Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexico

• Tác giả: Lucas W Davis
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 643.6 Appliances and laborsaving installations
• Thông tin xuất bản: American Economic Association, 2014
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 312140
• Chủ đề: 1. carbon dioxide emissions; 2. electricity consumption; 3. energy efficiency; 4. energy use; 5. microeconomic analysis

Tóm tắt

This paper evaluates a large-scale appliance replacement program in Mexico that from 2009 to 2012 helped 1.9 million households replace their old refrigerators and air conditioners with energy-efficient models. Using household-level billing records from the universe of Mexican residential customers, we find that refrigerator replacement reduces electricity consumption by 8 percent, about one-quarter of what was predicted by ex ante analyses. Moreover, we find that air conditioning replacement actually increases electricity consumption. Overall, we find that the program is an expensive way to reduce externalities from energy use, reducing carbon dioxide emissions at a program cost of over 00 per ton.