Energy Efficiency and the Rebound Effect: Neither Big Nor Bad

![][1] Now that you've installed efficient light bulbs in your house, do you think: "Guess I'll leave my lights on all night. What the heck – it won't cost me any extra." Probably not.  But some extreme critics of energy efficiency would have us believe this is the end result of appliance standards and energy savings technology – that we simply consume mo

[1]: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/8/13/body-energy-efficiency-and-the-rebound-effect-neither-big-nor-bad.jpg

URL: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2012/08/energy-efficiency-and-the-rebound-effect-neither-big-nor-bad?cmpid=rss