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Barriers to Effective Energy Management

The document discusses barriers to energy conservation including traditional energy prices not reflecting true costs, lack of consumer information, consumers not making efficient decisions, replacement decisions based on availability over efficiency, energy prices excluding environmental and social costs, competition for investments, and separation of building ownership from utility bills.

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Barriers to Effective Energy Management

The document discusses barriers to energy conservation including traditional energy prices not reflecting true costs, lack of consumer information, consumers not making efficient decisions, replacement decisions based on availability over efficiency, energy prices excluding environmental and social costs, competition for investments, and separation of building ownership from utility bills.

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Introduction

energy management
Barriers to Energy Conservation
• Traditional energy prices are understated
because they do not include the health, social,
and environmental costs of using fuels. For
example, gasoline prices do not take into
account the costs associated with military
requirements to protect access to oil sources,
global warming, acid rain, and adverse health
effects.
Barriers
• Lack of Objective Consumer Information
• Failure of Consumers to Make Optimal Energy-
Efficiency Decisions
• Replacement Market Decisions Based on
Availability Rather Than Efficiency
• Energy Prices do not Take into Account the Full
Environmental or Societal Costs
• Competition for Capital to Make Energy-Efficiency
Investments
• The Separation of Building Ownership from Utility
Bill Responsibility

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