Abstract: The residential sector currently accounts for one fifth of global energy use and corresponding greenhouse gas emissions, largely driven by increasing demand for space heating and cooling. Climate change mitigation action requires these to reduce, but the exact decarbonization strategies and their heterogeneity is unclear. We use a regional recursive dynamic energy system model with an explicit representation of residential energy use and building stocks to explore the contribution of this sector in long-term decarbonization pathways. The projec...
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Topics: 
Natural resource economics
Environmental economics