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Starbucks Saves Millions on Energy Bills with LED Lighting
Starbucks has replaced every incandescent and halogen bulb in their US coffee stores with LEDs; company-wide, the switch has reduced lighting energy consumption by 80 percent and total store energy consumption by 7 percent.
Date: 12/10/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: energy consumption, energy savings, greenhouse gas emissions, incandescent bulbs, LED adoption, LED lighting
Rebound effect
The Rebound Effect: State of the Debate and Implications for Energy Efficiency Research
A new report from Institute faculty member Roland Geyer and his colleague Sheetal Gavankar examines the rebound effect, or the extent to which energy savings enabled by advances in energy efficiency are reduced by the behavioral response to the increase in efficiency.
Date: 10/26/2010
Type: Report
Technologies: Economic Impact, General Information
Tags: consumer behavior, economics, energy consumption, energy efficiency, energy savings

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