Life-Cycle Cost Disclosure

Publications (by Matthias Deutsch)

2011
“Disclosing building energy information to consumers on the internet”, Paper presented at the eceee 2011 Summer Study, Energy efficiency first: The foundation of a low-carbon society, France

2010
"Energy Information and E-Commerce: Evaluating the Effect of Life-Cycle Cost Information on Consumer Behavior", Counting on Energy Programs: It's Why Evaluation Matters, Paris, France: International Energy Program Evaluation Conference, June 2010, http://www.iepec.org, Summarizes the experimental results with a focus on data processing; also see the corresponding presentation.

"Life-Cycle Cost Disclosure, Consumer Behavior, and Business Implications: Evidence from an Online Field Experiment", Journal of Industrial Ecology, 14 (1), 103-120,( dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-9290.2009.00201.x ), Describes the experimental results for washing machines

"The effect of life-cycle cost disclosure on consumer behavior: evidence from a field experiment with cooling appliances", Energy Efficiency ( dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12053-010-9076-4 )
2009
"Life-Cycle Cost Disclosure and Consumer Behavior: Expectations in the Energy Policy Community Versus Experimental Evidence",
In D. M. Bergmann (Ed.), Energy Efficiency Research. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers
2008
"Life-cycle cost disclosure, consumer behavior, and business implications" (300 kB; PDF),
Proceedings: Sustainable Consumption and Production: Framework for Action, 2nd Conference of the Sustainable Consumption Research Exchange (SCORE!) Network, Refereed Sessions III-IV, 10/11 March 2008, Brussels (www.score-network.org)
2007
"The effect of life-cycle cost disclosure on consumer behavior" (PDF; 5.2 MB),
Dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park

"Power-Preis-Vergleich: Integrierter Preis- und Energieeffizienz-Vergleich im Internet" (PDF; 3,2 MB),
Final report in German (Endbericht)