Modes of governance for municipal energy efficiency services The case of LED street lighting in Germany

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:139

Article

Polzin, Friedemann^1,2,4,5  von Flotow, Paschen²  Nolden, Colin³ 

[1] EBS Business Sch, Strascheg Inst Innovat Transformat & Entrepreneur, Rheingaustr 1, D-65375 Oestrich Winkel, Germany

[2] SBI, Zehnthofstr 1, D-65375 Oestrich Winkel, Germany

[3] Univ Sussex, SPRU, Jubilee Bldg, Brighton BN1 9SL, E Sussex, England

[4] Univ Utrecht, Sch Econ USE, Kriekenpitpl 21-22, NL-3584 EC Utrecht, Netherlands

[5] Univ Utrecht, SFL, Kriekenpitpl 21-22, NL-3584 EC Utrecht, Netherlands

关键词: Energy efficiency;    Public procurement;    Energy services;    Energy performance contracting;    Modes of governance;    LED lighting;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.07.100

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Energy efficiency retrofits are often impeded by high perceived investment risks, long payback periods and a lack of skills. At the municipal level these issues are particularly pronounced as procuring, implementing, and managing retrofits can exceed existing municipal governance capacities. The diffusion of municipal LED street lighting as a replacement for conventional lighting serves as an example. This paper argues that technological (e.g. complexity and maturity), economic (e.g. selling services vs. products and financing costs), institutional (e.g. property situation and contracts) and competency barriers to retrofitting (e.g. lack of measurement capacity and qualified facilitators) translate into transaction costs. We develop a taxonomy of appropriate modes of municipal retrofitting governance based on transaction costs economics. The findings indicate that more market-based solutions, energy performance contracts in particular, can facilitate the procurement of innovative energy efficiency retrofitting solutions and associated investments among municipalities if neutral tenders, open-book accounting, municipal ownership and intermediary organisations allow municipalities to choose appropriate governance structures for particular technologies and retrofits. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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