Energy Efficiency and the Rebound Effect: Stuttgart Presentations

October 13, 2011

9:00 – 9:30 AM Welcome coffee
9:30 – 9:50 AM Welcome remarks and introduction of all participants (Ortwin Renn, Marie-Valentine Florin)
9:50 – 10:00 AM Goals and organization for the next two days (Ortwin Renn)
10:00 – 10:15 AM Review of the results of the Washington workshop (Ines Azevedo)
10:15 – 11:30 AM Session 1: Defining the rebound effect
10:15 – 10:45 AM Presentation: The direct rebound effect, indirect rebound effect, economy-wide rebound effect (Tim Mennel)
10:45 – 11:15 AM Discussion (Ortwin Renn)
11:15 – 11:30 AM Coffee Break
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM Session 2: Sector analysis / empirical evidence
11:30 – 11:45 AM Short presentation: Residential sector (Steve Sorrell [PDF])
11:45 – 12:00 PM Short presentation: Transportation Sector (Manuel Frondel and Colin Vance [PDF])
12:00 – 12:15 PM Short presentation: Industrial Sector (Karen Turner [PDF])
12:15 – 12:45 PM Discussion (Ortwin Renn)
12:45 – 1:45 PM Lunch
1:45 PM – 5:30 PM Session 3: Behavorial aspects of rebound effects
1:45 – 2:30 PM Presentation: “Frugality: Psychology’s ultimate challenge to prevent rebound effects” (Florian Kaiser [PDF])
2:30 – 2:45 PM Discussion (Ortwin Renn)
2:45 – 4:15 PM Breakout groups to identify and discuss relevant research areas / gaps
4:15 – 4:30 PM Coffee Break
4:30 – 5:30 PM Review of the findings from the breakout groups by the rapporteurs
5:30 – 5:45 PM Wrap up day one (Ortwin Renn)
6:30 PM Dinner

October 14, 2011

9:00 – 9:15 AM Coffee
9:15 – 9:20 AM Goals and organizations for the day (Ortwin Renn)
9:20 – 9:30 AM Short presentation: Simulating Direct and Indirect Rebound Effects in U.S. Households Using EIO-LCA (Brinda Thomas [PDF])
9:30 AM – 11:15 AM Session 4: Integration of rebound effects in scenario analysis
9:30 – 10:30 AM Panel Discussion (Timon Wehnert, Stefan Vogele [PDF], Almut Kirchner, Tobias Naegler [PDF])
10:30 – 11:00 AM Plenary discussion (Ortwin Renn)
11:00 – 11:15 AM Coffee
11:15 AM – 1:00 PM Session 5: Policies to overcome the rebound effect
11:15 – 12:15 PM Panel discussion (Stefan Gloger [PDF], Constanze von Rheinbaben [PDF], Patty Fong [PDF], Michael Golde [PDF], Reinhard Madlner [PDF])
12:15 – 12:45 PM Plenary discussion (Ortwin Renn)
12:45 – 1:00 PM Wrap up (Ortwin Renn)
1:00 – 3:00 PM Lunch