Does Daylight Saving Save Electricity? A Meta-Analysis
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F18%3A10372216" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/18:10372216 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5547/01956574.39.2.thav" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5547/01956574.39.2.thav</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5547/01956574.39.2.thav" target="_blank" >10.5547/01956574.39.2.thav</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Does Daylight Saving Save Electricity? A Meta-Analysis
Original language description
The original rationale for adopting daylight saving time (DST) was energy savings. Modern research studies, however, question the magnitude and even direction of the effect of DST on electricity consumption. Representing the first meta-analysis in this literature, we collect 162 estimates from 44 studies and find that the mean reported estimate indicates slight electricity savings: 0.34% during the days when DST applies. The literature is not affected by publication bias, but the results vary systematically depending on the exact data and methodology applied. Using Bayesian model averaging we identify the most important factors driving the heterogeneity of the reported effects: data frequency, estimation technique (simulation vs. regression), and, importantly, the latitude of the country considered. Electricity savings are larger for countries farther away from the equator, while subtropical regions consume more electricity because of DST.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50201 - Economic Theory
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Energy Journal
ISSN
0195-6574
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
39
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
27
Pages from-to
35-61
UT code for WoS article
000427578400002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85042166564