The Light and the Heat: Productivity Co-Benefits of Energy-Saving Technology

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作者
Adhvaryu, Achyuta [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Kala, Namrata [2 ,3 ,5 ,6 ]
Nyshadham, Anant [1 ,2 ,4 ,7 ]
机构
[1] Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[2] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] BREAD, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[4] Good Business Lab, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[5] MIT, Sloan Sch Management, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[6] JPAL, Cambridge, MA USA
[7] Boston Coll, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 USA
关键词
CLIMATE-CHANGE; TEMPERATURE; IMPACT; PERFORMANCE; POLLUTION;
D O I
10.1162/rest_a_00886
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We study the adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting in garment factories around Bangalore, India. Combining daily production line-level data with weather data, we estimate a negative, nonlinear productivity-temperature gradient. We find that LED lighting raises productivity on hot days. Using the firm's costs data, we estimate that the payback period for LED adoption is less than one-third the length after accounting for productivity co-benefits. The average factory in our data gains about $2,880 in power consumption savings and about $7,500 in productivity gains.
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页码:779 / 792
页数:14
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