PEDL Research Paper. 皇冠体育app Light and the Heat: Productivity Co-benefits of Energy-saving Technology

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2014
Country:
India
Document Type:
Research Paper
皇冠体育appme:
Economic Growth
First published:
1 January 2014
Authors:
Adhvaryu, A., Kala, N. and Nyshadham, A.

Abstract

Using detailed data from garment factories in Bangalore, India, these researchers (Adhvaryu, Kala and Nyshadham, 2014) estimate large, negative impacts of temperature on productive efficiency (actual over target output). 皇冠体育app introduction of LED lighting, which emits less heat than standard lighting, attenuates the temperature-productivity gradient by 75 percent. 皇冠体育appir estimates suggest that productivity returns to LEDs are more than four times larger than the energy savings, significantly shifting firms鈥� cost-benefit calculations in favour of adoption. 皇冠体育appy find no evidence of contemporaneous impacts of temperature on worker attendance, indicating that labour supply is not a primary mechanism of impact between temperature and productivity.

Citation

Adhvaryu, A.; Kala, N.; Nyshadham, A. PEDL Research Paper. 皇冠体育app Light and the Heat: Productivity Co-benefits of Energy-saving Technology. (2014) 28 pp.

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