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Affordability of energy efficient appliances – indicators and evidence Cover

Affordability of energy efficient appliances – indicators and evidence

Open Access
|Aug 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

In-store price versus efficiency for air conditioners, various regions (IEA, 2026).

Figure 2

Purchase price versus efficiency, and life cycle cost vs efficiency for AC, Viet Nam (IEA, 2022).

Figure 3

How refrigerators are acquired by households in GB (Gemmell et al., 2017).

Figure 4

Online purchase price of fridge-freezers, median, 20th and 80th percentiles, and gross disposable income per capita of households (USD), 2024.

Figure 5

Simple affordability index (purchase price as share of annual disposable income), fridge-freezers, 2024.

Figure 6

Purchase and LCC affordability index (averaged over lifetime of product), fridge-freezers, 2024 [correction].

Figure 7

Affordability index, by income decile, UK, fridge-freezer, 2024.

Figure 8

Share of income spent on inefficient and highly efficient extended bundle of appliances, by income decile in sub-Saharan Africa (IEA, 2026).

Language: English
Page range: 38 - 38
Submitted on: Mar 25, 2026
Accepted on: May 15, 2026
Published on: Aug 7, 2026
Published by: European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Kevin Lane, Adriana Díaz, Sophie Attali, published by European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.