Research and analysis

Industrial energy and resource efficiency rebound effects

A report on resource efficiency and the rebound effect in UK industry.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Published: 24 March 2026

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Industrial energy and resource efficiency rebound effects

Ref: RAF011/2425

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This report explores a number of research questions on the rebound effects associated with industrial resource and energy efficiency measures and the potential implications of this for policy appraisal and carbon abatement modelling in the UK. Rebound effects are when some or all of the expected efficiency-based savings are observed to ‘bounce back’, through an increase in consumption induced by the efficiency measure.

Published 24 March 2026