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La matérialité invisible des services et ses implications énergétiques : une estimation de l’énergie grise par la méthode input-output

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  • Charlotte Fourcroy
  • Faïz Gallouj
  • Fabrice Decellas

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?Our goal is to demonstrate that the non-materiality of service activities is a myth and that energy consumptions in the services sector are significantly underestimated. ? In the first section, we examine the myth of the non-materiality of service activities, relying on the economics literature. In the second section, we identify the full range of sources of materiality in service activities, and therefore of energy consumption. We distinguish between, on the one hand, three direct sources of materiality and energy consumption (operations, conditioning and travel) and, on the other hand, an indirect source of materiality associated with the manufacturing process of material systems mobilized during the provision of services. The latter, described as ?embodied energy? is invisible and does not appear in the energy statistics of the services sector. In the third section, we try to estimate this ?embodied energy? by relying on an input-output method.

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  • Charlotte Fourcroy & Faïz Gallouj & Fabrice Decellas, 2015. "La matérialité invisible des services et ses implications énergétiques : une estimation de l’énergie grise par la méthode input-output," Revue d'économie industrielle, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(1), pages 43-72.
  • Handle: RePEc:cai:reidbu:rei_149_0043
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    1. Céline Merlin-Brogniart & Simon Nadel, 2021. "Specificities of environmental innovation dynamics in service firms: the French case," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 31(2), pages 451-473, April.
    2. Faridah Djellal & Faïz Gallouj, 2015. "Service innovation for sustainability: paths for greening through service innovation," Working Papers halshs-01188530, HAL.

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