Energy consumption and carbon footprint accounting of urban and rural residents in Beijing through Consumer Lifestyle Approach

Chen, Caocao; Liu, Gengyuan; Meng, Fanxin; Hao, Yan; Zhang, Yan; Casazza, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.11.049

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“…As the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter, China is also under great pressure to reduce emissions [3]. In recent years, with the increase of disposable household incomes [4,5] and the acceleration of urbanization [6,7] in China, the carbon emissions from households has increased since more high-carbon lifestyles have been adopted by residents, which attracts attention [8][9][10]. Moreover, analysis of households and lifestyles might promote an understanding of family business [11], and even building industry [12] towards sustainability.…”

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A Study on the Factors Affecting China’s Direct Household Carbon Emission and Comparison of Regional Differences

Fan

Ran

2019

Sustainability

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As the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, China has been attracting attention. In the global carbon emission structure, the proportion of household carbon emissions continues to increase, and it is necessary to focus on the issue of household emissions. Based on the perspective of the family sector and the comparison of urban–rural and interprovincial differences, this study makes a thorough and systematic analysis of the factors affecting direct household carbon emissions. The average carbon emission of urban households is higher than that of rural households. Both personal background and household energy consumption facility use have important impacts on household carbon emissions, and the degree of impact varies between urban and rural areas and between provinces. Reducing household carbon emissions and achieving a harmonious coexistence between man and nature are the common goals of the government and society. The government should explore the model of green sustainable development on the basis of ensuring the energy needs of residents. Residents should also further establish a low-carbon life concept and focus on the cultivation of low-carbon lifestyles.

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A Study on the Factors Affecting China’s Direct Household Carbon Emission and Comparison of Regional Differences

Fan

Ran

2019

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“…Similarly, there have been previous studies on the components that affect CO 2 emissions, with similar conclusions. Chen et al 38 . explored energy consumption of urban and rural households in Beijing during 1996–2011 by the CLA model.…”

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“…Even the computable general equilibrium model was employed to find that the increased household income levels had a positive impact on the direct and indirect household energy requirements 37 . In addition to considering the impact of income levels on CO 2 emissions, Chen et al 38 . showed that urbanization would not cause a large gap between per capita carbon emissions and energy consumption between urban and rural areas in Beijing, but the total energy consumption and carbon emissions in cities were greater than in rural areas by the analysis of CLA.…”

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Exploring the characteristics and drivers of indirect energy consumption of urban and rural households from a sectoral perspective

Xi-yu

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China is actively taking measures to guide the household energy-saving consumption pattern because the total household indirect energy consumption and CO 2 emissions have rapidly multiplied from 2002 to 2017 with an annual growth rate of 5.95%, and 5.56%, respectively. This paper calculates indirect energy consumption and CO 2 emissions by four energy sources (raw coal, crude oil, natural gas, and electricity), analyzes the energy structure, and conducts a structural decomposition analysis in urban and rural areas in China from 2002 to 2017. The results reveal that the indirect energy consumption and CO 2 emissions of urban households was 3.84 and 3.80 times, respectively, that of rural households in 2017 with most contributions from the 'Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, and Fishery', 'Foods and Tobacco', and 'OTHERS' sectors. The energy consumption structure has changed. The percentage of coal consumption falls from 66.87% to 57.62%. Electricity consumption, ranked second, increased substantially from 10.77% to 22.90%. The key sectors of the energy mix have been found to help energy conservation. The high indirect energy consumption sectors with higher indirect energy intensity are the key sectors, especially the 'Processing of Petroleum, Coking and Processing of Nuclear Fuel' and 'Production and Supply of Electric Power and Heat Power'. The consumption structure effect is more obvious in urban areas than in rural areas. In the process of urbanization, its effect has little impact on urban indirect energy consumption. It implies that the focus is on optimizing consumption structure rather than reducing consumption scale.

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“…The carbon footprint is mostly used, whereas it could reveal both the tendencies of sustainable consumption and achievement of the climate change policy targets [53][54][55][56][57]. In recent years, this indicator was used in various countries or country groups e.g., the United States [58,59], Norway [60,61], China [62][63][64][65][66][67], Japan [68,69], Nordic countries [70], and also separate European Union countries [71][72][73][74][75].…”

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Sustainable Consumption in the Baltic States: The Carbon Footprint in the Household Sector

Liobikienė

Brizga

2022

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Sustainable consumption is one of the main aspects while implementing sustainable development goals. The main feature of sustainable consumption is the reduction of environmental impact. Thus, it is vital to understand and evaluate the environmental impact caused by consumption. In this paper, carbon footprint analyses of the Baltic States for the period of 2000–2019 were used to study sustainable consumption and pro-environmental behavior development. The results show not only how carbon footprint changes in different consumption categories (e.g., mobility, housing, food, and services), but whether it is related to changes in pro-environmental behavior as the promotion of sustainable consumption is crucial to reduce the consumption-based carbon footprint. The results from multi-regional input-output analyses show that in the Baltic States 62–71% of all the household carbon footprint is attributed to the three main consumption categories—transport, food, and housing. These categories are also responsible for 53–56% of the household expenditure. Consequently, changes in our mobility, food consumption, and housing management practices can significantly reduce the household environmental impacts. However, to minimize carbon footprints, behavioral changes are not enough; structural changes in the agro-food, housing, energy, and transport systems are also needed.

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Energy consumption and carbon footprint accounting of urban and rural residents in Beijing through Consumer Lifestyle Approach

Cited by 70 publications

References 59 publications

A Study on the Factors Affecting China’s Direct Household Carbon Emission and Comparison of Regional Differences

A Study on the Factors Affecting China’s Direct Household Carbon Emission and Comparison of Regional Differences

Exploring the characteristics and drivers of indirect energy consumption of urban and rural households from a sectoral perspective

Sustainable Consumption in the Baltic States: The Carbon Footprint in the Household Sector

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