An impact assessment of sustainable technologies for the Chinese urban residential sector at provincial level
Recently, energy use in the urban residential sector of China has drastically increased due to higher incomes and urbanization. The fossil fuels dominant energy supply has since worsened the air quality, especially in urban areas. In this study we estimate the future energy service demands in Chines...
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| author | Rui Xing Tatsuya Hanaoka Yuko Kanamori Hancheng Dai Toshihiko Masui |
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| description | Recently, energy use in the urban residential sector of China has drastically increased due to higher incomes and urbanization. The fossil fuels dominant energy supply has since worsened the air quality, especially in urban areas. In this study we estimate the future energy service demands in Chinese urban residential areas, and then use an AIM/Enduse model to evaluate the emission reduction potential of CO _2 , SO _2 , NO _x and PM. Considering the climate diversity and its impact on household energy service demands, our analysis is down-scaled to the provincial-level. The results show that in most of the regions, penetration of efficient technologies will bring CO _2 emission reductions of over 20% compared to the baseline by the year 2030. Deployment of energy efficient technologies also co-benefits GHG emission reduction. However, efficient technology selection appears to differ across provinces due to climatic variation and economic disparity. For instance, geothermal heating technology is effective for the cold Northern areas while biomass technology contributes to emission reduction the most in the warm Southern areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99c4cad4f65a4beea93259f0684aad372023-08-09T14:11:03ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262015-01-0110606500110.1088/1748-9326/10/6/065001An impact assessment of sustainable technologies for the Chinese urban residential sector at provincial levelRui Xing0Tatsuya Hanaoka1Yuko Kanamori2Hancheng Dai3Toshihiko Masui4National Institute for Environmental Studies , JapanNational Institute for Environmental Studies , JapanNational Institute for Environmental Studies , JapanNational Institute for Environmental Studies , JapanNational Institute for Environmental Studies , JapanRecently, energy use in the urban residential sector of China has drastically increased due to higher incomes and urbanization. The fossil fuels dominant energy supply has since worsened the air quality, especially in urban areas. In this study we estimate the future energy service demands in Chinese urban residential areas, and then use an AIM/Enduse model to evaluate the emission reduction potential of CO _2 , SO _2 , NO _x and PM. Considering the climate diversity and its impact on household energy service demands, our analysis is down-scaled to the provincial-level. The results show that in most of the regions, penetration of efficient technologies will bring CO _2 emission reductions of over 20% compared to the baseline by the year 2030. Deployment of energy efficient technologies also co-benefits GHG emission reduction. However, efficient technology selection appears to differ across provinces due to climatic variation and economic disparity. For instance, geothermal heating technology is effective for the cold Northern areas while biomass technology contributes to emission reduction the most in the warm Southern areas.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/6/065001Chinese provinceGHG emissionco-benefiturban household |
| spellingShingle | Rui Xing Tatsuya Hanaoka Yuko Kanamori Hancheng Dai Toshihiko Masui An impact assessment of sustainable technologies for the Chinese urban residential sector at provincial level Environmental Research Letters Chinese province GHG emission co-benefit urban household |
| title | An impact assessment of sustainable technologies for the Chinese urban residential sector at provincial level |
| title_full | An impact assessment of sustainable technologies for the Chinese urban residential sector at provincial level |
| title_fullStr | An impact assessment of sustainable technologies for the Chinese urban residential sector at provincial level |
| title_full_unstemmed | An impact assessment of sustainable technologies for the Chinese urban residential sector at provincial level |
| title_short | An impact assessment of sustainable technologies for the Chinese urban residential sector at provincial level |
| title_sort | impact assessment of sustainable technologies for the chinese urban residential sector at provincial level |
| topic | Chinese province GHG emission co-benefit urban household |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/6/065001 |
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