The barriers to energy efficiency in China: Assessing household electricity savings and consumer behavior in Liaoning Province

By Di Feng, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Khuong Minh Vu. 2010

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This article investigates the barriers to energy efficiency at the residential sector within one province in China and explores patterns of household electricity consumption. The article presents the results of a survey questionnaire distributed to more than 600 households in Liaoning Province, field research at various Liaoning government agencies, and research interviews of Liaoning government officials to determine the efficacy of their energy efficiency efforts in China. It then investigates the extent that electricity consumers have taken advantage of energy efficiency opportunities relating to more efficient lights, water heaters, appliances, air-conditioners and heaters, and better energy-efficiency labels. The article also assesses the degree that electricity users have become more aware about electricity prices and their levels of consumption, and touches on the connection between rising levels of income and electricity use. It concludes by providing recommendations for how to improve efforts to promote conservation and reduce electricity load growth in Liaoning Province and beyond.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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In Building and Construction

1. Denise Danao
2. Feng Song
3. Young-Tae Chang
4. Ning Zhang
5. Yi-Ming Wei
6. N. Zhang
7. Xinye Zheng

In Electrical and Electronic Engineering

1. Ning Zhang
2. Yi-Ming Wei
3. Chu Wei

In Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

1. D. Broadstock
2. Dayong Zhang
3. Yi-Ming Wei
4. Denise Danao
5. Young-Tae Chang
6. Jiajia Li
7. Ning Zhang
8. Qiaomei Liang

Citations in the corpus

• Environmental efficiency analysis of transportation system in China:A non-radial DEA approach (2013, background): “, 2010; Dianshu et al., 2010; Wang et al., 2011). Some of these studies, however, have focused on environmental performance of overall industries (Watanabe and Tanaka, 2007; Yeh et al., 2010; Wang et al., 2011) on a national level or a regional level. Or some others have worked on electricity indust”
• Characteristics of residential energy consumption in China: Findings from a household survey (2014, background): “Feng et al. (2010) investigate the barriers to energy efficiency at the residential sector and explore patterns of household electricity consumption in Liaoning province.”
• Efficiency Snakes and Energy Ladders: A (meta-)frontier demand analysis of electricity consumption efficiency in Chinese households (2016, background): “…quantifying various aspects of energy efficiency for China including: Bennett et al. (2002); Lu (2006); Chen and Song (2008); Zhou et al. (2008); Wang et al. (2013); Feng et al. (2010); Zhou et al. (2012); Zhang et al. (2013); Zhang et al. (2014); Yao et al. (2015); Lin and Du (2015) among others.”
• Residential carbon emission evolutions in urban-rural divided China: An end-use and behavior analysis (2013, methodology): “Because all of the survey data in previous studies is regional or local level only focusing on one particular area in China [28-33], we have to adjust them to the national level.”