Urban energy consumption and related carbon emission estimation: a study at the sector scale

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Urban energy consumption and related carbon emission estimation: a study at the sector scale

Weiwei LU¹, Chen CHEN¹, Meirong SU¹(

), Bin CHEN¹, Yanpeng CAI^1,2, Tao XING³

1. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; 2. Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina S4S 7H9, Canada; 3. Beijing Yanqing District Development and Reform Commission, Beijing 102100, China

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Abstract

With rapid economic development and energy consumption growth, China has become the largest energy consumer in the world. Impelled by extensive international concern, there is an urgent need to analyze the characteristics of energy consumption and related carbon emission, with the objective of saving energy, reducing carbon emission, and lessening environmental impact. Focusing on urban ecosystems, the biggest energy consumer, a method for estimating energy consumption and related carbon emission was established at the urban sector scale in this paper. Based on data for 1996–2010, the proposed method was applied to Beijing in a case study to analyze the consumption of different energy resources (i.e., coal, oil, gas, and electricity) and related carbon emission in different sectors (i.e., agriculture, industry, construction, transportation, household, and service sectors). The results showed that coal and oil contributed most to energy consumption and carbon emission among different energy resources during the study period, while the industrial sector consumed the most energy and emitted the most carbon among different sectors. Suggestions were put forward for energy conservation and emission reduction in Beijing. The analysis of energy consumption and related carbon emission at the sector scale is helpful for practical energy saving and emission reduction in urban ecosystems.

Keywords energy consumption carbon emission urban sector Beijing

Corresponding Author(s): SU Meirong,Email:sumr@bnu.edu.cn

Issue Date: 05 December 2013

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Weiwei LU,Chen CHEN,Meirong SU, et al. Urban energy consumption and related carbon emission estimation: a study at the sector scale[J]. Front Earth Sci, 0, (): 480-486.

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Tab.1 Factors for conversion from the physical unit to coal equivalent.

Tab.2 Coefficients of carbon emission for different energy resources.

Fig.1 Trend of total energy consumption in Beijing.

Fig.2 Trend of energy consumption per unit GDP and energy consumption per capita in Beijing.

Fig.3 Proportion of energy consumed in each sector relative to total energy consumption in Beijing.

Fig.4 Trend of total carbon emission in Beijing.

Fig.5 Trend of carbon emission per unit GDP and carbon emission per capita in Beijing.

Fig.6 Proportion of carbon emission in each sector relative to total carbon emission in Beijing.

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