Thermal comfort and building energy consumption implications–a review

L Yang, H Yan, JC Lam - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Buildings account for about 40% of the global energy consumption and contribute over 30%
of the CO 2 emissions. A large proportion of this energy is used for thermal comfort in …

Factors that influence carbon emissions due to energy consumption in China: Decomposition analysis using LMDI

SC Xu, ZX He, RY Long - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
This study analyzes factors that influence carbon emissions due to fossil energy
consumption in China to identify key factors for policies promoting carbon emission …

Index decomposition analysis of residential energy consumption in China: 2002–2010

H Nie, R Kemp - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Residential energy consumption in China increased dramatically over the period of 2002–
2010. In this paper, we undertake a decomposition analysis of changes in energy use by …

Indirect carbon emissions in household consumption: evidence from the urban and rural area in China

Z Wang, L Yang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2014 - Elsevier
Resident energy consumption can be divided into direct and indirect parts, and the indirect
part is often considered to be much more important than direct part by some scholars. In this …

Analysing residential energy consumption using index decomposition analysis

XY Xu, BW Ang - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Index decomposition analysis (IDA) has been a popular tool for studying changes in energy
consumption over time in major energy consuming sectors. In the basic form, it allows such …

CO2 emissions from household consumption in India between 1993–94 and 2006–07: a decomposition analysis

A Das, SK Paul - Energy Economics, 2014 - Elsevier
CO 2 emission from anthropogenic activities is one of the major causes of global warming.
India being an agriculture dependent country, global warming would mean monsoon …

Changes of energy-related GHG emissions in China: An empirical analysis from sectoral perspective

X Xu, T Zhao, N Liu, J Kang - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
In order to better understand sectoral greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in China, this study
utilized a logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI) decomposition analysis to study emission …

The fluctuations of China's energy intensity: Biased technical change

C Wang, H Liao, SY Pan, LT Zhao, YM Wei - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
The fluctuations of China's energy intensity have attracted the attention of many scholars, but
fewer studies consider the data quality of official input–output tables. This paper conducts a …

Inflationary effect of coal price change on the Chinese economy

ZM Chen - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
This study investigates the pass-through effect induced by coal price fluctuations on the
Chinese economy 2007–2011 based on a non-competitive input–output model. Three …

Cost-effectiveness analysis of local energy management based on urban–rural cooperation in China

H Ren, Q Wu, J Ren, W Gao - Applied thermal engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
The urban and rural areas usually illustrate distinguishing yet complementary features from
natural, energy, economic and other aspects; thus, it is beneficial to consider them in a …