Gao, J;
Zhong, X;
Cai, W;
Ren, H;
Huo, T;
Wang, X;
Mi, Z;
(2019)
Dilution effect of the building area on energy intensity in urban residential buildings.
Nature Communications
, 10
, Article 4944. 10.1038/s41467-019-12852-9.
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Abstract
Urban residential buildings make large contributions to energy consumption. Energy consumption per square meter is most widely used to measure energy efficiency in urban residential buildings. This study aims to explore whether it is an appropriate indicator. An extended STIRPAT model was used based on the survey data from 867 households. Here we present that building area per household has a dilution effect on energy consumption per square meter. Neglecting this dilution effect leads to a significant overestimation of the effectiveness of building energy savings standards. Further analysis suggests that the peak of energy consumption per square meter in China’s urban residential buildings occurred in 2012 when accounting for the dilution effect, which is 11 years later than it would have occurred without considering the dilution effect. Overall, overlooking the dilution effect may lead to misleading judgments of crucial energy-saving policy tools, as well as the ongoing trend of residential energy consumption in China.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Dilution effect of the building area on energy intensity in urban residential buildings |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-019-12852-9 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12852-9 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, MODEL-BASED METHODOLOGY, CARBON EMISSIONS, DESIGN STANDARD, DRIVING FORCES, CHINA, EFFICIENCY, CONSUMPTION, IMPACT, SECTOR, STIRPAT |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10086985 |
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