Mastrucci, A;
Min, J;
Usubiaga-Liaño, A;
Rao, ND;
(2020)
A Framework for Modelling Consumption-Based Energy Demand and Emission Pathways.
Environmental Science & Technology
, 54
(3)
pp. 1799-1807.
10.1021/acs.est.9b05968.
Preview |
Text
manuscript_final_energy_v2.0.pdf - Accepted Version Download (791kB) | Preview |
Abstract
Energy demand in global climate scenarios is typically derived for sectors – such as buildings, transportation, and industry – rather than from underlying services that could drive energy use in all sectors. This limits the potential to model household consumption and lifestyles as mitigation options through their impact on economy-wide energy demand. We present a framework to estimate the economy-wide energy requirements and carbon emissions associated with future household consumption, by linking Industrial Ecology tools and Integrated Assessment Models (IAM). We apply the framework to assess final energy and emission pathways for meeting three essential and energy-intensive dimensions of basic well-being in India: food, housing and mobility. We show, for example, that nutrition-enhancing dietary changes can reduce emissions by a similar amount as meeting future basic mobility in Indian cities with public transportation. The relative impact of energy demand reduction measures compared to decarbonization differs across these services, with housing having the lowest and food the highest. This framework provides complementary insights to those obtained from IAM by considering a broader set of consumption and well-being-related interventions, and illustrating trade-offs between demand and supply-side options in climate stabilization scenarios.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A Framework for Modelling Consumption-Based Energy Demand and Emission Pathways |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.est.9b05968 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b05968 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094104 |
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
