Analysis of rural residential commercial energy consumption in China

• Published in: Energy (Oxford) Vol. 52; pp. 222 - 229
• Main Authors: Zhang, Ming, Guo, Fangyan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; China; Energy; Exact sciences and technology; households; income; LMDI; Rural energy; China; Asia; China, People's Rep; LMDI; Rural energy; China; Energy consumption; Residential sector

The objective of this paper is to identify the factors that contribute to the change in rural residential commercial energy consumption in China by utilizing the LMDI (Log Mean Divisia Index) method. Then the decoupling index is developed based on those factors to evaluate the progress in decoupling...