Unequal age-based household emission and its monthly variation embodied in energy consumption – A cases study of Tokyo, Japan

Long, Yin, Yoshida, Yoshikuni, Meng, Jing, Guan, Dabo, Yao, Liming and Zhang, Haoran (2019) Unequal age-based household emission and its monthly variation embodied in energy consumption – A cases study of Tokyo, Japan. Applied Energy, 247. pp. 350-362. ISSN 0306-2619

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Abstract

City is the main place to consume goods and services throughout the world. Among the various consumption terminals, household-level consumption is highly behavior driven, which can be affected by various factors such as household income level, age, living environment etc. However, city-level household emissions characteristics are still not fully understood due to the complexity of consumption behaviors and the lack of the supply chain's data. To include the environmental responsibility embodied in residential consumption and reveal how it varies among household type and season, this study investigates city-level household consumption as it relates to energy demand using a city-scale input-output model and urban residential consumption inventories. Importantly, age- and month-based emission are analyzed from different aspects such as emission type, source, fuel types and consumption items. Findings indicate that (1) household emissions differ substantially among the various household age groups; older households generally produce higher emissions levels on a per capita basis; (2) decreases in temperature are the main reason for the increased emissions in older households, while this is not a significant factor in younger households; (3) the high per capita household emissions in older households indicate inefficient energy usage among elder citizens, which strongly suggests that aging societies will face long-term emissions increases if appropriate measures are not taken.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	city-level input-output model,household consumption,monthly emission,ten age-based groups,unequal emission,building and construction,energy(all),mechanical engineering,management, monitoring, policy and law,sdg 7 - affordable and clean energy ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2215
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Water Security Research Centre
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2019 09:30
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 22:38
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/71405
DOI:	10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.04.019

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