Research on Energy Consumption Constitution and Energy Efficiency Strategies of Residential Buildings in China Based on Carbon Neutral Demand

Wanghu Sun, Yuning Sun, Li Xu, Xing Chen and Debin Zai
Additional contact information
Wanghu Sun: College of Civil Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China
Yuning Sun: Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Li Xu: College of Civil Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China
Xing Chen: College of Civil Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China
Debin Zai: College of Civil Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 5, 1-16

Abstract: To assist in the implementation of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality in China, due to the contradiction between the increasing energy consumption of residential buildings in China and the higher energy efficiency goals, this paper illustrates that the energy consumption constitution of residential buildings in the whole life cycle and then puts forward comprehensive energy efficiency strategies. With literature and statistical data, the main part of building energy consumption lies in the materialization and use phases, which both will be continually increasing, and divided into energy utilization and waste. By inducing the energy consumption in the use phase, the energy consumption of residential buildings can be further classified into the energy consumption of indoor environments, residential behavior, and public facilities, where the internal factor of continuous increase are all elaborated. Via the analysis of energy waste causes, this paper constructs a model of energy consumption in residential buildings, reveals that the key to energy efficiency in residential buildings lies in scientific decision-making, lifestyle improvement, and appropriate energy efficiency technologies and measures adoption, and points out that promoting building energy efficiency through the whole life cycle of buildings and building activities is needed to achieve carbon compliance and carbon neutrality.

Keywords: residential building; energy use; energy consumption; enclosure structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/5/2741/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/5/2741/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:5:p:2741-:d:759076

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().