Abstract
The energy embodied in construction services consumed by industrial sectors used to increase capacities has led to massive energy-related carbon emissions (ERCE). From the perspective of consumer responsibility, ERCE embodied in construction services is driven by technological changes and the increases in final demand of various sectors, including final consumption, fixed assets investment, and net export. However, little attention has been paid to decomposing sectoral responsibilities from this perspective. To fill this research gap, we propose a dynamic hybrid input–output model combined with structural decomposition analysis (DHI/O-SDA model). We introduce DHI/O modeling into the estimation of ERCE embodied in construction services from the perspective of consumer responsibility and introduce SDA into DHI/O models to improve the resolution of the estimate. Taking China as a case study, we verified the DHI/O-SDA model and present the bilateral relationships among sectoral responsibilities for ERCE embodied in construction services. A major finding is that the “Other Tertiary Industry” sector is most responsible for ERCE embodied in construction services and strongly influences other sectors. Therefore, controlling the final demand increase of the service industry will be the most effective policy to reduce the ERCE embodied in construction services.
Highlights
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has pointed out that reducing greenhouse gas emissions can help mitigate global greenhouse effects [1]
This paper introduces the dynamic hybrid input–output (DHI/O) model into the decomposition of sectoral responsibility for energy consumption and the energy-related carbon emissions (ERCE) embodied in construction services from the perspective of consumer responsibility
This section describes the development of a DHI/O-structural decomposition analysis (SDA) model for estimating the energy consumption and the ERCE embodied in construction services-related fixed assets investment (CSFAI) from the perspective of consumer responsibility
Summary
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has pointed out that reducing greenhouse gas emissions can help mitigate global greenhouse effects [1]. Report of the IPCC [2], the energy-related carbon emissions (ERCE) of industrial processes accounted for approximately 65% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions worldwide in 2010. ERCE, energy conservation remains an important task in addition to the development of low-carbon energy sources. Energy conservation includes improving technological efficiency (such as reducing energy consumption per unit of energy services provided), and reducing demand for energy services. Energy services can be categorized as “operation services” and “construction services” [3].
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