The efficiency evaluation and the spatiotemporal differences of CO2 emissions in China's construction industry

Abstract

Under the promotion of China's double carbon policy, China's construction industry (CI) is facing the pressure for CO2 emissions (CE) reduction. In order to promote China's high-quality green development, CO2 emissions efficiency (CEE) evaluation in China's CI was crucial. Based on the super-efficiency slacks-based measure–data envelopment analysis (SBM-DEA) model, the Global Malmquist-Luenberger (GML) index, the global and local Moran index in spatial autocorrelation, 11 indicators of CI were selected to evaluate CEE and the spatiotemporal differences of CEE in China's CI 31 provinces from 2000 to 2020 were analyzed. The results indicated the CEE was on the rise on the whole. The average annual CEE of Hainan, Heilongjiang, Tianjin, Shanghai and Xizang was bigger than 1. The CEE of Sichuan, Gansu and Guizhou was around 0.5. The order of CE of CI in China from high to low Was South China, North China, Northeast China, Central China, East China, Northwest China and Southwest China. The GML index increased by 6.25% annually, the average annual TC increased by 11.68%, and the average annual EC increased by 5.21%. The overall CEE of China's CI showed a positive correlation between 2010 and 2015, but the spatial agglomeration was weak.