Energy Economics: Energy Efficiency in China

• Main Authors: Wei, Yi-Ming (Author), Liao, Hua (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Energy.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Climate change.; Energy industries.; Energy Efficiency.; Energy Economics.; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

This book presents a succinct overview of research on China's Energy Efficiency as studied by the Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). Energy efficiency, linking energy supply, demand and market, is crucial to the world's ener...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Energy Development in the World and China
• 2. Relationship between Energy Efficiency and the Economic System: Measuring Energy Efficiency
• 3. Impact of Economic Structural Changes on Energy Macro-efficiency
• 4. Residential Energy Consumption
• 5. Energy Efficiency in Key Sectors
• 6. Empirical Research about the Effects of Price on Oil Demand
• 7. China’s Regional Energy Efficiency
• 8. Energy Efficiency in Developed Countries and its Implications for China
• 9. Energy Saving Potential from End-use Efficiency Improvements and its Socioeconomic Impacts
• 10. Prospects of China’s Energy Efficiency.