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Impacts on the embodied carbon emissions in China’s building sector and its related energy-intensive industries from energy-saving technologies perspective: A dynamic CGE analysis
Highlights A computable general equilibrium (CGE) model was established to explore the economic and environmental impacts on three related energy-intensive industries. Different scenarios were established to demonstrate that the industry output increased and the energy intensity (carbon intensity) decreased. Embodied carbon emission reduction in the building sector mainly depended on the adoption of energy-saving technologies in the steel and cement industries. The construction industry exhibited a high potential for embodied carbon emission reduction, which largely depends on industry-wide energy-saving technologies.
Abstract Research on embodied carbon emission reduction in the building sector from an energy-saving technology perspective has attracted wide attention. However, because the embodied carbon emissions in the building sector comprise a complex category involving multiple related industries, existing studies have often focused on the environmental impacts on one related industry, while few researchers have explored the impacts of energy-saving technologies on the embodied carbon emissions in the building sector from an industrial relevance perspective. In this study, a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model was employed, and different energy-saving technology scenarios were established to assess the economic and environmental impacts on three related energy-intensive industries (the cement, steel and construction industries) and to analyze the impacts on the embodied carbon emissions in the building sector. The results indicated that the considered energy-saving technologies increased the outputs of the three related industries and reduced product prices. The energy-saving technologies reduced the energy and carbon emission intensities. It was also demonstrated that the embodied carbon emission reduction in the building sector mainly depends on the implementation of energy-saving technologies in the steel and cement industries, the construction industry exhibits a high potential for embodied carbon emission reduction, and the reduction potential largely depends on industry-wide energy-saving technologies.
Impacts on the embodied carbon emissions in China’s building sector and its related energy-intensive industries from energy-saving technologies perspective: A dynamic CGE analysis
Highlights A computable general equilibrium (CGE) model was established to explore the economic and environmental impacts on three related energy-intensive industries. Different scenarios were established to demonstrate that the industry output increased and the energy intensity (carbon intensity) decreased. Embodied carbon emission reduction in the building sector mainly depended on the adoption of energy-saving technologies in the steel and cement industries. The construction industry exhibited a high potential for embodied carbon emission reduction, which largely depends on industry-wide energy-saving technologies.
Abstract Research on embodied carbon emission reduction in the building sector from an energy-saving technology perspective has attracted wide attention. However, because the embodied carbon emissions in the building sector comprise a complex category involving multiple related industries, existing studies have often focused on the environmental impacts on one related industry, while few researchers have explored the impacts of energy-saving technologies on the embodied carbon emissions in the building sector from an industrial relevance perspective. In this study, a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model was employed, and different energy-saving technology scenarios were established to assess the economic and environmental impacts on three related energy-intensive industries (the cement, steel and construction industries) and to analyze the impacts on the embodied carbon emissions in the building sector. The results indicated that the considered energy-saving technologies increased the outputs of the three related industries and reduced product prices. The energy-saving technologies reduced the energy and carbon emission intensities. It was also demonstrated that the embodied carbon emission reduction in the building sector mainly depends on the implementation of energy-saving technologies in the steel and cement industries, the construction industry exhibits a high potential for embodied carbon emission reduction, and the reduction potential largely depends on industry-wide energy-saving technologies.
Impacts on the embodied carbon emissions in China’s building sector and its related energy-intensive industries from energy-saving technologies perspective: A dynamic CGE analysis
Zhu, Weina (author) / Huang, Boyu (author) / Zhao, Jinyu (author) / Chen, Xiaoyan (author) / Sun, Chengshuang (author)
Energy and Buildings ; 287
2023-02-20
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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