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Energy Consumption in China’s Construction Industry: Energy Driving and Driven Abilities from a Regional Perspective

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  • Gao Jingxin

    (School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China)

  • Chen Yunong

    (Institute of Environmental Science, Leiden University, 2300 RALeiden, The Netherlands)

  • Zhong Xiaoyang

    (Institute of Environmental Science, Leiden University, 2300 RALeiden, The Netherlands)

  • Ma Xianrui

    (School of Economics and Management, Southwest University, Chongqing400700, China)

Abstract

The construction industry is one of the largest energy consumers in China. It not only uses energy directly but also consumes a large amount of embodied energy hidden in intermediate goods and services from other industries. This paper utilizes the multi-regional input-output (MRIO) model to measure the embodied energy consumption in China’s construction industry at the province level. To quantify the backward and forward linkages between the construction industry and other industries, the energy-driven and energy-driving abilities of the construction industry are investigated for 30 provinces. The results show that the values of the energy-driven coefficients are significantly larger than the energy-driving coefficients, indicating that the construction industry is highly dependent on products from other industries and other regions, not vice versa. The construction industries in the southwest and northwest regions of China have the highest energy-driven coefficients, showing that the construction industries in west China heavily rely on indirect energy embodied in goods and services. This particularly applies in Guangxi and Hainan provinces, which have the highest energy-driven abilities and the lowest energy-driving abilities. The findings can facilitate the policy-makers to examine the critical energy-saving paths.

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  • Gao Jingxin & Chen Yunong & Zhong Xiaoyang & Ma Xianrui, 2021. "Energy Consumption in China’s Construction Industry: Energy Driving and Driven Abilities from a Regional Perspective," Journal of Systems Science and Information, De Gruyter, vol. 9(1), pages 45-60, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:jossai:v:9:y:2021:i:1:p:45-60:n:4
    DOI: 10.21078/JSSI-2021-045-16
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