Household energy service and home appliance choices in urban China
In urban China, climate tracks heating and cooling use; income tracks advanced appliance ownership
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We examine factors associated with household energy service and home appliance choices from the perspective of 'energy-related well-being'. Using a choice model on microdata for China's urban households from 1986 to 2012, we regress nested combinations of energy service categories on socioeconomic, demographic and climatic factors.
We find that heating and cooling energy service use is associated more with climate than with other factors. Demographic factors relate more to access to basic appliances and information services, while acquiring advanced appliances is more associated with household income.
Exploring the role of income, we find similar relationships with ownership of washing machines, TVs and refrigerators, while income has a stronger relationship with ownership of microwaves, computers and air conditioners. These results inform our understanding of what drives home appliance choices, and the residential energy demand growth that follows, in China.
@article{han_household_2022,
title = {Household energy service and home appliance choices in urban {China}},
volume = {71},
copyright = {All rights reserved},
issn = {09730826},
url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S097308262200182X},
doi = {10.1016/j.esd.2022.09.021},
language = {en},
urldate = {2023-03-01},
journal = {Energy for Sustainable Development},
author = {Han, Xiao and Poblete-Cazenave, Miguel and Pelz, Setu and Pachauri, Shonali},
month = dec,
year = {2022},
pages = {263--278},
}