Economic disparity and CO₂ emissions: The domestic energy sector in Greater Bangalore, India

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• 作者：T.V. Ramachandra^a ; ^b ; ^c ; ¹ ; ² ; ^{cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Vishnu Bajpai^a ; ^{bajpai@ces.iisc.ernet.in" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Gouri Kulkarni^a ; ^{gouri@ces.iisc.ernet.in" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Bharath H. Aithal^a ; ^e ; ^{bharath@ces.iisc.ernet.in" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Sun Sheng Han^d ; ^{sshan@unimelb.edu.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Electricity consumption ; Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ; Spatial patterns ; Socioeconomic ; Bangalore
• 刊名：Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：67
• 期：Complete
• 页码：1331-1344
• 全文大小：3221 K

文摘

Energy consumption constitutes one of the important sources of carbon dioxide emission which cause global warming. This paper analyses greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to energy consumption in the domestic sector considering household activities and socioeconomic parameters. A stratified random survey of 1967 households in Bangalore pertaining to the energy consumption reveals that annual per capita electricity consumption ranges from 9.64 to 2337 kW h/year with an average of 336±267 kW h/year. Emission from most of the wards (66 wards) is about 10–15 Gg/year, while wards in peri-urban areas emit less than 10 Gg/year. Extrapolation of these, show that total carbon dioxide from all wards of Greater Bangalore accounts to 3350 Gg/Year. The energy consumption analyses reveal a proportional increase in the per capita energy consumption with the family income suggesting that economic levels in respective wards is an important parameter in the domestic energy consumption and also GHG emissions. Suggested interventions through large scale penetration of renewable sources of energy and energy conservation would help in reducing greenhouse gases and consequent warming of the Earth.