Abstract

Energy consumption, especially high sulfur coal burning, is the largest emission source for air pollution in China. Based on the studies on co-benefits, it is recognized that energy saving has great benefits not only on resource conservation, but also on air pollution mitigation and GHGs reduction. Therefore, energy consumption per unit GDP (energy intensity) is designed, as a very useful tool, to measure city’s environmental performances, combining with an existing China’s environmental policy – Quantitative Integrated Evaluation on Urban Environment.

The designed specific indicator of energy intensity is a relative one, which is to be used to assess energy saving degree by percentage comparing with its energy consumption in previous year. Furthermore, considering renewable energy, the relative indicator is designed only for fossil energy consumption per unit GDP.

Presentation: http://www.cleanairnet.org/baq2006/1757/docs/SP9_4.ppt