Abstract:

To explore the effects of population, income level, policy and technology on Chinese urban household energy consumption, based on the extension of STIRPAT model, we assess the effects of factors using provincial panel data of China from 2000 to 2013. The results showed that: 1% changes in the growth rate of urban life energy intensity, urban residents consumption, per capita disposable income, urbanization rate, total population, and comprehensive policy efforts may cause 0.932 2%, 0.853 7%, 0.559 2%, 0.599 8%, 0.408 0%, and -0.0120% changes in the growth rate of urban household energy consumption. In addition to the negative effect of energy conservation policy, the other five factors have a positive effect on the growth of household energy consumption. Among them, the energy intensity of life has the greatest impact on the urban household energy consumption, while the government’s energy policy has inhibitory action in the growth of urban household energy consumption, although it’s weak. The government should continue to strengthen the implementation of energy conservation policies, so as to achieve energy-saving emission reduction in the field of domestic energy consumption.