文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Did the energy efficiency upgrades for air conditioners reduce residential electricity consumption? Evidence from China

作者：Zhang, Mingyang[1,2,4];Cheng, Zhiqiang[1,2];Li, Chunpu[1,2];Deng, Nanxin[3]

机构：[1]Nanjing Univ Informat Sci & Technol, Key Lab Meteorol Disaster, Minist Educ, 219 Ningliu Rd, Nanjing 210044, Peoples R China;[2]Nanjing Univ Informat Sci & Technol, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Forecast & Evaluat Meteorol, Sch Business, 219 Ningliu Rd, Nanjing 210044, Peoples R China;[3]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Business Sch, Dept Econ, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai 200000, Peoples R China;[4]Nanjing Univ Informat Sci & Technol, 219 Ningliu Rd, Nanjing 210044, Peoples R China

年份：2022

卷号：275

外文期刊名：ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

收录：;EI(收录号：20223912790355);WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000863093000002)】；

基金：This project was funded by the Research Project of Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster (KLME) , Ministry of Education & Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD) (KLME202112) , The Jiangsu Social Science Fund of China (22SHC013) , and Research Project of Philosophy and Social Science of Universities in Jiangsu (2021SJA0190) .

语种：英文

外文关键词：Climate policy; Energy efficiency; Electricity consumption; Reverse effect; Air conditioner

摘要：Energy efficiency standards for household appliances have been adopted in many countries to mitigate negative externalities, reduce emissions, and save energy. Using Chinese provincial-level panel data from 2008 to 2018, this paper builds a difference-in-difference model to examine the mechanism by which energy-efficiency upgrades in China's air conditioners affect urban household electricity usage. The results show that the upgrades have brought about an obvious reverse effect, with urban household elec-tricity usage increasing rather than decreasing. Reducing the unit costs of energy service has enhanced residents' sensitivity to cooling demand. Driven by the substitution and income effects, urban residents may increase the intensity and frequency of their AC use. Additionally, this reverse effect is heteroge-neously dependent on the family size and urban residents' age structure rather than their educational level. When families are larger and have more children, the reverse effect is more pronounced. This paper's findings provide useful recommendations for policy-makers to formulate policies that are syner-gistic with energy efficiency standards for household appliances. (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.