Comparison of household consumption and regional production approaches to assess urban energy use and implications for policy
Date
2011
Authors
Baynes, Timothy
Lenzen, Manfred
Steinberger, Julia K.
Bai, Xuemei
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
Assessment of urban energy use may proceed by a number of methods. Here we derive an energy account from local statistics, and compare them with an input output (IO) analysis as applied to Melbourne, Australia. These approaches highlight different aspects of urban energy use and comparable outputs are presented together to assess consistency, to identify complementarities and discuss the insight each approach brings to understanding urban energy. The IO method captures the direct and embodied primary energy requirements of local household expenditure (235.8. GJ/capita/year) while the regional assessment more directly accounts for local production activity (258.1. GJ/capita/year). The parity of these results is unexpected for a developed city with a strong tertiary sector. Sectoral detail reveals differences between the primary energy required by Melbourne's economic structure and that ultimately required through the full supply chain relating to household expenditure. This is accompanied by an IO analysis of the geography of Melbourne's 'energy catchment'. It is suggested that the IO consumption and regional production approaches have particular relevance to policies aimed at consumption behaviour and economic (re)structuring, respectively. Their complementarity further suggests that a combined analysis would be valuable in understanding urban energy futures and economic transitions elsewhere.
Description
Keywords
Keywords: Combined analysis; Economic structure; Economic transitions; Energy catchment; Household expenditure; Input output analysis; Input-output; Local production; Local statistics; Melbourne; Melbourne , Australia; Number of methods; Primary energies; Productio Energy catchment; Input-output analysis; Regional assessment
Citation
Collections
Source
Energy Policy
Type
Journal article
Book Title
Entity type
Access Statement
License Rights
Restricted until
2037-12-31
Downloads
File
Description