TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation on the impacts of the implementation of civil building energy efficiency standards on Chinese economic system and environment
AU - Liu, Xiuli
AU - Hewings, Geoffrey J.D.
AU - Wang, Shouyang
N1 - The authors would like to thank anonymous referees and the journal editor for their reviews and constructive comments. This work was supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China project ‘Evaluate Economic Impact of BEES on National Economy, the National Natural Science Fund of China’ under Grant 70701034, and the Knowledge Innovation Programs of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - In this paper, in contrast to the usual rough estimation, we present a model to simulate and evaluate the direct, indirect economic and environmental impacts of the implementation of building energy efficiency standards on Chinese economic system and environment by 12 indicators in two scenarios. Four indicators are used to evaluate the direct economic impact degree, five indicators are used to evaluate the direct environmental impact degree, three indicators are used to evaluate the indirect economic impact degree of 34 sectors and the whole Chinese economic system. This research makes it possible to link developments in the implementation of building energy efficiency standards with environmental and economic structure change. The most important finding is that the implementation of building energy efficiency standards can reduce a large amount of pollutants emissions and increase the GDP at the same time.
AB - In this paper, in contrast to the usual rough estimation, we present a model to simulate and evaluate the direct, indirect economic and environmental impacts of the implementation of building energy efficiency standards on Chinese economic system and environment by 12 indicators in two scenarios. Four indicators are used to evaluate the direct economic impact degree, five indicators are used to evaluate the direct environmental impact degree, three indicators are used to evaluate the indirect economic impact degree of 34 sectors and the whole Chinese economic system. This research makes it possible to link developments in the implementation of building energy efficiency standards with environmental and economic structure change. The most important finding is that the implementation of building energy efficiency standards can reduce a large amount of pollutants emissions and increase the GDP at the same time.
KW - Building energy efficiency
KW - Direct economic impact
KW - Direct environmental impact
KW - Indirect economic impact
KW - Input-output analysis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.05.016
DO - 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.05.016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:68049131201
SN - 0378-7788
VL - 41
SP - 1084
EP - 1090
JO - Energy and Buildings
JF - Energy and Buildings
IS - 10
ER -