The life cycle rebound effect of air-conditioner consumption in China

Applied Energy

Volumn 184, Issue , 2016, Pages 1026-1032

  Liu, Jingru ^a   Sun, Xin ^b   Lu, Bin ^a   Zhang, Yunkun ^c   Sun, Rui ^d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d Jilinhuancheng Rural Commercial Bank   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Life cycle rebound effect; Room air conditioners; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LIFE CYCLE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS; ENERGY-EFFICIENT PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; REBOUND EFFECT; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION;

AIR CONDITIONING;

AIR CONDITIONING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84953431889     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.11.100     Document Type: Article

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