| ID | 176750 |
| Title Proper | Shrinking ageing population and other drivers of energy consumption and CO2 emission in the residential sector: |
| Other Title Information | a case from Eastern Europe |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Balezentis, Tomas |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Energy use and the resulting environmental impacts are interrelated with socioeconomic development of a certain region. What is more, the residential sector plays an important role as a major consumer of the energy. Thus, it is important to identify the underlying patterns of energy consumption and the resulting CO2 emission amidst the external shocks. This paper focuses on the case of residential energy consumption and CO2 emission in Lithuania over 2004–2016. This example is important given the context of shifts in the size and structure of population, economy and energy transformation in Lithuania that occurred over the period covered. The analysis relies on the index decomposition analysis and factorizes the changes in CO2 emission into the effects of population size, household size, dwelling area, energy intensity and carbon factor. The results indicate that decline in energy intensity and population played the most important role in pushing the CO2 emission down, yet these effects were offset by the changes in the lifestyle of the population (i.e. household size and dwelling area) along with increasing carbon factor. These findings are contrasted to the corresponding findings form the earlier studies around the world and the resulting policy implications are delivered. |
| `In' analytical Note | Energy Policy Vol.140; May 2020: p.111433 |
| Journal Source | Energy Policy 2020-05 140 |
| Key Words | Lithuania ; Energy Consumption ; CO2 Emission ; Residential Sector ; Index Decomposition Analysis ; Households |