Government auditing and urban energy efficiency in the context of the digital economy: Evidence from China's Auditing System reform

Liu, Junxian; Nie, Song; Lin, Tiantian

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2024.131100

Energy

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.131100

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Government auditing and urban energy efficiency in the context of the digital economy: Evidence from China's Auditing System reform

Junxian Liu,

Song Nie,

Tiantian Lin

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Avoid–Shift–Improve: Are Demand Reduction Strategies Under-Represented in Current Energy Policies?

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Noussan,

Campisi

2024

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The Avoid–Shift–Improve framework has been used since its conception in the 1990s to help decision-makers prioritize action towards environmental sustainability in the transport sector. The core of the framework establishes a clear priority of action among the three main strategies that give it its name, thus highlighting the prominent role transport demand reduction should have within policy discussions. However, although its general formulation allows for a fruitful application to other sectors, the approach and its definitions have rarely been extended beyond transport. In particular, the energy sector could significantly benefit from an application of its methodology since the prioritization of energy demand reduction over energy efficiency would be in line with an optimized path towards decarbonization. This paper outlines a theoretical application of the A-S-I framework to the energy sector that allows the categorization of energy policies in terms of Avoid, Shift, or Improve strategies. Moreover, the paper presents an analysis of several energy policies databases to evaluate to what extent policies are addressing energy demand reduction, shift to less-carbon-intensive energy sources or energy efficiency. The results of the study show that most energy-related policies seem to support improving efficiency in current technology (18–33% of policies, depending on the database that is considered) and shifting towards low-carbon sources (28–48% of policies) more than reducing or altogether avoiding energy demand in the first place (6–22% of policies). Further research is recommended to strengthen the results, especially by evaluating the significance of each policy in terms of committed investment, as well as to understand the main factors that contribute to Avoid-type policies being under-represented in the energy sector.

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Government auditing and urban energy efficiency in the context of the digital economy: Evidence from China's Auditing System reform

Cited by 2 publications

References 43 publications

Natural resource assets management and urban carbon emission efficiency: Evidence from quasi-natural experiment in China

Natural resource assets management and urban carbon emission efficiency: Evidence from quasi-natural experiment in China

Avoid–Shift–Improve: Are Demand Reduction Strategies Under-Represented in Current Energy Policies?

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