The heterogeneity in energy consumption patterns and home appliance purchasing preferences across urban households in China

Energy efficiency in household sector

“…In countries with growing economies, residential energy consumption can increase dramatically due to the desire of the population to improve their standard of living and bring previously unavailable products and services, including energy-related, into everyday life (Bildirici and Kayıkçı, 2012;Klimenko et al, 2021;Gomonov et al, 2021). Similar phenomena were observed during the period of intensive economic growth in many countries, for example, China, India, Indonesia and others (Hu et al, 2017;Ding et al, 2017;Dong and Hao, 2018;Ravindra et al, 2019;Thapar, 2020;Hartono et al, 2020;Zhunussova et al, 2020;Lei at al., 2022). Striking a balance between economic growth and energy efficiency improvement is a complex management challenge, so studying the experience of different countries along the way is an important and timely research issue.…”

Impacts of workplace automation on energy poverty: The new challenge of achieving SDG 7 in the context of technological revolution

“…Studies have shown that the more children, the greater the burden of child-rearing, and the higher the likelihood of energy poverty [ 37 ]. However, larger family sizes may improve energy efficiency through the energy-sharing effect [ 38 ]. In terms of marital status, owing to the risk-sharing effect of marriage, it can reduce energy poverty [ 39 ].…”

Heterogeneous preferences for living in a hydrogen home: an advanced multigroup analysis

“…In turn, the authors advocate for the notion of "common but differentiated household mitigation policies" to support the energy transition. 192 In the context of the hydrogen economy, a focus on intergroup comparisons remains primarily limited to early exploration in the UK 43,52,80 and Australian contexts. 58,59 Insights from large datasets are constrained to examining the effects of gender and political party preferences in the Australian context 59 (see ESI11 †).…”

“…However, systematic analyses of consumer heterogeneity remain relatively scarce in the energy technology acceptance literature. 192 To an extent, the deficiency of a multigroup focus (especially extending beyond two dimensions), reflects a persistent trend towards implementing ineffective, one-size-fits-all energy policies in different country contexts, such as China, 192 South Africa, 193 Austria, 194 Denmark, 195 the US, 196 and the UK. 197…”

“…Analysing the rebound effect in the Austrian context through a computable general equilibrium model, Kulmer and Seebauer 194 also emphasised the importance of accounting for household heterogeneity in view of divergent consumer preferences. Furthermore, based on survey data collected from 921 urban households in China, Lei et al 192 illustrated how consumers have ‘heterogeneous energy lifestyles’, as reflected by different energy consumption habits and purchasing preferences for home appliances. In turn, the authors advocate for the notion of “common but differentiated household mitigation policies” to support the energy transition.…”