China Energy Outlook 2020 - Flipbook - Page 27
Figure 1-9. Share of Electricity Consumption in Total Final Energy Use (2000, 2010, and 2017)
Source: NBS, various years (b).
Notes: 1) Industry data also includes construction sector; 2) final energy use includes transportation consumption
in end-use sectors, e.g., buildings and industrial sector, according to China’s statistical methodology.
Buildings Sector
The residential and commercial buildings sector9 is currently responsible for consumption of
about 13% and 8%, respectively, of China’s total primary energy. Buildings have been a roughly
20% share of primary energy use for more than two decades, with buildings energy
consumption nearly tripling since 2000.
Key drivers of energy use in the buildings sector include urbanization (urban residences are
more energy intensive than rural houses) building vintages (new buildings are subject to stricter
energy codes), increased levels of comfort for heating and cooling, increased penetration of
water heating, space heating, and cooling equipment, and higher appliance adoption rates as
well as more recent appliance vintages.
China has been rapidly building new urban residential and commercial buildings over the past
two decades. Annual completed new urban building floorspace (excluding country-level and
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Public buildings are included in the commercial building sector.
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