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An Energy Analysis of Household Consumption


An Energy Analysis of Household Consumption

Changing Patterns of Direct and Indirect Use in India
Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries, Band 13

von: Shonali Pachauri

96,29 €

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 17.08.2007
ISBN/EAN: 9781402057120
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 211

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The book presents a novel socio-economic approach to analysing the - ergy system and energy consumption in India from a household persp- tive. In doing so, it views households as the ultimate end-consumers and estimates and analyses the direct and indirect energy requirements of household consumption, both at an aggregate national level as well as at a disaggregate household level. In addition, the work incorporates two c- cial aspects often ignored by many energy studies that are characteristic of most developing countries, namely the importance of non-commercial sources of biomass energy in the energy systems of these countries, and the enormous diversity and inequity in the patterns of energy access and use across households with different lifestyles and levels of well being. This work was initiated as part of my Ph.D. thesis at the Centre for - ergy Policy and Economics (CEPE) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Te- nology in Z urich (ETHZ ). The thesis was completed at the end of 2002.
An Overview of Energy Consumption in India.- Energy Analysis and Energy Intensities for India.- Total and Average Household Energy Requirements.- Disaggregate Household Energy Requirements.- Energy Requirements and Well Being.- Conclusions and Reflections.
The first work of its kind that carries out such an analysis of the direct and indirect energy requirements of household consumption in India at both an aggregate national level and disaggregate household level and for a time horizon covering the last two decades Allows for analyzing how energy use patterns and energy consumption are linked with the quality of life of individual households or persons and provides a novel view of the energy system and development in India by adopting a household perspective Makes a first step in identifying the key driving forces and some important trends in technical, economic, demographic, and lifestyles changes that are having an impact on the patterns and use of energy within the country over the last couple of decades
<P>The book takes a socio-economic approach to analyzing the energy system and energy consumption in India from a household perspective. In addition, the work incorporates two crucial aspects often ignored by many traditional modeling approaches that are characteristic of most developing countries, namely the importance of non-commercial sources of energy, mostly biofuels, and the very large diversity in the patterns of energy use in households with widely diverging lifestyles and well-being. Adopting a household perspective allows for analyzing how energy use and consumption patterns are linked with the quality of life of individual households or persons and provides a novel view of the energy system and development in India. The work makes a first step in identifying key driving forces and some important trends in technical, economic, demographic, and lifestyle changes that have an impact on the patterns and use of energy within the country over the last couple of decades. </P>

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