Future hotter summer greatly increases residential electricity consumption in Beijing : A study based on different house layouts and shared socioeconomic pathways
Hu, Qiyuan (China Agricultural University)
Tang, Jiayue (China Agricultural University)
Gao, Xiang (China Agricultural University)
Wang, Sijia (China Agricultural University)
Zhang, Dan (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Qin, Yuting (China Agricultural University)
Wang, Qihan (China Agricultural University)
Zhou, Yi (China Agricultural University)
Huang, Na (China Agricultural University)
Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Canadell, Josep G. (CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere)
Ciais, Philippe (Université Paris-Saclay. Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement)
Pan, Zhihua (China Agricultural University)
An, Pingli (China Agricultural University)
Xu, Lin (China Agricultural University)
Lun, Fei (China Agricultural University)

Date:	2023
Abstract:	Emerging studies illustrated that climate change has great impacts on residential electricity consumption, but only a few studies focused on impacts of daily weather and extreme hot days, not to mention considering house layouts. Here, we establish U-shaped response functions between daily outdoor air average temperature and residential electricity intensity (electricity consumption per unit house construction area), based on four house layouts; then we examine how climate change challenges residential electricity consumption in Beijing during the non-heating period under four shared socioeconomic pathways. Small houses are characterized with higher residential electricity intensity, while large houses present stronger marginal effects at high temperature. With present population, housing vacancy rate and house traits, climate change will increase 5%∼7% of residential electricity consumption in near future (2021-2050) and up to 29% in far future (2051-2100) during the non-heating period. Three hot summer months (June, July and August) contribute to more than 1/2 of total consumption and 76∼84% of the increase in future due to more hot days (≥ 20 °C). Residential electricity consumption in Beijing was much lower under the low-warming scenario of SSP1-2. 6 than other scenarios, as well as the grid system pressure at peak consumption. Our findings also highlighted the awareness of huge challenges to vulnerable groups, considering climate change, higher electricity price and aging society in future.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Climate change ; House layouts ; Residential electricity consumption ; Extreme hot events ; Shared socioeconomic pathways
Published in:	Sustainable Cities and Society, Vol. 91 (April 2023) , art. 104453, ISSN 2210-6715

DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2023.104453

Available from: 2025-04-30 Postprint

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