Urban Household Energy Consumption Structure in China

The results of quantitative studies of China’s urban household energy consumption showed that China’s household energy consumption rose from 936.72PJ to 3 742.68PJ in 1995-2010, and the energy consumption structure has also undergone a great change: the proportion of solid energy decreased from 45.6% to 9.8%, the percentage of electricity and gas energy increased rapidly, the percentage of electricity rose from 10.7% to 28.7%, the percentage of gas energy rose from 3.9% to 23.5%. A numerical analysis model of urban household energy consumption structure was devolved to study China’s urban household energy consumption structure and energy consumption efficiency, and the results showed: during 1995 and 2010, China’s urban household energy consumption structure has changed, in the energy consumption structure in 1995, cooking & hot water supply took a proportion of 66%, space heating took a proportion of 25%, space cooling took a proportion of 1%, lighting took a proportion of 2%, and appliances accounted for 6%; in the energy consumption structure in 2010, cooking & hot water supply took a proportion of 56%, space heating took a proportion of 25%, space cooling took a proportion of 6%, lighting took a proportion of 3%, and appliances accounted for 10%. The effective energy consumption of China’s urban household sector increased from 874.64 PJ to 2 445.19PJ, and the energy consumption efficiency rose from 45% to 65% in 1995-2010.