Proceedings of the 2013 the International Conference on Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering (RSETE 2013)

Evaluation of Energy Efficiency with a Viewpoint to Urban Sustainable Development

Authors
Gao Yujie, Wang Zhuoyu, Yin Yanhong
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Gao Yujie
Available Online August 2013.
DOI
10.2991/rsete.2013.4How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Energy efficiency, consumption behaviors, utility, urban sustainable development
Abstract

This paper proposes a quantitative method to evaluate the energy efficiency of individual consumption behaviors. Energy consumption is determined by consumption of three kinds of goods: composite goods, car trips and mass transit trips. A model is developed to estimate the individual daily consumption of goods on the maximum utility level. Considering a consistency relationship between the utility level and energy consumption, energy efficiency index is developed to evaluate energy efficiency on different utility levels. We applied this method into a case study in Kumamoto City, Japan. High energy efficiency is found in populated urban area and places with high public transport accessibility. This founding gives robust support for urban sustainable development.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2013 the International Conference on Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering (RSETE 2013)
Series
Advances in Intelligent Systems Research
Publication Date
August 2013
ISBN
978-90-78677-77-2
ISSN
1951-6851
DOI
10.2991/rsete.2013.4How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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