Research On Urban Residents Low Carbonization Energy Consumption Behavior And Policy Guidance

Urban residents are the subject of life energy consumption. With the acceleration of urbanization and the continuous improvement of residents'living standards, demand of urban residents'life energy consumption will become larger and larger. Whether or not urban residents can do low carbonization energy consumption behavior, what not only directly affects the quantity, increment speed and energy-using structure of residents energy consumption in our country, but also indirectly affects their consumption value judgment and choice on industrial products. When urban residents'low carbonization energy consumption becomes strong social norms, it will be positive impact on low carbon development in production and circulation fields, and then from the angle of demand management, it will promote the smooth realization of goal for energy conservation and emission reduction in our country.Therefore, the research chooses low carbonization energy consumption behavior of urban residents as the research object, based on residents'large sample survey from 49 cities of different tiers in our country's three economic regions, it establishes a comprehensive model of Chinese residents'low carbonization energy consumption behavior and makes space difference analysis of residents behavior in different regions and different tiers cities. Then using for reference of scenario analysis, we put policy instruments into behavior model and study situation adjustment effect of different policy instruments on urban residents low carbonization energy consumption behavior. Then we pertinently put forward policy suggestions.Specific content includes three aspects:Firstly, research on urban residents low carbonization energy consumption behavior comprehensive model. Through literature study, experts interview and residents interview, on the basis of defining"low carbonization energy consumption behavior", we select 19 influencing factors. We construct urban residents low carbonization energy consumption behavior theory model from the angle of comprehensive effect about factors of behavior intention, behavior competence, external situation, family characteristic and demographic, and then put forward hypothesis. Through two tests of prediction survey and formal investigation, we develop a set of localization measuring tool with high reliability and validity. Through large sample survey of residents from 49 cities, we use methods of multivariate statistical analysis and structural equation model to establish Chinese urban residents low carbonation energy consumption behavior model, and systematically analyse the influencing mechanism and path relations of urban residents'low carbonation energy consumption behavior. We prove that "low carbonization energy consumption behavior" is the result of joint action of "low carbon behavior intention" and "low carbon behavior competence". External situation structure factors(social norms, policies and regulations, publicity and education, economic cost, product technical maturity, goal and information feedback) have situation adjustment effect on low carbonization energy consumption behavior. There were significant differences adjustment direction and strength for different behavior. Individual psychological variables have indirect effect on behavior through "low carbon behavior intention" and "low carbon behavior competence" excepet environment responsibility, and there were significant differences on influence direction and strength. Residents low energy carbonization consumption behavior is also influenced by family characteristics and t demographic variables.Secondly, space difference research on urban residents low carbonization energy consumption behavior. According to regional difference of three economic regions in east, middle, west and development level differences of first, second, third and fourth tier cities, we do space difference analysis of urban residential low carbonization energy consumption behavior. We find that there are significant differences for residents in different cities on low carbonization energy consumption in behavior, behavior intention, behavior competence, external situation structure factors, family and demographic characteristics and it has different records.Thirdly, situation adjustment effect and policy suggestions research of policy instruments. We divide policies related urban residents energy consumption into command control policy, economic incentive policy and voluntary participated policy. Drawing lessons from the thought of situation analysis, we take three kinds of policy instruments respectively as external situation of urban residents low carbonization energy consumption, and we take them into behavior model, then analyse the situation adjustment action of each kind of policy instruments for behavior. We discover that there are significant differences on situation adjustment direction and strength of different kinds of policy instruments for urban residents low carbonization energy consumption behavior. We find that the positive effect of"voluntary participated policy instruments"for behavior is the most significant, and next is"economic incentive policy instruments", the whole adjustment action of"command control policy instruments"is not as the former two, and it has positive and negative adjustment. On this basis, combining with behavior research conclusion, drawing lessons from domestic and international policies, we puts forward the policy suggestions guide urban residents low carbonization energy consumption behavior from four aspects of energy consumption management mechanism consummation, command control policy, economic incentive policy and voluntary participated policy.