Domestic Heating and China’s Sustainable Energy Goals

With proprietary datasets we examine China’s domestic heating energy consumptions between 2010 and 2015. We find that, together with the upward trend in the country’s total domestic heating energy consumption, electricity and natural gas fast replace coal as major sources of energy. Total domestic heating energy consumption, coal and electricity consumptions are negatively related to the households’ disposable income. Steam heating capacity, an energy efficiency indicator, is negatively related to total domestic heating energy consumption. In addition, weather conditions are also key factors towards domestic heating energy consumption in China.