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China’s Provincial Energy Efficiency of Construction Industry in 2005–2010: An Empirical Study Based on the DEA Model

In: Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate

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  • You-zhi Zhang

    (Jiangsu University of Science and Technology)

  • Hong-chun Gu

    (Jiangsu University of Science and Technology)

Abstract

In China’s construction industry there exist high consumption and low energy efficiency, and improvement of energy efficiency has an important significance for the sustainable development of construction industry. According to the framework of total factor energy efficiency, a DEA model was developed to study China’s provincial energy efficiency of construction industry during 2005–2010. The results have shown that, during this period, the average energy utilization efficiency of China’s construction industry has increased to a certain extent, but technology progress only has limited impact on the improvement of construction energy efficiency; there are significant differences in regional energy efficiency, generally the construction energy efficiency in eastern coastal areas is relatively higher, while inefficient utilization of energy in construction industry has been observed in central-western regions. Finally, the impacts of industrial structure, energy consumption structure, enterprises strength and technology level on the provincial construction energy efficiency have been studied.

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  • You-zhi Zhang & Hong-chun Gu, 2014. "China’s Provincial Energy Efficiency of Construction Industry in 2005–2010: An Empirical Study Based on the DEA Model," Springer Books, in: Jiayuan Wang & Zhikun Ding & Liang Zou & Jian Zuo (ed.), Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 13-21, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-35548-6_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35548-6_2
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