Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6775823 Sustainable Cities and Society 2016 10 Pages PDF
Abstract
One of this work's major contributions is the derivation of policy implications from the assessment of the main driving forces behind energy and CO2 intensity, with a greater geographical and temporal focus than prior studies. The results show that, overall, the EU-27 economies reduced total energy use by moving into less energy-intensive structures and improving sectoral energy efficiency, in spite of the adverse results of the activity effect. Regarding CO2 emissions, the EU-27 decreased these by moving to less carbon-intensive structures and by improving the sectoral energy efficiency, the energy-mix and the emission-factor.
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