What has driven the growth of Brazil´s residential electricity consumption during the last 19 years? An index decomposition analysis

dc.creatorAbrahão, Karla Cristina de Freitas Jorge
dc.creatorSouza, Roberta Vieira Gonçalves de
dc.date2021-03-12
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-04T22:08:37Z
dc.date.available2022-10-04T22:08:37Z
dc.identifierhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/ambienteconstruido/article/view/105243
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3869321
dc.descriptionResidential electricity consumption in Brazil has been growing during the last few decades, creating a potential opportunity to expand energy efficiency measures. However, the dimension of the sector and its closed relationship with the economic, cultural, and demographic processes causes a certain complexity in the understanding of patterns of consumption, creating additional challenges to energy policies. This study analyzed and decomposed the Brazilian residential electricity consumption between the years of 2000 and 2018, by driving factors through the LMDI-I method and IDA index, on regional level. All the data were obtained by official sources in the country. The main results obtained were: (i) the increase of household numbers was found to be one of the main drivers of consumption growth; (ii) household income showed no control over consumption in hot climate regions, except in low- income households; (iii) tariff showed to impose restrictions on consumption, also mainly in low-income households. Unprecedentedly, the results showed that the electricity consumption in Brazil varies with population age, with a trend of consumption growth up to the age 59, and a sharp reduction from the age of 60. The study presents opportunities to be contemplated in research and in energy policies.en-US
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherANTAC - Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construídopt-BR
dc.relationhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/ambienteconstruido/article/view/105243/60987
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2021 Ambiente Construídopt-BR
dc.sourceAmbiente Construído; Vol. 21 No. 2 (2021); 7-39en-US
dc.sourceAmbiente Construído; Vol. 21 Núm. 2 (2021); 7-39es-ES
dc.sourceAmbiente Construído; v. 21 n. 2 (2021); 7-39pt-BR
dc.source1678-8621
dc.source1415-8876
dc.subjectElectricity consumptionen-US
dc.subjectPopulationen-US
dc.subjectLMDIen-US
dc.subjectEnergy policyen-US
dc.subjectResidential sectoren-US
dc.subjectGeographic Regionen-US
dc.titleWhat has driven the growth of Brazil´s residential electricity consumption during the last 19 years? An index decomposition analysisen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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