Back to Search Start Over

The government-production nexus of energy efficiency in China's construction industry: regional difference and factor analysis.

Authors :
Feng, Xin
Jin, Ruiqi
Chiu, Yung-ho
Zhang, Lina
Source :
Environmental Science & Pollution Research; Oct2023, Vol. 30 Issue 48, p106227-106241, 15p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

For decades, the construction industry has contributed significantly to China's economic growth. The heavy energy consumption inevitably leads to the release of large amounts of carbon emissions. Improving energy efficiency has been a crucial solution for mitigating the environmental impacts while boosting its green economy in the construction industry. Measuring the energy efficiency in the construction industry considering the quality of government sector is still limited. Using panel provincial data in China from 2011 to 2020, this paper proposes a two-stage dynamic data envelopment analysis (DEA) framework integrating the government sector with the production sector in the construction industry, and calculates energy efficiency. The spatial Durbin model is used to analyze the driving forces of energy efficiency. The research findings include (1) the energy efficiency in the eastern region is higher than that in the central and western regions. The mean values of energy efficiency in the eastern, central, and western regions are 0.42, 0.34, and 0.37. (2) Even though governance efficiency is lower than production efficiency, there is a positive correlation between governance efficiency and production efficiency with a correlation coefficient of 0.48. Improving governance efficiency is a significant step to increase the production efficiency and further increase energy efficiency of the construction industry. (3) Digital transformation has a positive effect on governance efficiency but has no effect on production efficiency. The government-production nexus framework provides implications for clarifying the role of government intervention in improving energy efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09441344
Volume :
30
Issue :
48
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Environmental Science & Pollution Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
173015552
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-29470-0