Linking electricity consumption of home appliances and standard of living: A comparison between Brazilian and French households. (October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Grottera, Carolina; Barbier, Carine; Sanches-Pereira, Alessandro; Abreu, Mariana Weiss de; Uchôa, Christiane; Tudeschini, Luís Gustavo; Cayla, Jean-Michel; Nadaud, Franck; Pereira Jr, Amaro Olimpio; Cohen, Claude; Coelho, Suani Teixeira
• Is Part Of: Renewable & sustainable energy reviews. Volume 94(2018)
• Page Start: 877
• Page End: 888
• Publication Date: 2018-10
• Subjects: AC air conditioning -- ADEME Agence de l′Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l′Energie -- BAU business-as-usual -- BEN Balanço Energético Nacional -- CEREN Centre d´Études et de Recherches Économiques sur l´Énergie -- CO2 carbon dioxide -- EDF Electricité de France -- EPE Empresa de Pesquisa Energética -- GDP Gross Domestic Product -- GHG Greenhouse Gases -- IBGE Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística -- ICET Information, Communication and Entertainment Technology -- INSEE Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques -- LEAP Long Range Energy Alternatives Planning System -- LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas -- MCTIC Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovação e Comunicação -- MWh megawatt-hour -- NIS National Interconnected System -- OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development -- PC personal computer -- PEGASE Pétrole, Électricité, Gaz et Autres Statistiques de l′Énergie -- PNAD Pesquisa Nacional de Amostra por Domicílio -- POF Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares -- PPP Purchasing Power Parity -- SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences -- TV television -- UNDP United Nations Development Program -- USD United States dollars; Residential electricity -- Consumption patterns -- Home appliances -- Brazil -- France; Renewable energy sources -- Periodicals; Power resources -- Periodicals; Énergies renouvelables -- Périodiques; Ressources énergétiques -- Périodiques; 333.794
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2018.06.063
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1364-0321

Abstract

Abstract: Solutions based exclusively on technology are unlikely to fully deliver a transition towards a low-carbon society. Shifts in consumption patterns and lifestyles associated with technological solutions are essential to achieve safe GHG concentration levels. Considering households' consumption patterns, residential electricity consumption represents a major issue, as it is closely related to lifestyle choices and living standards. In this context, this paper discusses how specific electricity requirements may vary across different deciles of living standard in Brazil and France. The present evaluation is based on specific electricity consumption and its corresponding carbon dioxide emissions for different home appliances used for food conservation, lighting, daily chores (e.g. cloth washing), as well as information and leisure. Results ratify, on the one hand, the significant income gap existing between French and Brazilian households. On the other hand, they show that differences regarding specific electricity requirements in the two countries are lower than intuitively expected. Hence, they evidence a converging trend in electricity requirements between the two countries, especially among higher income deciles. Highlights: Income of 10% poorest households in France was 10.4 times higher than in Brazil. Income of 10% richest households in France was 2.6 times higher than in Brazil. Electricity requirements are similar for 10% richest households in Brazil and France. Appliance penetration saturates for lighting, fridge and TV in Brazil and France. Household electricity requirements for appliance usage converge.