Using the methods of economics and psychology, this book studies the driving factors of household energy consumption change, household energy consumption behavior and incentive policies related to energy consumption in China. It evaluates the effect of relevant policies to motivate energy-saving behaviors in residential sectors, and explains the mechanism of energy-saving policies. This book helps to build a full picture of household energy consumption of China.

Hongguang Nie is a Professor at the School of Economics, Liaoning University. He is interested in the area of energy economics particularly in residential energy consumption and carbon emissions. He has published more than 30 papers in energy and environmental journals including Applied Energy, Energy Policy, Resources, Conservation and Recycling. He serves as an Editor for a Journal ‘Frontiers in sustainable energy policy’. He has won many awards, such as Jilin Province Natural Science Academic Achievement Award II and the first prize of Changchun Social Science Outstanding Achievements.

Qiang Ji is executive director of the support center for discipline research in Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISDCAS). He presides the program supported by Excellent Young Scientists Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China and is granted the Excellent Member by Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS. He has been engaged in research work in the fields of energy strategic management, energy and climate finance, energy forecasting and risk management for a long time. He is the co-founder of China Energy Finance Network, vice president of International Society for Energy Transition Studies and Society for the Studies of Climate Finance. He is a founding editor of Journal of Climate Finance and serves as senior editors and associate editors for over ten energy and financial journals, such as Energy Economics, Finance Research Letters and International Review of Financial Analysis. He has published more than 150 SCI/SSCI indexed articles in peer-reviewed journals and been named in the global “Highly Cited Researchers” lists in year 2021-2023 released by Clarivate Analytics, and “World’s Top 2% Scientists” lists released by Stanford University in year 2020-2023.