title: Quantifying the co-benefits of energy-efficiency policies: a case study of the cement industry in Shandong Province, China.
abstract: In 2010, China's cement industry accounted for more than half of the world's total cement production. The cement industry is one of the most energy-intensive and highest carbon dioxide (CO2)-emitting industries, and thus a key industrial contributor to air pollution in China. For example, it is the largest source of particulate matter (PM) emissions in China, accounting for 40% of industrial PM emissions and 27% of total national PM emissions. In this study, we quantify the co-benefits of PM10 and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission reductions that result from energy-saving measures in the cement industry in Shandong Province, China. We use a modified form of the cost of conserved energy (CCE) equation to incorporate the value of these co-benefits. The results show that more than 40% of the PM and SO2 emission reduction potential of the electricity-saving measures is cost effective even without taking into account the co-benefits for the electricity-saving measures. The results also show that including health benefits from PM10 and/or SO2 emission reductions reduces the CCE of the fuel-saving measures. Two measures that entail changing products (production of blended cement and limestone Portland cement) result in the largest reduction in CCE when co-benefits were included, since these measures can reduce both PM10 and SO2 emissions, whereas the other fuel-saving measures do not reduce PM10.
authors.affiliation: Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Department, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. AHasanbeigi@lbl.gov
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasanbeigi
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lobscheid
authors.forename: Hongyou
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dai
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002681:China; D003246:Conservation of Energy Resources / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D060389:Construction Industry / Q000191:economics*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D018803:Models, Economic; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis; D011640:Public Policy; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D052638:Particulate Matter; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide