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Technology report
Nov 2015
Railway Handbook 2015
…collaboration of the IEA and the UIC in collecting, elaborating, and presenting activity, energy, and CO2 emissions data was carried out for the fourth time through the release of the Railway Handbook 2015. For this edition, significant methodological improvements were implemented leading to better consistency between the different indicators presented in this Handbook, in addition to updates of the global data, as well as regional breakdowns for those regions that we consider the most relevant from the point of view of transport activity: European Union, USA, Japan, Russia, India, and China. This edition devotes particular attention to the energy efficiency…
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Statistics report
Nov 2015
Special data release with revisions for the People's Republic of China
In September 2015, the National Bureau of Statistics of China published the People’s Republic of China’s energy statistics for 2013, as well as revised statistics for the years 2000 to 2012. NBS supplied the IEA with detailed energy balances for 2011 to 2013 and using these the IEA revised its 2011-13 data based on these newly available figures, published in this document. The revisions show significant changes both on the supply and demand side for a number of energy products, resulting in breaks in time series between 2010 and 2011. For the years 2000-10, revisions will…
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Country report
Aug 2015
Partner Country Series - Energy Use in the Chinese Building Sector
Energy and environmental impacts associated with the building sector in the People's Republic of China are significant, representing nearly 16% of total global final energy consumption in buildings. China has experienced unprecedented economic growth and buildings construction since 2000. There is a unique opportunity to drive investments with technological and policy initiatives leading the way towards a more sustainable buildings sector that can offset expected energy consumption growth. While China’s energy consumption per capita is still low by global standards, the total impact of energy use and emissions in the buildings sector – on the Chinese economy, on local…