简介：Chinahaswitnessedrapideconomicdevelopmentsince1978,andduringthetime,energyproductionandconsumptiondevelopedatatremendousspeedaswell.EnergyefficiencywhichcanbemeasuredbyenergyconsumptionperunitofGDP,however,experiencedcontinuousdecrease.Theoretically,thechangeofenergyefficiencycanbeattributedtoindustrystructuralchangeandtechnologicalchange.InordertoexplainthetransformationofChineseenergyefficiency,weadoptlogarithmicmeanDivisiaindextechniquestodecomposechangesinenergyintensityintheperiodof1994-2005.Wefindthattechnologicalchangeisthedominantcontributorinthedeclineofenergyintensity,butthecontributionhasdeclinedsince2001.Thechangeinindustrystructurehasdecreasedtheenergyintensitybefore1998,butraisedtheintensityafter1998.Decomposedtechnologicaleffectsforallsectorsindicatethattechnologicalprogressesinhighenergyconsumingindustriessuchasrawchemicalmaterialsandchemicalproducts,smeltingandpressingofferrousmetals,manufactureofnon-metallicmineralproductsandhouseholdcontributearetheprincipaldriversofChina'sdecliningenergyintensity.

简介：UnliketheEuropeanUnionemissiontradesystem(EUETS),ChinaspilotETSsimplementeddiversifiedpolicydesignsinsteadofusingauniformframework.VarianceratiotestisusedtoevaluatetheEfficientMarketHypothesis(EMH)inChina’scarbontradingmarkets.TheresultsoftwoversionsofvarianceratiotestsindicatethatthecarbontradingmarketinHubeiisconsideredweakformefficient,andthesocialistmarketeconomydoesnotnecessarilyleadtomarketinefficiencyincarbontradingmarkets.ThintradingactivitiesgeneratemarketfrictionsandbiastheEfficientMarketHypothesis(EMH)tests.

简介：Basedonthetotal-factorenergyefficiencyframework,thispapercalculatesChina'sindustrialenergyefficiencyandCO2emissionsreductionpotentialfrom2000to2009byutilizingthedirectionaldistancefunctionanddataenvelopmentanalysis.Theempiricalresultsshowthat:China'sindustrialoverallenergyefficiencyisrelativelylowerwhiletheemis-sionsreductionpotentialisrelativelygreater,giventheoptimumproductionfrontier.Significantindus-trialdisparitiesofenergyefficiencyandemissionsreductionpotentialexist.Energyefficiencyandemis-sionsreductionpotentialsignificantlyshowdifferenttendenciesofindustrialdynamicvariation.ThispapersuggeststheChinesegovernmentimposedifferentialcarbontaxes,flexiblyutilizecarbonmarketmecha-nism,strengthenenergy-savingtechnologicalR&D,promotetheutilizationofrenewableenergy,andstrengthenenvironmentalsupervisionandregulation,soastoimproveChina'sindustrialenergyefficiencyandreduceCO2emissions.

简介：Inthispaper,theauthorusessuper-efficiencyDEAmodeltomeasurethenationalandregionalenergyefficiencyinChina;usingspatialeconometricmodelandfromtheperspectiveofgeo-spatialspillover,theauthorinterpretsthespatialcharacteristicsofenergyefficiencyandextractsthemainfactorsthatinfluencetheregionalenergyefficiency.Theanalysisresultsshowthat:(1)thenationalandregionalenergyefficiencyisconsistentwithinvertedU-shapedcurve,andthenationwideenergyefficiencygapisincreasing;(2)energyefficiencyhastheobviouseffectofthespatialexternaleffect,andwhenthegovernmentmakesenergysavingstrategies,inter-regionalenergycooperationandtheproliferationofadvancedproductiontechnologyshouldbegivenmorepriority;(3)energyefficiencyhassignificantnegativecorrelationwithgovernmentintervention,industrialstructure,ownershipstructure,theenergyconsumptionstructure,andresourceendowments,andhaspositivecorrelationwiththedegreeofopening-upandenergyprice.

简介：Eco-efficiencyisavaluabletoolformanagingandsolvingissuesinvolvingresourceconsumptionandpollutionemissionincurrentproductionprocesses.Despitethepopularityoftheterm"eeo-efficiency"inbusiness,limitedattentionhasbeenpaidtomeasuringandreportingregionaleco-efficiencyforlocalgovernmentpolicymakers.Basedontheconceptandmethodofeco-efficiency,anindicatorsystemofregionaleco-efficiencyisestablishedinthisstudy.Theindicatorsystemcomprises22indicators,whicharedividedintothreecategoriesincludingsocio-economicdevelopment,resourcesconsumption,environmentalpressure.Asapromisingstatisticaltechnique,principlecomponentanalysisisusedtosettheweightofindicatorswhichattemptstocalculatetheeco-efficiencyindicesofQingdao'sChengyangDistrict.Theresultsshowthattheeco-efficiencyofChengyangDistricthasclearlyimproved35.1%withsmallfluctuationfrom1995to2003.Socio-economicdevelopmentindexandresourcesconsumptionindexalsorepresentobviousincreasingtrends.Thecorrelationcoefficientbetweensoci-economicdevelopmentindexandresourcesconsumptionindexis0.979,whichmeansthesocialprogressandeconomicgrowthofChengyangDistrictdependonanextravagantconsumptionofresources.Theenvironmentalpressureindexincreasedslowlybefore1997anddeclinedgraduallyafter1997,duetomoreattentionbeingpaidtoenvironmentalprotectionbylocalgovernmentinrecentyears.ChengyangDistrictstillkeepsthetraditionaleconomicdevelopmentmodewithahighconsumptionandhighproduction,sotheemphasesoffuturedevelopmentshouldputonimprovingtheimprovingtheefficientuseofnaturalresourcesandpromotingenvironmentalmanagementsustainability.Theresultsshowthattheindicatorssystemofregionaleco-efficiencyisapromisingmethodtoquantitativelyevaluateresourcesandenvironmentalefficiencyandprovideaneffectivedecision-makingsupportforlocalgovernments.

简介：Sinceconventionalwatertreatmentisnotaffordableindevelopingcountries,lookingforlocallyavailableandalternativetreatmentoptionsismandatory.Removaloffluorideandphosphatecanbeachievedbydesigningappropriatefiltrationmediafromdifferentmaterialssuchassand,calcinedclay,pumice,scoriaandbonechar.ThisstudywasdesignedtodeterminetheremovalefficiencyoftheselocallyavailablefiltermediawithrespecttodetentiontimeandpH.Thefiltrationapparatuses(tank)werefilledseparatelywithstone,gravelwithgrainsize0.6-4.75mmand40cmdeep,sand(ES=0.15-0.35mmandUC=1.5-3),calcinedclay,pumice,scoriaandbonecharwithgrainsize0.25-0.5inch.Watersampleswerepreparedusingglassbottleswithfluorideconcentrationsof6and8mg/landphosphateconcentrationof4mg/1.Laboratoryanalysiswascarriedoutbeforeandafterfiltrationtodeterminetheremovalefficiencyofeachmedium.Itwasfoundthatthehighestremovaloffluoridewasachievedbybonechar(89.65%),followedbypumice(82.4%).However,bonecharhasratherincreasedtheconcentrationofphosphateby63.8%.Sandwasthemostefficientmediatoremovephosphate,managingtoremoveby70%.Therefore,itisanattractiveoptiontousetheselocallyavailable,environmentalfriendlyandappropriatetechnologiesforefficientremovalofbothfluorineandphosphateatthehouseholdorcommunitywatertreatmentlevel.

简介：Particlesbehaviourwasmonitoredandanalyzedinastormwaterwetlandoveraperiodof4months(June-September,2009).Theresultsindicatedthattheparticlesbehaviourcanbeaffectedbymanyprocesses,suchassedimentation,resuspension,adsorptionandreleaseinstormwaterwetlandsduringdrydays.Duetotheeffectsofthesefactors,theparticlesremovalefficiencycalculatedbasedonthesettlingtheorywassignificantlyhigherthanthevalueobtainedusingthemeasuredparticlesnumberconcentration.Andthemeasuredefficiencyshowedaturningpointintherangeof2-4μm,whichwaswithinthecolloidalparticlesrange.Analysisofparticlesizedistributionshowedthatparticleswerefinerintheoutflowthaninflowduetosedimentationofthecoarseparticlesandresuspensionofthefineparticlesinthewetland.Particlesindifferentsizerangesplaydifferentrolesintheircontributiontoturbidityandtotalsuspendedsolidsconcentration.Thefinerparticles(lessthan10μm)showedacloserrelationshipwiththeturbiditywhilecoarserparticles(>4μm)weremorerelatedtototalsuspendedsolidconcentration.