Deleterious emission abatement through structured energy use pattern: A north central Nigeria perspective
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2016
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Environmental and Climate Technologies Journal,
Abstract
Holistic view of household energy consumption based on greenhouse gas
emissions in the North Central cities of Nigeria was examined in this study. Scenarios
considered were based on income level of energy users (low and high) and energy metering
system (i.e. pre-paid and post-paid energy billing systems). Strong direct nexus was
observed between energy use and emissions pattern. Energy utilization by post-paid
category had higher weekly average value of 35.09 and 41.70 kWh as against 23.18 and
33.38 kWh for low and high income pre-paid consumers respectively. Energy use and
greenhouse gas emissions from both classification followed similar trend. Data obtained and
analysed in the study show that global warming and acidification potentials could be
reduced by 33.94 and 19.95 % for low and high income category consumers when pre-paid
meters are in place. Conclusively, energy system users with pre-paid metering system
displayed reasonable level of management decisions that reduce energy wastage and
consequently environmental negative impacts.
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Greenhouse gases, climate change, emission pattern, energy use, metering system