Urban Energy Systems

5Energy Consumption in Urban India: Usage and Ignorance

Rajnish Ratna¹* and Vikas Chaudhary^2†

¹Gedu College of Business Studies, Royal University of Bhutan, Gedu, Bhutan

²Manav Rachna University, Faridabad, India

Abstract

Energy consumption and human-caused carbon dioxide emissions rank India as the world’s third-highest emitter. For India to achieve its climate targets, it must make quick changes to its urban energy infrastructure. However, there is no comprehensive baseline urban energy-use dataset for all urban districts in India that is comparable to national totals and that integrates social, economic, and infrastructure factors. Because of its negative consequences on the global environment and its danger to long-term sustainability, the current pattern of energy usage (particularly based on fossil-based fuels) raises severe concerns. It is our moral and legal responsibility to develop an energy consumption pattern that maximizes efficiency, safeguards the environment, and keeps and improves the vitality of our regional economy. This article centres on urban energy, namely renewable and sustainable options. Energy consumption across the globe has been on the rise for decades. Getting people to reduce the squandering of energy is one way to cut down on overall usage. Learning current consumer behaviours, attitudes in terms of motivation, barriers towards conservation, and readiness to invest in understanding and conserving energy are only a few of the elements that must ...