A multiscale integrated analysis of the COVID-19 restrictions: The energy metabolism of UK and the related socio-economic changes

Andreoni, Valeria (2022) A multiscale integrated analysis of the COVID-19 restrictions: The energy metabolism of UK and the related socio-economic changes. Journal of Cleaner Production, 363. p. 132616.

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic and the related lockdown restrictions have imposed a wide range of impacts that need to be analysed based on the specific characteristics of countries. By comparing socio-economic and energy data for the four quarters of 2020 to the same period of 2019, the MuSIASEM approach is used, for the first time, to investigate the energy metabolism of UK during a period of economic downturn. Results show that the commercial and the public administration activities have been able to achieve energy efficiency increases, and the residential sector has accounted for energy-related economies of scale. The industrial and the other activity sectors, on the contrary, have raised the energy intensity of production. Comparted to time series data, scenarios, and modelling exercises, the MuSIASEM approach integrates a wide range of intensive and extensive variables across different scales of analysis and investigate how specific socio-economic and energy structures have reacted to the COVID-19 crisis. The methodology can be easily replicated for other case studies and results can support the design of recovery and sustainable transition strategies.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	MuSIASEM, Lockdown restrictions, Economic downturn, Energy use, Human activity, Green recovery
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Management
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	07 Jun 2022 09:54
Last Modified:	07 Jun 2023 01:30
DOI:	10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132616
Open Access URL:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3155996