Research advances on household energy consumption and household carbon footprint

Household consumption is one of the important factors to induce CO_2 emission. With the development of society and the improvement of living standards, the proportion of household energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions has increased, resulting in an increase of the potential of household energy saving and emission reduction. Carrying out researches on household energy consumption and carbon footprint is helpful to provide residents guidance on sustainable living and consumption and to help them find an effective means of energy saving and emission reduction. It also provides advantages in the promotion of low-carbon urban construction and the mitigation of global warming and energy crisis. In this paper, the concept of household carbon footprint, the sources of household carbon emissions and then-calculation method are revealed first. Then, six domains of the researches on household energy consumption and household carbon footprint are summarized: the characteristics and influencing factors of household energy consumption and carbon footprint, the dynamic changes of household energy use and carbon footprint, the comparison of household energy use and carbon emissions between countries and regions, the calculation models of household carbon footprint, the management of household carbon emissions. At last, the prospect aspects and directions for future studies are put forward.