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Urban Energy Consumption in a City of Indonesia: General Overview 

 
Iwan Sukarno 

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering,  
Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan. 

Email: iwan_sukarno81@yahoo.com 
 

Hiroshi Matsumoto 
Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering,  

Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan. 
Email: matsu@ace.tut.ac.jp 

 
Lusi Susanti 

Industrial Engineering Department, 
Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia. 

Email: susantilusi@gmail.com 
 

Ryushi Kimura 
Department of Environmental Civil Engineering and Architecture,  

Kochi National College of Technology, Japan. 
Email: kimura@ce.kochi-ct.ac.jp 

 
 
ABSTRACT: This paper aims to investigate the energy consumption pattern in four sectors of Padang, 
Indonesia: residential, commercial, industrial and transportation sectors, under different urban 
population scenarios using a cohort model and statistical data. The analysis shows that the energy 
consumed in the residential sector has the major share in the total energy consumption in Padang. 
Details on energy consumption and the main driving forces in the four sectors have been presented. 
Decreasing urban energy consumption could be achieved by increasing efficiency of home appliances, 
promoting electricity saving behavior, increasing of public awareness for saving energy, and applying 
energy efficiency labeling for home appliances. 
 
Keywords: Urban energy consumption; Cohort model; Residential; Transportation; Commercial and  

Industrial sectors 
JEL Classifications: Q40; N75 
 
 
 
1. Introduction 

Since the last decades, the world has been facing global warming and energy crisis issues. 
With the challenge of environmental issue, the importance of reducing energy consumption and fuel 
emissions has been widely recognized. Data under the International Energy Outlook (IEO) 2011 
shows that the world energy consumption of fossil fuels will increase from 383 billionGJ in 1990, to 
812 billion GJ by 2035 (EIA, 2011). The most significant increase of energy consumption and fuel 
emission are taking place in cities (EIA, 2011; IGES, 2004; Fong et al., 2008). With rapidly expanding 
populations and material affluences, a comprehensive overview of the overall energy use in cities is 
believed to be playing an important role in combating these issues (Fong et al., 2008). 

 
 



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In relation to energy consumption in the end user sectors, IEO 2011 predicts steady energy 
consumption growth from 2010 to 2035 (EIA, 2011). Moreover, the United Nations (UN) estimates 
that 60% of the world’s population now lives in an urban area and that percentage is expected to 
continue to rise (UN, 2008).The IEO prediction states that the world residential energy use will 
increase by 1.1% per year, from 54 billion GJ in 2008 to 72 billion GJ in 2035 (EIA, 2011). 

Indonesia as one of the fastestgrowing and developing countries in Asia with a population of 
more than 241 million in 2010,is no doubt struggling with energy sustainability for the citizens and at 
the same time combating the environmental issues such as climate change and reducing CO2 emissions. 
With an average growth 2.6% per year, the Indonesian population can be predicted to reach over 300 
million by the year 2025. On the other hand, Indonesian economic development is increasing in all 
sectors such as industrial and commercial sectors as well as household and transportation sectors. The 
large population and recent economic growth has resulted in an improvement in the overall living 
standard in Indonesia. The increase of level in economic situation has led to an increase of demand on 
energy consumption. 

One way of looking at the urban energy consumption, is considering the energy consumption 
trends of the end user. To limit the scope of discussion, Padang, the capital city of West Sumatera 
province, was selected for the case study. Padang is a typical medium sized city that faces rapid 
economic growth after a high magnitude earthquake devastating the city in 2009. After the recovery 
periodelapsed, the local government began to maintain establishment in all sectors of social economic, 
accelerated development of housing, health and educational facilities. To support the recovery and 
development process, a comprehensive study of urban energy consumption should be completed for 
this city. 

This paper aims to investigate the urban energy consumption trends in four sectors: 
residential, commercial, industrial and transportation sectors, under different urban population 
scenarios and key indicators of urban energy consumption. This study can be integrated with 
long-term urban planning toward a sustainable development. 

 
2. Methodology 
2.1 Demography of Padang 
  Padang, capital of West Sumatera province, covers an area of about 694.96 km2 and has a 
population of about 846,731 (Padang in figure, 2011). Padang consists of 11 districts, Bungus, East 
Padang, Koto Tangah, Kuranji, Lubuk Begalung, Lubuk Kilangan, Nanggalo, North Padang, Pauh, 
South Padang, and West Padang (Table 1 and Figure 1). As the center of the provincial government, 
Padang became the region with the highest population density in West Sumatra province. In addition, 
office activities, business and education are also concentrated on this area. 

 
Table 1. Details of the case study city 
Aspects Information 

Land area  694.96 (km2) 
Number of sub districts 11 
Population (2011) 846,731 (Person) 
Population density  1218.4 ( Person/km2) 
GDP ( 2011) 12,792.18 million Rupiah 
GDP per capita ( 2011) 32.50 billion Rupiah 

Sources : Padang in figure, 2011 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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Figure 1. Case study (Padang, Indonesia) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.2 Cohort Model 

System dynamic modelling is one approach that can help urban planners to meet the 
challenges of decision-making and policy formulation for the system development (Kumar and Sonar, 
2008). The value of a model arises by improving our understanding of obscure behavior characteristics 
more effectively than could be done by observing the real system (Hannon abd Ruth, 2001). With 
system dynamics, the real world system is easy to understand by mimicking real conditions using 
computer programs.When a model is simulated with a computer, each element of the model is 
specified by the initial conditions and the computer works out the systems responses according to the 
specified relation among the elements. Computer Modelling becomes “dynamic” not only when 
feedback processes among system components are captured through time, but also when model 
development is based on the dynamic exchange of data and information among a group of model 
developers and users (Hannon and Ruth, 2001). 

Under the book entitled “Dynamic Modelling”, Hannon et al. presented the principle of 
dynamic modelling using STELLA SOFTWARE. 

a) Define the problem and the goals of the model 
b) Designate the state variable 
c) Select the control variable, the flow controls into and out of state variable 
d) Select the parameters for the control variables 
e) Examine the resulting model for possible violations of physical, economic, law, etc 
f) Choose time horizons intended to examine dynamic behaviors of the model 
g) Run the model 
h) Vary the parameter to their reasonable extremes and see if the results in the graph still make 

sense 
i) Compare the result with the experimental data 
j) Revise the parameter or model to reflect a greater complexity and to meet exceptions to the 

experimental results. 
As mentioned above, one fundamental key to understanding the energy issues in the urban 

sector is the population. The population increases in urban areas will have a particularly significant 
impact on energy consumption in an urban structure which is related to the sustainable issues 
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Generally, population is estimated by birth, death, and migration (immigration and emigration). This 
identity can be written by: 
Population = current population + birth –death + (immigration – emigration)       (1) 
 
The cohort model is divided into a female and male population and each population is classified by 
age: 0-14 years, 15-44 years, 45-64 years and over 65 years. This classification is used to provide 
complete information about the estimated population according to age levels. 
2.3 Residential Sector 
  Residential energy consumption is strongly related to the urban population. As mentioned 
above, 60% of the world’s population live in an urban area and that percentage is expected to continue 
rising. An increase of housing market will promote an increase of energy consumption. 
  In this respect, the number of population, the number of households, family size, and other 
related information are calculated from the population census of Padang from year 2000 to 2011. 
Population is projected by a cohort model as mentioned in the previous section. Characteristics of 
household appliances obtained through analysis of questionnaires distributed to samples reside in 11 
sub-districts of Padang. 210 households were selected randomly and participated in this survey.  
  The size of the samples foreach district was chosen according to the size of district 
population. The survey information was mainly about household characteristics and structures, 
household appliances, energy consumption related daily life activities such asfor lighting, cooking and 
cooling. Calculation of energy consumption in the residential sector focused on the three types of 
energy sources: electricity, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and kerosene. Energy consumption patterns 
of daily life were also observed. 
2.4 Transportation Sector 
  Energy consumption of the transportation sector was calculated based on the number of 
transportation vehicles, such as public transport (citybus and microbus) and private vehicles 
(motorcycles and cars). The travel distance for each type of vehicle, and fuel consumption per 
kilometer distance were also considered in the calculation. 
Energy consumption was calculated based on vehicle mileages multiplied by fuel consumption of each 
vehicle, as shown in Equation (2). 

= ( × × ) + ( × × )                             (2) 
 Where: 
ET  = Total energy consumption inthe transportation sector 
TDPb = Total travel distance for public transportation 
TDPr   = Total travel distance for private transportation 
NPb  = Number of public transportation vehicles 
NPr  = Number of private vehicles 
FCPr  = Fuel consumption per kilometer for private transportation 
FC Pb = Fuel consumption per kilometer for public transportation 
2.5 Industrial and Commercial Sectors 
  Energy consumption in industrial and commercial sectors is estimated from historical data 
considering population and economic growth. Industrial and commercial sectors are the sectors that 
contribute significantly to the GDP of Padang. From 2005 to 2010, the commercial sector contributed 
22.5 % while the industrial sector accounted for only 20 % of the total GDP. The estimation of energy 
consumption in the industrial and commercial sectors is mainly focused on the electricity consumption 
because this type of energy source gave more than 65% of the energy share compared with the other 
energy sources. 
 
3. Results and Analysis 
3.1 Cohort Model of the Padang Population 
  A cohort model was used to estimate energy consumption based on population projection. It 
provides an overview of the development of the Padangpopulation by age group adopted from a 
scenario projection of West Sumatera for 2025. 

The Population projection for the study area can be seen in Figure. 2 Population is projected 
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MDG scenario, the fertility rate is targeted at 2.11 in 2025. Figure 3 shows a comparison between the 
businesses as usual (BAU) and population scenario dealing with fertility rate. 
 

Figure 2. Estimated population by the cohort method 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Figure 3. Estimated population by the cohort method under population scenarios 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
  Under TFR scenarios, when fertility rate is setto 2.11 in 2025, the total population is 
expected to successfully suppress to 7% per year. Since Padang demography is dominated by younger 
ages (Figure 4.), to realize the target of TFR 2.11, aseriouseffortmust bemade by the government to 
educate this productive age group. The followings are several programs designed by the government 
to decrease the fertility rate: 
a. Decrease birth rate through a birth control program  
  Since 1970, this program has been announced by the government, as one of the efforts to 
reduce the high rate of population growth in Indonesia. The aims are to promote awareness to a new 
family for the birth plan, realigned to their economic level and readiness. Since the program started, 
the birth rates (TFR) significantly decreased from 5.6 in 1970 to 2.8 in 2000.  
b. Delaying the age of marriage 
  It is well documented that early pregnancy usually increases both maternal and infant 
mortality. In developing countries such as Indonesia, early childbirth occurs within the context of early 
marriage. Delaying the age of marriage for women to their mid twenties not only results in a 
significant drop inthe fertility rate, but also will most likely prevent a surprisingly large portion of 
maternal and infant mortalities.   
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  One of the most effective ways to lower population growth and reduce poverty is to provide 
adequate education for both girls and boys. Countries in which more children are enrolled in 
school—even at the primary level—tend to have strikingly lower fertility rates. 
 

Figure 4. Population structure of Padang 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.2 Residential Sector 
  According to the projection result, it can be seen that household numbers of Padang 
gradually increased following the population trend. In other words, this condition will provide a 
significant influence on residential energy consumption. Also, direct and indirect lifestyle aspects are 
factors that influence the residential energy consumption pattern (Fong, 2008; Bill and Danni, 2009; 
Pereira and Assis, 2013). 
  Electricity, LPG and kerosene are the main sources of residential energy consumption. 
Padang Statistical data (2011) report that from 2000 to 2011, electricity was the biggest share of 
energy sources. Electricity consumption spread to the residential sector (92%), followed by 
commercial sectors (5.32%), public sectors (1.92%), the government (1.28%), and only 0.04% in the 
industrial sector (Figure 5). 
 

Figure 5. Household electricity consumption 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
  
  Figure 6 shows the share of electricity for different end users in Padang. Cooking is the most 
energy consuming activity with a share of 53%, followed by a 17% share for cooling devices, 10% for 
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  In respect to the household energy consumption, Wijaya and Tezuka carried out a survey of 
household electricity consumption based on home appliances in the Bandung and Yogyakarta cities of 
Indonesia (Wijaya and Tezuka, 2011). The questionnaire survey method was used in this study, which 
involved 100 respondents in each city. Among the main findings of this study was, that a majority of 
electricity consumption came from cooking and cooling device. Figure 7 shows a comparison of 
electricity consumption by household activities between Padang and other cities in Indonesia. 
 

Figure 6. Electricity consumption 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Figure 7. Comparison of electricity consumption   
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  Another activity that contributes to electricity consumption is entertainment. Fig. 7 shows 
that the leisure activities in Yogyakarta and Bandung cites contributed to 21% and 25% of energy 
consumption. Characteristics of households such as family lifestyle and family pattern respectively 
affect the high percentageof electricity consumption. 
  LPG and kerosene, the main fuel are used by most Indonesian families. According to the 
Handbook of Energy and Economic Statistics of Indonesia 2011, the average share of energy 
consumption of kerosene in the household sector from the years 2000 to 2010 was about 57%, of 
electricity about 30%, of LPG about 13%, and only 0.1% of natural gas. Based on the survey results, 
37.6% of households consumed LPG as the main fuel for cooking, however 36.7% of households still 
used kerosene and 23.8% of householdsused both of LPG and kerosene, with only 1.9% of households 
still using wood as the primary fuel for cooking. The majority of households used 12 kg tube LPG, and 
the average household spent one tube per month. Padang statistical data also showed that from 2003 to 
2009 there was an increase in households that using LPG, going from 36,922 households in 2003 to 
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Statistics of Indonesia, LPG consumption increased from 696,000 tons in 2000 to 3,577,000 tons in 
2010. 
3.3 Transportation Sector 
  As mentioned above, energy consumption in the transportation sector focused on two parts, 
private transportation and public transportation. The number of vehicles per year, travel distances of 
public transportation, fuel consumption per kilometer of travel distances and other supporting data 
were derived from Padang statistical data and the Transportation Department of Padang. Figures 8 and 
9 illustrate the increases in the number of public and private vehicles in Padang.However, the main 
obstacle of evaluating transportation energy consumption is the lack of available data for each public 
transportation type. Therefore, the authors placed more emphasis on two kinds of public transportation 
commonly used in Padang, the city bus and microbus in public transportation, and the motorcycle and 
a car with 4-7 seats in private transportation. The ratio of motorcycles to people is 1:4, which means 
that every 4th person has one motorcycle. Otherwise, for public transportation, the ratio is 1:330, 
which means that there is one public vehicle for every 330 persons (Indonesia Bank, 2013). 
 

Figure 8. Number of public vehicles from 1994 to 2010 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Figure 9. Number of private vehicles from 2001 to 2010 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
As illustrated in Figure 10, withan increase in population and demand for public 

transportation growing up 2% p.a., energy consumption is predicted to riseto 20,000 TJ in 2050. Micro 
buses contributed more than 90% to total energy consumption compared to other forms of public 
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Figure 10. Energy consumption projection of public transportation 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
In terms of private vehicles, because of the availability of data, the calculation of energy 

consumption builds from average fuel consumption per day for motorcycles and cars (ESDM, 2012). 
Figure. 11 shows the increase in energy consumption of private vehicles. It can be seen that if every 
2.75 people have one motorcycle and every 50 persons have a car, energy consumption is predicted to 
growth 2% per year. 

 
Figure 11. Energy consumption projection of private transportation 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The motorcycle is the biggest contributor of fuel consumption compared to passenger cars. 
Figure 12 provides an overview of vehicle ownership in Padang. The simplicity of having motorcycles, 
absence of vehicle restriction policy, and public transportation management is not a good reasonfor 
society to use motorcyclesrather than public transportation. This result is closely related to the 
increasing air pollution. According to the Environment Impact Control (BAPEDALDA, 2012) report 
70% of air pollution was caused by motor vehicles, 20% by industrial activities, and the remaining 
10% from garbage and cigarettes. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Historical Projection 

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Figure 12. Households vehicle 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Generally, the high number of vehicles in Indonesia is mainly caused by: 
a. The ease of obtaining motorcycles 

Indonesia is one of the countries with the highest density of motorcycles in the world. 
According to the Indonesian motorcycle association, production of motorcycles reached 15 million per 
year and 86% of the products are used in the domestic market. On the other hand, on the consumer 
side, many conveniences were provided by distributors of motorcycles as light credit, a small down 
payment. This condition encourages people to purchase a motorcycle. 
b. High flexibility 

Motorcycle is a transportation vehicle which has a high flexibility compared to cars. 
Generally, Indonesia has many roads that can only be passed by motorcycle. Moreover, in the cities 
context of the high mobility and traffic jams are a problem, and motorcycles are practical and efficient 
vehicles.  
c. The impact of inadequate public transport 

According to Indonesian transportation department, the ratio of  private vehicles to public 
vehicles is 98% : 2%. In Padang case, the number of public transportations with 25 seats was 
decreased 4% per years since 2007. Moreover, people prefer using private vehicles rather than public 
transportation. On the other hand, the growth rate of roads was only 0.5% per year. This condition 
provides several problemssuch as traffic jam, air pollution, and also the increasing of fuel consumption 
3.4 Commercial and Industrial Sector 

Energy consumption by the commercial sector is dominated by electricity usage. Figure. 13 
shows the share of commercial energy consumption by each energy source type. Statistical data 
showed that electricity was consumed more than 69%, fuel consumption was approximately 22%, 
natural gas was approximately 1%, biomass approximately 5%, coal approximately 0%, and LPG was 
consumed at approximately 3%. 

 
Figure 13. Share of commercial and industrial energy consumption 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 



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In this study, the authors put more emphasis on the calculation of electricity consumption. 

Historical data from 2000 to 2011 shows increases of an electricity users in the commercial and 
industrial sectors. Figures 14 and 15 show that in the commercial sector the electricity user was 
growth of 14% p.a, while in the industrial sector only about 5% p.a. 
 

Figure 14. Electricity commercial user 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
As mentioned above, the Indonesian economy grew by an average of 6.5% p.a. This growth 

was supported by business sectors and industries. From 12.08 billion Rupiah of GDP, the business 
sector contributed an average of 21% per year, and is expected to continued rising.  
 

Figure 15. Electricity industrial user 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Indonesia Energy Outlook (IEO, 2011) provides an overview of the growth of Indonesia's 
energy future . Related to energy consumption inthe commercial and industrial sectors, the 
commercial sector and the industrial sector will grow by 4.9% and 6.2%, respectively. Based on the 
Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT, 2011), from 2014 to 2030 energy 
demand was projected at average increase of 5.3 p.a and increased almost three times compared to 
2009 (Figure. 16). 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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Figure 16. Projection of final energy demand 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
3.5 Policy implications of urban energy consumption 

As it has been known that urban energy consumption is unique for each country to measure 
and determine by country features such as climate, socio-economic condition, population, and physical 
characteristic. One part that the government should focus on is that increase of population, income, 
and lifestyle will lead to an increase of energy consumption (Sukarno et al., 2013; Feng et al, 2012; 
Crompton and Wu, 2005).  

The survey of household energy consumption shows that utilization of energy such as LPG, 
biogas and renewable energy is still low compared to fossil-based energy. Since 2007, the Indonesian 
government has implemented a transition from kerosene to LPG. As it is already known, the 
government initially encouraged the use of LPG 12 kg tubes, and after the implementation of the 
conversion from kerosene to LPG, the government distributed 3 kg tubes available to the lower class. 
However, the study found that 38% households use kerosene. A high percentage of households who 
used kerosene were influenced by a lack of understanding the benefits of using LPG rather than 
kerosene. Furthermore, the lack of disseminating the safe use of the LPG was also one of the factors 
contributing to concern about using LPG rather than kerosene. 

Related household appliances, ownership and utilization of electrical equipment are believed 
to have a significant effect on the increase of electricity consumption (Sukarno et al., 2013; Feng et al, 
2012; Crompton and Wu, 2005). This condition will be a matter of concern with the increase of 
population, economic growth and human lifestyle.Since 2004, theMinistry of Environment was started 
for eco-label vision in Indonesia. For this vision, three missions are executed: (a) materialize synergy 
of environmentally negative impact control in product life cycle, (b) to encourage supply and demand 
quality and environmentally friendly products, (c) preparing criteria and an eco-label certification 
system which is competent and credible based on one stakeholder. This program should be integrated 
with strong regulation, standards, and policies that are required to support the eco-label vision in 
indonensia.    

The Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT, 2011) predicts that by 
2030 Indonesia will become an energy importing country. Some of the main energy sources are not 
able to satisfy domestic needs. Coal and petroleum reserves are predicted to only be able to meet 
domestic demand until 2050. Moreover, LPG demand is predicted to increase to 10 million tons by 
2030 and 70% is still met from imports. Dependency on high energy based on fossil fuel will lead 
increase of CO2 emission. Under the BPPT prediction, by 2030 total CO2 emissions will reach1.2 
billion tons, where coal accounts for CO2 emissions by 844 million tons, or 67 percent of total energy. 
This condition should receive serious attention from the Indonesia government. This will require 
essential policies and real programs to encourage the use of modern clean energy. Increased use of 
geothermal energy, solar energy, hydro energy, combustion energy and other renewable options 
should be placedas the priority programs for sustainable energy consumption. 



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4. Conclusion 
In this study, urban energy consumption was calculated based on a cohort model of Padang 

Indonesia. Although it was a basic model with various primary data related to energy consumption 
calculations, it provided an overview of urban energy consumption in the residential, commercial, 
industrial and transportation sectors.  

One of the parameters that can be used as the basis for calculating energy consumption is the 
population growth. As one of the biggest users of energy, population growth has a significant 
influence on the increase of energy consumption. The cohort models provide an overview of the 
growth of the urban population every year. From the simulation results, several conclusions can be 
summarized: 

(a) Based on TFR scenarios, from 2015 to 2050 the Padang population can be reduced to 7% per 
years; 

(b) Energy consumption has a positive correlation with population size; 
Based on the energy consumption calculation, the main driving forces of urban energy 

consumption have been identified. In terms of the residential sector, cooking activities and cooling 
device are the main factorsfor electrical energy consumption. Although, from year 2007, the 
Indonesian government carried the conversion program from kerosene to LPG; however, the 
consumption of kerosene was still high over the last five years. In the transportation sector, the number 
of motorcycles is extremely high and became the largest contributor to air pollution in the city. In the 
commercial and industrial sectors, electricity is one of the highest energy consumptions compared to 
other energy sources.  

Decreasing urban energy consumption could be achieved by increasing efficiency of 
household appliances, promoting electricity saving behaviors, increasing public awareness for energy 
saving, and applying energy efficient labeling for home appliances. Hence, these elements should be 
prioritized in the future urban energy study and integrated with the long-term urban planning toward 
sustainable development. 
 
Acknowledgment 
The authors would like to acknowledge Industrial Engineering of Andalas University students who 
helped the authors to distribute and collect questionnaires, and also all the individuals who participated 
as a respondent in this research. The authors would also like to convey their gratitude to the 
Indonesian Scholarship (DIKTI) program for providing scholarships during the study. 
 
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