The difference of per capita energy consumption and CO2 emissions between Beijing′s urban and rural households is analyzed. Firstly, indirect energy consumption and CO2 emissions of urban are higher than direct energy consumption and CO2 emissions; but indirect energy consumption and CO2 emissions in rural areas are less than direct energy consumption and CO2 emission. Secondly, per capita direct energy consumption and CO2 emissions of urban households has been lower than that of rural households.Although per capita consumption level in the urban households is higher than that in rural households, the intensity of direct energy consumption is lower than that in rural households and the coal proportion of total direct energy consumption is much lower than that in the rural households, and the latter two are affected more than the former. Thirdly, indirect energy consumption and CO2 emissions of urban households overtook rural households in 2010, because per capita total consumption for the urban households grow faster than that for the rural households and urban consumption structure has been escalating. So, the focus of energy and carbon reduction of urban households currently should be placed on indirect energy consumption and CO2 emissions; while it should pay more attention to direct energy consumption and CO2 emissions for the rural households.

Beijing city; urban and rural households; energy consumption; CO2 emission; decomposition