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An Empirical Inquiry on the Effect of Cleaner Local Energy Production on Consumer Carbon Footprint

Heinonen, Jukka ; Kyrö, Riikka LU and Junnila, Seppo (2012) p.160-164
Abstract
This study analyzes the effect of cleaner local energy production on the consumer carbon footprint. The results in consumption based carbon footprint assessments have traditionally indicated that a significant change in consumption patterns or lifestyles would be needed to achieve the often aspired, ambitious 50- 80% cutoffs in the carbon emissions on a community level. However, it is also known that a majority of the emissions related to all goods and services derives from energy. Thus cleaner local energy would not affect only the emissions from housing in the consumer carbon footprint but also the carbon load from the consumption of goods and services produced with the same energy.
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keywords
energy, LCA, carbon, CO2, greenhouse gas, consumption, GHG
host publication
Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society
editor
Matsumoto, Mitsutaka ; Umeda, Yasushi ; Masui, Keijiro and Fukushige, Shinichi
article number
Chapter 32
pages
160 - 164
publisher
Springer
ISBN
978-94-007-3010-6
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-3010-6_32
language
English
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yes
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daad97fc-b84d-4cd7-be03-67a2732f46aa
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  author       = {{Heinonen, Jukka and Kyrö, Riikka and Junnila, Seppo}},
  booktitle    = {{Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society}},
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  title        = {{An Empirical Inquiry on the Effect of Cleaner Local Energy Production on Consumer Carbon Footprint}},
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  doi          = {{10.1007/978-94-007-3010-6_32}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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