Carbon reductions and health co-benefits from US residential energy efficiency measures
| Autor: | Mohammad Omary, Saravanan Arunachalam, Chloe S. Kim, May K. Woo, Jonathan I. Levy, Stefani L. Penn, Yann Tambouret |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Power station
Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Natural resource economics business.industry 020209 energy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Air pollution Clean Power Plan 02 engineering and technology Combustion medicine.disease_cause Criteria air contaminants 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Environmental science Electricity business General Environmental Science International Energy Conservation Code Efficient energy use |
| DOI: | 10.17615/rf8m-2755 |
| Popis: | The United States (US) Clean Power Plan established state-specific carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduction goals for fossil fuel-fired electricity generating units (EGUs). States may achieve these goals through multiple mechanisms, including measures that can achieve equivalent CO2 reductions such as residential energy efficiency, which will have important co-benefits. Here, we develop state-resolution simulations of the economic, health, and climate benefits of increased residential insulation, considering EGUs and residential combustion. Increasing insulation to International Energy Conservation Code 2012 levels for all single-family homes in the US in 2013 would lead to annual reductions of 80 million tons of CO2 from EGUs, with annual co-benefits including 30 million tons of CO2 from residential combustion and 320 premature deaths associated with criteria pollutant emissions from both EGUs and residential combustion sources. Monetized climate and health co-benefits average $49 per ton of CO2 reduced from EGUs (range across states: $12–$390). State-specific co-benefit estimates can inform development of optimal Clean Power Plan implementation strategies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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