| Autor: |
Jonathan I Levy, May K Woo, Stefani L Penn, Mohammad Omary, Yann Tambouret, Chloe S Kim, Saravanan Arunachalam |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Environmental Research Letters, Vol 11, Iss 3, p 034017 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1748-9326 |
| DOI: |
10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034017 |
| Popis: |
The United States (US) Clean Power Plan established state-specific carbon dioxide (CO _2 ) 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 CO _2 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 CO _2 from EGUs, with annual co-benefits including 30 million tons of CO _2 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 CO _2 reduced from EGUs (range across states: $12–$390). State-specific co-benefit estimates can inform development of optimal Clean Power Plan implementation strategies. |
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