Quantifying carbon mitigation wedges in U.S. Cities: Near-term strategy analysis and critical review

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3629-3642

  Ramaswami, Anu ^a   Bernard, Meghan ^a   Chavez, Abel ^a   Hillman, Tim ^a   Whitaker, Michael ^a   Thomas, Gregg ^b   Marshall, Matthew ^b  

^a The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

^b City and County of Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CARBON MITIGATION; CRITICAL REVIEW; DENVER , COLORADO; ELECTRICITY USE; EXISTING BUILDING; GHG MITIGATION; IN-BUILDINGS; INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELDS; OUTREACH PROGRAMS; PARTICIPATION RATE; PER UNIT; PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS; REGULATORY ACTIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TECHNOLOGY SHIFT; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR; URBAN DESIGN; VOLUNTARY ACTION;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GASES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CARBON;

CARBON EMISSION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LITERATURE REVIEW; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

BUILDING; CLIMATE; ELECTRICITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CARBON; CITIES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; DENVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859299133     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203503a     Document Type: Review

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