Using online carbon calculators for participation in local climate initiatives

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 7444 LNCS, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-96

  Aichholzer, Georg ^a   Allhutter, Doris ^a   Strauß, Stefan ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

carbon calculator; citizen participation; climate protection; ecofeedback; environmental impacts

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; CITIZEN PARTICIPATION; CLIMATE PROTECTION; COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS; ECOFEEDBACK; GERMANY; LOCAL CLIMATE;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84866015125     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33250-0_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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