Energy and carbon footprint: Numbers matter in low energy and low carbon choices

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-243

  Chakraborty, Debrupa ^a   Roy, Joyashree ^b  

^a Netaji Nagar Day College   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD;

EID: 84879413284     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.04.001     Document Type: Review

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