High life cycle efficacy explains fast energy payback for improved off-grid lighting systems

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 722-733

  Alstone, Peter ^a   Lai, Patricia ^b,c   Mills, Evan ^d   Jacobson, Arne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Schatz Energy Research Center   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial ecology; Kerosene; LED lighting; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Solar energy; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEALTH RISKS; INVESTMENTS; KEROSENE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RISKS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ENERGY RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; FOSSIL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; INCUMBENT TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LED LIGHTING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84907944904     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12117     Document Type: Article

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