Save water to save carbon and money: Developing abatement costs for expanded greenhouse gas reduction portfolios

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13583-13591

  Stokes, Jennifer R ^a,b   Hendrickson, Thomas P ^a   Horvath, Arpad ^a,b  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

ABATEMENT POTENTIALS; BUILDING INSULATIONS; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ABATEMENT COSTS; GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS; PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION; PRESSURE MANAGEMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

CARBON; WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; ILLUMINATION; LIFE CYCLE; MONEY; PARTICULATE MATTER; REDUCTION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WATER LOSS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSPORTATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84918593451     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503588e     Document Type: Article

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