Modeling residential water and related energy, carbon footprint and costs in California

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 270-281

  Escriva Bou, Alvar ^a,b   Lund, Jay R ^a   Pulido Velazquez, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

California; Carbon footprint; Greenhouse emissions; Residential water use; Water energy conservation strategies; Water energy nexus

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY COST; FLUID INTAKE; HYDROPOWER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926037016     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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