Understanding the full climate change impact of energy consumption and mitigation at the end-use level: A proposed methodology for allocating indirect carbon dioxide emissions

Applied Energy

Volumn 159, Issue , 2015, Pages 548-559

  de la Rue du Can, Stephane ^a   Price, Lynn ^a   Zwickel, Timm ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electricity emission factor; Indirect emissions; Power sector CO2 emissions; Primary energy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING;

ACCOUNTING METHODS; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; EMISSION FACTORS; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; POWER SECTOR; PRIMARY ENERGIES;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMBUSTION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HEAT PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MITIGATION;

EID: 84942279428     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.08.055     Document Type: Article

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