Estimating Uncertainty in Household Energy Footprints

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1307-1317

  Min, Jihoon ^a   Rao, Narasimha D ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

consumption based accounting; developing countries; energy intensity; household footprint; input output model; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; SURVEYS;

ENERGY INTENSITY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD FOOTPRINT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; INPUT OUTPUT MODEL; INPUT-OUTPUT TABLE; NATIONAL ACCOUNTS; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY INTENSITY; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; INDIA;

EID: 85031330171     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12670     Document Type: Article

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