Procedures and criteria to develop and evaluate household sustainable consumption indicators

Caeiro, Sandra; Ramos, Tomás B.; Huisingh, Donald

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.12.026

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“…Consumers make choices about the products and services they use and their lifestyles determine their consumption patterns (Caeiro et al, 2012, p73, Halme et al, 2004. Baiocchi et al (2010, p67) found that in the UK 75% of GHG emissions were associated with lifestyle choices, and the household and transport sectors accounted for the largest shares.…”

Section: The Role Of Behaviours In Energy Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

A study on the effect of ground surface boundary conditions in modelling shallow ground heat exchangers

Bortoloni¹,

Bottarelli²,

2017

Applied Thermal Engineering

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Section: The Role Of Behaviours In Energy Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

A study on the effect of ground surface boundary conditions in modelling shallow ground heat exchangers

Bortoloni¹,

Bottarelli²,

2017

Applied Thermal Engineering

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“…Generally the categories of transportation, housing and food make the largest contributions (Jones and Kammen 2011 ;Caeiro et al 2012 ;Tukker 2006 ;Tukker and Jansen 2006 ). For example, Benders et al ( 2012 ) found that these three domains account for nearly three quarters of carbon emissions and inclusion of the next largest category, recreation, accounted for around 85 % of average carbon footprints in The Netherlands.…”

Section: Composition Of Household Carbon Footprintsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding Households as Drivers of Carbon Emissions

Druckman

Jackson

2016

Taking Stock of Industrial Ecology

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Households are accountable for nearly three quarters of global carbon emissions and thus understanding the drivers of these emissions is important if we are to make progress towards a low carbon future. This chapter starts by explaining the importance of using an appropriate consumption perspective accounting framework for assessing the carbon footprint of households. This contrasts from the more commonly used production perspective, as, for many Western countries in particular, once responsibility for emissions embedded in imported goods and services are taken into account, consumption emissions are often higher than production emissions.The chapter then reviews fi ndings concerning the determinants and composition of the carbon footprint of households, focusing on Western countries. One of the main determinants is income, with carbon footprints increasing with increasing incomes. However, other drivers, such as household size and composition, rural/ urban location, diet and type of energy supply, also play a part. Studies show that the majority of an average carbon footprint arises from three domains: transportation, housing and food. Further analyses aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of the motivations behind the activities driving emissions, in particular those due to transportation and housing, show that recreation and leisure pursuits are responsible for a substantial portion of average carbon footprints. Studies indicate, for example, that activities such as spending time with friends and family in and around the home, which are generally low carbon and also enhance well-being, should be encouraged alongside the more mainstream strategies of improving systems of provision of energy, food, housing and transportation.The fi nding that income is one of the principal drivers of carbon emissions is a challenging and important issue to address, as, for instance, incomes are arguably the driver of the rebound effect -a phenomenon that confounds attempts to reduce carbon footprints, making reducing emissions more of an uphill task than often acknowledged. This challenge leads us to a wider, whole-systems approach in which we view households as an integral part of the system of production and consumption.A. Druckman (*) • T. Jackson Centre for Environmental Strategy , University of Surrey , Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH , UK e-mail: a.druckman@surrey.ac.uk 182 In summary, industrial ecology, with its wide ranging systems approach as shown in this chapter, has a great deal to contribute to the quest to devise strategies to move towards lower carbon, fulfi lling lifestyles.

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“…Household type A number of studies (Lenzen et al, 2004;Ferrer-i-Carbonell and Van Den Bergh, 2004;Barr and Gilg, 2006;Jensen, 2008;Kerkhof et al, 2009;Caeiro et al, 2012) have discussed the connection between socio-economic characteristics of households and their consumption patterns. Additionally, Luck et al (2009) found that immigrants are generally less familiar with the local environment and land management practices than native residents.…”

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Developing micro-level urban ecosystem indicators for sustainability assessment

Dizdaroğlu

2015

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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Sustainability assessment is increasingly being viewed as an important tool to aid in the shift towards sustainable urban ecosystems. An urban ecosystem is a dynamic system and requires regular monitoring and assessment through a set of relevant indicators. An indicator is a parameter which provides information about the state of the environment by producing a quantitative value. Indicator-based sustainability assessment needs to be considered on all spatial scales to provide efficient information of urban ecosystem sustainability. The detailed data is necessary to assess environmental change in urban ecosystems at local scale and easily transfer this information to the national and global scales. This paper proposes a set of key micro-level urban ecosystem indicators for monitoring the sustainability of residential developments. The proposed indicator framework measures the sustainability performance of urban ecosystem in 3 main categories including: natural environment, built environment, and socio-economic environment which are made up of 9 sub-categories, consisting of 23 indicators. This paper also describes theoretical foundations for the selection of each indicator with reference to the literature.

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Procedures and criteria to develop and evaluate household sustainable consumption indicators

Cited by 80 publications

References 66 publications

A study on the effect of ground surface boundary conditions in modelling shallow ground heat exchangers

A study on the effect of ground surface boundary conditions in modelling shallow ground heat exchangers

Understanding Households as Drivers of Carbon Emissions

Developing micro-level urban ecosystem indicators for sustainability assessment

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