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Measurement and analysis of household carbon: the case of a UK city
There is currently a lack of data recording the carbon and emissions inventory at household level. This paper presents a multi-disciplinary, bottom-up approach for estimation and analysis of the carbon emissions, and the organic carbon (OC) stored in gardens, using a sample of 575 households across...
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| author | David Allinson Katherine Irvine J.L. Edmondson A. Tiwary Graeme Hill Jonathan Morris M.C. Bell Z.G. Davies Steven Firth Jill Fisher K.J. Gaston J.R. Leake Nicola McHugh A. Namdeo Mark Rylatt Kevin Lomas |
| author_facet | David Allinson Katherine Irvine J.L. Edmondson A. Tiwary Graeme Hill Jonathan Morris M.C. Bell Z.G. Davies Steven Firth Jill Fisher K.J. Gaston J.R. Leake Nicola McHugh A. Namdeo Mark Rylatt Kevin Lomas |
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| description | There is currently a lack of data recording the carbon and emissions inventory at household level. This paper presents a multi-disciplinary, bottom-up approach for estimation and analysis of the carbon emissions, and the organic carbon (OC) stored in gardens, using a sample of 575 households across a UK city. The annual emission of carbon dioxide emissions from energy used in the homes was measured, personal transport emissions were assessed through a household survey and OC stores estimated from soil sampling and vegetation surveys. The results showed that overall carbon patterns were skewed with highest emitting third of the households being responsible for more than 50% of the emissions and around 50% of garden OC storage. There was diversity in the relative contribution that gas, electricity and personal transport made to each household’s total and different patterns were observed for high, medium and low emitting households. Targeting households with high carbon emissions from one source would not reliably identify them as high emitters overall. While carbon emissions could not be offset by growing trees in gardens, there were considerable amounts of stored OC in gardens which ought to be protected. Exploratory analysis of the multiple drivers of emissions was conducted using a combination of primary and secondary data. These findings will be relevant in devising effective policy instruments for combatting city scale green-house gas emissions from domestic end-use energy demand. |
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| spelling | rr-article-94513972016-01-07T00:00:00Z Measurement and analysis of household carbon: the case of a UK city David Allinson (1248501) Katherine Irvine (7175825) J.L. Edmondson (7180574) A. Tiwary (7180577) Graeme Hill (7180580) Jonathan Morris (3462266) M.C. Bell (7180583) Z.G. Davies (7180586) Steven Firth (1171635) Jill Fisher (5784161) K.J. Gaston (7180589) J.R. Leake (7180592) Nicola McHugh (594354) A. Namdeo (7180595) Mark Rylatt (7180598) Kevin Lomas (1259073) Other built environment and design not elsewhere classified Other economics not elsewhere classified Domestic energy demand Household emissions Transport emissions Organic carbon storage Energy policy Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified Economics There is currently a lack of data recording the carbon and emissions inventory at household level. This paper presents a multi-disciplinary, bottom-up approach for estimation and analysis of the carbon emissions, and the organic carbon (OC) stored in gardens, using a sample of 575 households across a UK city. The annual emission of carbon dioxide emissions from energy used in the homes was measured, personal transport emissions were assessed through a household survey and OC stores estimated from soil sampling and vegetation surveys. The results showed that overall carbon patterns were skewed with highest emitting third of the households being responsible for more than 50% of the emissions and around 50% of garden OC storage. There was diversity in the relative contribution that gas, electricity and personal transport made to each household’s total and different patterns were observed for high, medium and low emitting households. Targeting households with high carbon emissions from one source would not reliably identify them as high emitters overall. While carbon emissions could not be offset by growing trees in gardens, there were considerable amounts of stored OC in gardens which ought to be protected. Exploratory analysis of the multiple drivers of emissions was conducted using a combination of primary and secondary data. These findings will be relevant in devising effective policy instruments for combatting city scale green-house gas emissions from domestic end-use energy demand. 2016-01-07T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/19867 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Measurement_and_analysis_of_household_carbon_the_case_of_a_UK_city/9451397 CC BY 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Other built environment and design not elsewhere classified Other economics not elsewhere classified Domestic energy demand Household emissions Transport emissions Organic carbon storage Energy policy Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified Economics David Allinson Katherine Irvine J.L. Edmondson A. Tiwary Graeme Hill Jonathan Morris M.C. Bell Z.G. Davies Steven Firth Jill Fisher K.J. Gaston J.R. Leake Nicola McHugh A. Namdeo Mark Rylatt Kevin Lomas Measurement and analysis of household carbon: the case of a UK city |
| title | Measurement and analysis of household carbon: the case of a UK city |
| title_full | Measurement and analysis of household carbon: the case of a UK city |
| title_fullStr | Measurement and analysis of household carbon: the case of a UK city |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measurement and analysis of household carbon: the case of a UK city |
| title_short | Measurement and analysis of household carbon: the case of a UK city |
| title_sort | measurement and analysis of household carbon: the case of a uk city |
| topic | Other built environment and design not elsewhere classified Other economics not elsewhere classified Domestic energy demand Household emissions Transport emissions Organic carbon storage Energy policy Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified Economics |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/19867 |