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Showing 1 to 20 of 108 for “"Carbon emission"”.
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Constraining black carbon emission inventories with observations
Black carbon (BC) is a tiny particle in the atmosphere that plays an important role in affecting the Earth’s energy balance. It can absorb solar radiation, interact with clouds, and reduce the albedo of snow. More accurate quantification of the long-term climatic influence of BC requires estimates …
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GreenMail: Reducing Email Service’s Carbon Emission with Minimum Cost
… contribute a large fraction of worldwide carbon emission nowadays, in a context of increasing number of companies tending to provide and more and more developers use Internet services. Noticeably, a trend is those service providers are trying to reduce their carbon emissions by utilizing …
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Optimization of Private Equity Investments for Industrial Carbon Emission Reduction
… a significant portion of global greenhouse gas emissions. They must reduce these emissions due to financial, regulatory, and customer pressures, but the pathways to net zero emissions are complex and costly. For companies held by private equity, the inaction is exacerbated by a lack of clarity …
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Carbon Emission Policy In The United States: State Patchwork Vs. National Policy
… lead in implementing policies to reduce their carbon emissions and adapt to the threats posed by a warming planet. This project adopts two established systems that classify states by their relative involvement in climate policy (Wheeler 2010; Lutsey et al. 2008) and combines them into a single, …
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Economic Modeling of Bioenergy Crop Production and Carbon Emission Reduction in Illinois
These results have several policy implications. Carbon cap-and-trade policy, if adopted, is likely to create an incentive for biomass co-firing. Such a policy would reduce the significant amount of carbon emissions and help the State obtain a considerable share of renewable energy. The carbon …
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Achieving deep carbon emission reductions in existing social housing: The case of Peabody
… to combat climate change, deep reductions in carbon emissions will be required from existing social housing. This thesis explores the viability of achieving such a goal through a case-study approach, focusing on Peabody, a large housing association operating in London. A model was developed …
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Zero-direct-carbon-emission aluminum production by solid oxide membrane-based electrolysis process
… added byproduct. In this work, a zero-direct-carbon-emission aluminum production process utilizing SOM electrolysis is presented. The molten flux used in the electrolysis process is optimized through careful measurements of its physio-chemical properties. The liquidus temperature, …
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Impact of carbon emission regulatory policies on the electricity market : a simulation study
… of CO2 , there had been efforts to reduce CO2 emissions all around the world by adopting more efficient technologies and alternate green or carbon neutral fuels. However, these technologies require large investments and hence to make them economically viable there should be suitable incentives …
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Constraining a historical black carbon emission inventory of the United States from 1960-2000
In order to improve the accuracy of the black carbon (BC) historical emission inventory of the United States over the period 1960-2000, I studied the transport of global BC emissions and ambient air concentrations using the Community Atmosphere Model. I formulated the relationship between emissions …
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Driving down emissions : analyzing a plan for meeting Massachusetts' carbon emission reduction targets for passenger vehicles
… is one of the US states at the forefront of carbon emission reduction policy, and has the potential to model success to the rest of the country. The state's Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) passed in 2008, two years before federal climate legislation floundered in the U.S. Senate. This …
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Data Roadmap for Last Mile Sustainability
… a significant environmental impact. While carbon data analysis tools, such as, carbon emission forecasting tools offer meaningful insights into understanding and mitigating this impact, their effectiveness hinges on the quality, availability, and granularity of data. This research project …
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Economic analysis of international climate cooperation
… to study international cooperation on net-zero carbon emission among sixteen geographic regions. I find that achieving net-zero emission by mid-century reduces global social welfare loss by up to 35%, accounting for the emission reduction cost. However, I show that this international cooperation …
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Building a Carbon Allocation Methodology across Multiple Business Teams and Activities with Interdependencies
… the world are setting and committing to net-zero carbon targets. Achieving this goal comes with operational challenges for companies, e.g., having a standardized method to hold internal business teams accountable for their carbon emission, and empowering individual teams to decarbonize. Especially …
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Developing Low Carbon Supply Networks: Influence, Measurement, and Improvement
… emerging nations, a greater proportion of CO2 emissions is generated from developing countries. The dilemma between fast industrial development and carbon reduction makes firms in developing nations reluctant to take serious commitment and actions in CO2 emission reduction in their global …
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Exploring architectural transformation to improve value of plant EPC business : case study of LNG production plant
… of $6/mmBtu because high pressure to reduce carbon emission renders their infrastructures more complex and expensive. LNG is a prospective energy source that can reduce world carbon emission substituting for coal and oil that emit twice as much greenhouse gas as LNG does per unit energy. To …
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Investigation on reverse logistics of end of life cars in the UK
… greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, CFCs, and other pollutants. This has forced government and business to focus on environmental issues on their initiatives where reverse logistics (RL) practice is described as an initiative that plays an important role for those who …
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A system dynamics modeling of incentive policies to increase electric vehicle adoption in Indonesia
… in accelerating EV adoption and reducing carbon emissions. The model consists of three interconnected subsystems: fiscal budget (APBN), EV adoption behavior, and carbon emission mitigation. Simulation results show that purchase subsidies and VAT incentives significantly increase EV uptake, …
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Electrolytic extraction of a metal from its metal compound: estimates of optimal energy requirements and their consequences
… a significant impact in energy efficiency and carbon emission mitigation. We first develop a thermodynamic model that establishes the technical criteria for the most efficient operation of an electrolytic cell for a variety of metals. Second, we explore the rigidity of the operating boundary …
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Comparative study of bracing patterns and materials for tall timber buildings
… is increasingly focusing on reducing carbon emissions generated by construction and operation of tall buildings. With recent technological advances in timber construction and its potential to mitigate the carbon embodied in structural materials, tall timber buildings are gaining …
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