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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"greenhouse gas emission"”.
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Essays on Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emission Footprints: Accounting, Bias, and Trade Policy
… account for roughly one-third of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, yet substantial uncertainty persists in measuring emissions intensities of agricultural production and the carbon footprint of international trade at the commodity-country level. These uncertainties arise from fragmented …
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Public Opinion concerning the Feasibility of South Africa meeting its greenhouse gas emission targets
… of the feasibility of South Africa meeting its greenhouse gas emission targets. A snowball sampling method was utilized to identify suitable respondents to the survey. The survey reveals about 53% of participants believe that the feasibility of South Africa meeting its emission reduction target …
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Detection and analysis of the causal relation between tourism and greenhouse gas emission: an empirical approach.
… is a threat to the inhabitants of our planet and greenhouse gas emissions have been identi ed as the main cause of this climate change. In order to reduce the e ects of climate change, we need to signi cantly reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere. While the tourism industry …
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The Influence of Urban Soil Rehabilitation on Soil Carbon Dynamics, Greenhouse Gas Emission, and Stormwater Mitigation
… potential to provide a carbon sink to mitigate greenhouse gas emission and climate change. However, typical urban land development practices including vegetation clearing, topsoil removal, stockpiling, compaction, grading and building result in degraded soils. In this work, we evaluated an urban …
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An expert-based Bayesian investigation of greenhouse gas emission reduction options for German passenger vehicles until 2030
… expert-based Bayesian approach for assessing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the 2030 German new vehicle fleet and quantifying the impacts of their main drivers. A first set of expert interviews has been carried out in order to identify technologies which may help to lower car GHG …
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A life cycle based energy and greenhouse gas emission assessment of C&D waste and container glass recycling in the City of Cape Town
… difference in cumulative energy demand (CED) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for two waste management options: landfilling and recycling for the two materials of Construction and Demolition (C&D) rubble and container glass in the City of Cape Town (CCT) in order to determine which option has …
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Greenhouse gas intensity of South Africa's production and consumption : a study of the relationship between economic growth, income distribution and greenhouse gas emission in South Africa
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Simulation- and Experiment-Based Setpoint Control for Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning Systems: A Single- and Multi-Objective Optimization Problem
… of electricity consumption, and 40% of carbon emission. Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems (HVAC) in residential and commercial units account for 40% to 60% of energy usage. To increase energy efficiency and reduce energy usage, buildings are now better insulated, installed with …
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An investigation of carbon footprint reductions achievable in Cape Town social housing considering rebound effects
… shown that solar water heaters (SWHs) have short greenhouse gas emission payback periods. Thus, it is believed that replacing electric geysers with SWHs will reduce a household’s carbon footprint. It is also believed that living in a well-located area close to jobs, schools, shops and public …
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Predicting Climate Change in Big Bend National Park, Texas
… from several global climate models for several greenhouse gas emission scenarios. In this way the spatial resolution of climate change predictions is increased and maps can be produced of possible future temperature and precipitation patterns in the park.
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Assessing the impacts of retail tariff design on the electric power sector : a case study on the ComEd Service Territory in Illinois
… price signals: reduce system peak load, reduce greenhouse gas emission, provide greater system reliability, and reduce system costs. This thesis qualitatively explores the cost drivers of the electricity system and their implications for residential tariff design, as well as the economic …
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The applicability of recycled waste paper as lightweight building materials
… warming, energy crisis, waste pollution and greenhouse gas emission have been major issues of concern throughout the world and most especially in the construction industry. This research was conducted to investigate the applicability of recycled wastepaper as lightweight building materials …
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Jungtinių Tautų ir Europos Sąjungos teisinės priemonės sprendžiant klimato kaitos problemas /
… tackling the problem of global warming. Yet as greenhouse gas emission levels continued to rise around the world, it became increasingly evident that only a firm and binding commitment by developed countries to reduce emissions could solve the problem of climate change. The Kyoto Protocol of the …
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A methodology for assessing MIT's energy used and greenhouse gas emissions
… efficiencies are maximized, fuel use and thus emissions are minimized. From fiscal year 1998 to 2003, the gas turbine efficiency, based on the higher heating value, remained approximately constant at 24%. The heat recovery steam generator effectiveness has decreased 11% from 42.1% to 37.4%. It …
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Air quality economics: Three essays
… to public goods, such as air quality and greenhouse gas emission reduction. The third chapter uses the red tide-related stated experience and satellite imagery of chlorophyll-a concentration as well as field data of respiratory irritation. This chapter illustrates that ancillary scientific …
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Using the greet model to analyze algae as a feedstock for biodiesel production
… involves assessing energy use, fossil fuel use, greenhouse gas emissions, and criteria pollutant emissions using a simulation developed by Argonne National Laboratory. The energy and emissions of algae-derived biodiesel are compared to those of soybean biodiesel, corn ethanol, conventional …
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Enhancing Bioethanol Fermentation through Removal of Acetic Acid Using Liquid-Liquid Extraction
… from non-food resources and reduce the total greenhouse gas emission by at least 60 %. Acetic acid has been shown to be one of the most ubiquitous fermentation inhibitors in a bioethanol production facility which slows down the bioethanol production and reduces its yield through inhibition of …
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The Climate Emergency and the Need for Global Climate Stabilization: The Role of Energy Efficiency in Climate Policy
… and have stalled the adoption of binding greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Despite slowmoving international climate negotiations and comprehensive climate policies, many countries have turned to energy efficiency as a politically feasible tool to lower energy use and greenhouse …
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Investigating the decarbonization process of the maritime transport sector - Quantifying and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
… was therefore to understand the effects of greenhouse gas emission reduction mechanisms in the maritime transport sector and to analyse the contribution of the methodologies used to calculate and report on these emissions, including through application assessments. The methodological …
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