Carbon mitigation unit costs of building retrofits and the scope for carbon tax, a case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 109415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Royapoor M ◽  
Du H ◽  
Wade N ◽  
Goldstein M ◽  
Roskilly T ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Tax ◽  
Carbon Mitigation ◽  
Unit Costs

scholarly journals Governing Carbon Mitigation and Climate Change within Local Councils: A Case Study of Adelaide, South Australia

2012 ◽  
pp. 70-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Zeppel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Tax ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Climate Mitigation ◽  
Carbon Mitigation ◽  
Management Communication ◽  
Management Actions

There is growing concern about climate change impacts on local government areas. In Australia, the federal carbon tax (from 1 July 2012) will also increase costs for local councils. This paper evaluates what carbon mitigation (i.e. energy, water, and waste management) actions have been implemented by metropolitan Adelaide councils (n=14) and why (or why not). A survey of environmental officers profiled carbon mitigation actions, emissions auditing, and motives for emissions reduction by Adelaide councils. The main reasons for adopting carbon actions were a climate change plan, climate leadership, and cost savings. Internal council governance of climate change actions was also evaluated. A climate governance framework based on adaptive management, communication, and reflective practice (Nursey-Bray 2010) was applied to assess climate mitigation by Adelaide councils.

CIM-EARTH: Framework and Case Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Elliott ◽  
Ian Foster ◽  
Kenneth Judd ◽  
Elisabeth Moyer ◽  
Todd Munson
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Computer Architecture ◽  
Carbon Tax ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Model Instance ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Economics Research

Abstract General equilibrium models have been used for decades to obtain insights into the economic implications of policies and decisions. Despite successes, however, these economic models have substantive limitations. Many of these limitations are due to computational and methodological constraints that can be overcome by leveraging recent advances in computer architecture, numerical methods, and economics research. Motivated by these considerations, we are developing a new modeling framework: the Community Integrated Model of Economic and Resource Trajectories for Humankind (CIM-EARTH). In this paper, we describe the key features of the CIM-EARTH framework and initial implementation, detail the model instance we use for studying the impacts of a carbon tax on international trade and the sensitivity of these impacts to assumptions on the rate of change in energy efficiency and labor productivity, and present results on the extent to which carbon leakage limits global reductions in emissions for some policy scenarios.

Projects Decision-Making for Construction Enterprise under the Carbon Tax Policy

2014 ◽  
Vol 1065-1069 ◽  
pp. 2393-2396
Author(s):  
Lu Ming
Keyword(s):  
Tax Policy ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Carbon Tax ◽  
Programming Approach ◽  
Construction Costs ◽  
Construction Enterprise ◽  
Construction Enterprises ◽  
Mathematical Programming Approach ◽  
Apply Life Cycle Assessment

Carbon tax policy is considered to be one of the effective measures to mitigate global warming. The construction industry, as a main source of carbon dioxide emissions, in the context of carbon tax policy, will face the fact that there is a sharp increase in the total construction costs. In order to reduce effectively carbon emissions in the construction project, and maximize the construction enterprises’ profit, this study aims to apply life cycle assessment in order to assess CO2emission costs and adopt a mathematical programming approach to allocate limited resources. A case study demonstrates the validity of the proposed methodology.

scholarly journals Environmental Management Accounting

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-51
Author(s):  
Sorinel Căpușneanu ◽  
Dan Ioan Topor ◽  
Dana Maria (Oprea) Constantin ◽  
Alexandru Lucian Manole ◽  
Mihaela Stefan Hint
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Costs ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Managerial Accounting ◽  
Energy Company ◽  
Unit Costs ◽  
Environmental Management Accounting ◽  
Abc Method ◽  
Empirical Framework ◽  
Implementation Steps

This chapter provides a business perspective on the policies and benefits provided by implementing environmental managerial accounting in various areas of activity. The main objectives of this chapter are to present the evolution of the EMA and its policies, business analyses carried out by specialists, including the benefits of implementing the EMA. All of these objectives are transposed into a case study based on the ABC method performed at an energy company. The implementation steps specific to the ABC method are presented by establishing the list of main activities, cost drivers, allocation of indirect costs, and determining unit costs. The theoretical aspects presented the basic national and international studies in the literature. The case study is based on data obtained from the energy company. The chapter ends with the authors' conclusions on the benefits of implementing EMA/ABC. This chapter contributes to the expansion of the theoretical and empirical framework of EMA and the methods used to implement it within various business companies.

Development of a Cost Estimation Framework for Potential Transload Facilities

2018 ◽  
Vol 2672 (9) ◽  
pp. 24-34
Author(s):  
Sadie Smith ◽  
Andrew Braham ◽  
Sarah Hernandez ◽  
John Kent
Keyword(s):  
Cost Estimation ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Construction Design ◽  
Unit Costs ◽  
Reasonable Cost ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
Pavement Damage ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Cost Of Transportation

As the cost of transportation continues to rise and there is a growing push for a more environmentally friendly transportation network, optimizing mode distributions becomes an attractive solution. One way to optimize mode distributions is through strategically located freight transfer facilities, such as transload facilities. While there are many benefits to this type of facility, such as the emissions savings or pavement damage reductions garnered by shifting commodity tonnage onto alternative modes of transport, it is also essential that transportation planners understand the costs associated with building transload facilities. Unfortunately, literature does not provide an adequately disaggregated and scalable cost estimation approach that could be applied to various configurations and types of transload facilities. In this research, a cost estimation framework was created to determine the basic cost of transload facilities by type using unit costs from a construction cost database, equipment costs from local dealers, the projected commodity tonnage, design recommendations from literature, and survey responses from local facilities. A case study based upon proposed facilities in Arkansas was completed to illustrate the effectiveness of this methodology. While there is currently no construction design for these facilities, this framework yielded costs consistent with those expected. A key finding was that storage costs could account for up to 81% of a transload facility’s costs. Overall, this cost framework is believed to balance general scalability with accuracy well to provide reasonable cost estimations for constructing new or expanded facilities.

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