scholarly journals Intersecting Residential and Transportation CO2 Emissions: Metropolitan Climate Change Programs in the Age of Trump

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Landis ◽  
David Hsu ◽  
Erick Guerra
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Fixed Ratio ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Diversion Programs ◽  
Residential Energy ◽  
Past Performance ◽  
Compact Growth ◽  
New Construction ◽  
Effective Cost

This article uses a series of fixed-ratio projections and scenarios to explore the potential for local residential energy conservation mandates and compact growth programs to reduce locally based CO2 emissions in eleven representative US metropolitan areas. Averaged across all eleven metros, residential energy conservation mandates could reduce residential CO2 emissions in 2030 by an average of 30 percent over and above 2010 levels. In terms of implementation, residential conservation standards were found to be goal-effective, cost-effective, scale-effective, and in the case of new construction standards, reasonably resistant to local political pushback. Local compact growth programs do not perform as well. If accompanied by aggressive efforts to get drivers out of their cars, compact growth programs could reduce auto-based 2030 CO2 emissions by as much as 25 percent over and above any emissions reductions attributable to higher fuel economy standards. Unaccompanied by modal diversion programs, the stand-alone potential for local compact growth programs to reduce auto-based CO2 emissions falls into a more modest range of 0 to 7 percent depending on the metropolitan area. Based on past performance, local compact growth programs are also likely to have problems in terms of their goal- and scale-efficiency, and their potential to incur political pushback.

An Empirical Strategy for Identifying Residential Energy Conservation Techniques

1981 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie A. Mathews ◽  
Stephen B. Fawcett ◽  
Russell G. Winn ◽  
R. Mark Mathews
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Residential Energy

Energy Saving Calculation and Analysis of the Rural House in Hohhot

2012 ◽  
Vol 575 ◽  
pp. 122-125
Author(s):  
Juan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Rural Residence ◽  
Building Energy Efficiency ◽  
Residential Energy ◽  
Energy Efficiency Standards

Inner Mongolia mostly belongs to the rural residence building, no any relevant construction standard and building energy efficiency standards. Most of the farmers in build houses without considering building energy problems. This article through to a rural residential energy conservation calculation and analysis, and obtain the energy-saving index.

Experimental evaluation on engineering properties and microstructure of the high-performance fiber-reinforced mortar with low polypropylene fiber content

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (7) ◽  
pp. 824-840
Author(s):  
Hung Vu Viet ◽  
Cuong Nguyen Tuan ◽  
Duy Nguyen Huu ◽  
Tho Ngo Nguyen Ngoc ◽  
Phuoc Huynh Trong
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Polypropylene Fiber ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Fiber Content ◽  
Engineering Properties ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Cement Mortars ◽  
High Performance Fiber ◽  
New Construction ◽  
Local Materials

Recently, high-performance fiber-reinforced mortar/concrete (HPFRM) has been researched and developed in many fields such as repair, maintenance, and new construction of infrastructure works due to its high strain capacity and tight crack width characteristics. Optimizing the design of mixture proportions and structures using HPFRM is still a complex mechanical and physical process, depending on the design principles, specific site conditions, and their local materials. This study aims to develop an HPFRM with low polypropylene fiber content by using locally available ingredients in Southern Vietnam to address the deficiencies commonly observed in traditional cement grout mortars. Three mixture proportions were prepared with different water-to-binder (w/b) ratios of 0.2, 0.25, and 0.3. Then, the performance of HPFRM was evaluated in both fresh and hardened stages. Additionally, the microstructural characteristics of each mix design were also assessed through scanning electron microscope observation. The experimental results showed that the optimum w/b of 0.25 and a fixed dosage of 0.6% polypropylene fiber produced positive impacts on the rheological, mechanical properties, and also ductility of the high-performance mortar. It was concluded that HPFRMs are promising for cost-effective and sustainable cement mortars.

Hypothermia and Energy Conservation: A Tradeoff for Elderly Persons?

1989 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan M. Macey
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Home Environment ◽  
Accidental Hypothermia ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Residential Energy ◽  
Conservation Measure ◽  
Measure Methods

For many elderly people, residential energy conservation options are often limited to little or no cost measures such as reducing their winter nighttime thermostat setting. As a result, conflicts can arise between the need to preserve health and the necessity to conserve energy. Under these circumstances, accidental hypothermia is an important and growing concern. This study examines the association between concern for health and the adoption by elderly persons of a lowered winter nighttime thermostat setting. Evidence from two surveys of elderly respondents who maintain separate owner-occupied residences shows that health and thermal comfort concerns are the major reasons for nonadoption of this energy conservation measure. Methods are presented for increasing energy conservation while maintaining a healthful home environment.

Discussion of the Development Trend of Urban Residences in the 21st Century

2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 3672-3675
Author(s):  
Xiao Hua Guo ◽  
Lei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Residential Construction ◽  
Residential Energy ◽  
Aging Society ◽  
The Future ◽  
Construction Pattern ◽  
The Development Trend

This paper discusses the development trend of urban residences in the future from residential energy conservation, sustainable development, ecologicalization, intelligentalization, and the way to fit for the demands of aging society, in order to offer a reference for seeking the construction pattern of comfortable, healthy and environmental protection residences and the development of such residences, and to make the residential construction in our country better satisfy the consistently increased residential requirements of people.

On the track to adulthood: the missions of the young human being, dodging the risks and gaining the tools

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-131
Author(s):  
Jacob Urkin ◽  
Basil Porter ◽  
Yair Bar-David
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Economic Burden ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Health Programs ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Psychosocial Determinants ◽  
Community Health Programs ◽  
Effective Cost

Abstract Medical staff are expected to cooperate with other professions and agencies in helping the young human in achieving the goal of becoming a healthy, well- functioning adult that expresses her/his maximal potential. Achieving this goal should be cost-effective. Cost includes not just the economic burden but also psychosocial determinants such as emotional disruption, stress, living at risk, malfunctioning, and dependency. Acknowledging the risks and the expected achievements at each age are useful in analyzing the failure of community health programs and in planning preventive modalities and needed remedies.

Encouraging residential energy efficiency

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Real World ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Residential Energy ◽  
Information Campaigns ◽  
Residential Energy Efficiency

Programs that encouraged investments in residential energy efficiency had limited returns in several impact evaluations in real-world settings. Relatively small impacts on energy savings coupled with low take-up meant that encouraging these investments through information campaigns and subsidies was not a cost-effective strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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