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Title

Carbon emissions from domestic appliances

Author(s)

Newton, Peter W.;  Tucker, Selwyn

Abstract

As Australia and other countries redouble efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it is important to appreciate not only the total emissions challenge, but the potential for carbon mitigation in each sector of the economy. The Australian residential sector accounts for approximately 9.5 per cent of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions and offers significant opportunities for mitigation, to which households are largely oblivious. These opportunities include an energy efficient building shell that minimises the need for artificial heating and cooling, energy efficient built-in appliances and plug-in appliances, and low or zero emission local energy generation. This paper focuses on plug-in appliances and identifies strategies for minimising greenhouse gas emissions as a function of decisions made on the number and type of appliances purchased for use in dwellings. This paper is one of a series of companion papers which flow from a study by the authors into energy use and carbon dioxide emissions in residential buildings and local and distributed energy sources capable of winding back the carbon footprint of dwellings.

Publication type

Journal article

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. Institute for Social Research

Source

Environment Design Guide: Design Strategies, DES 73 (Aug 2009), pp. 1-10

Publication year

2009

Keyword(s)

Carbon neutrality;  Decarbonisation;  Energy efficiency;  Greenhouse gas emissions;  Household appliances;  Housing;  Sustainable cities;  Zero carbon

Publisher

Australian Institute of Architects

ISSN

1442-5017

Publisher URL

http://www.environmentdesignguide.net.au/

Copyright

Copyright © 2009 Australian Institute of Architects.

Additional information

This paper is one of a series of papers from a single study, Hybrid Buildings: Pathways for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in the Housing Sector by the same authors, covering the energy use within the residential sector. The companion papers are: Built-in Appliances: DES 74: Carbon Emissions from Domestic Built-in Appliances; Local Energy Generation: DES 75: Carbon Emissions form Local Energy Generation; and Hybrid Dwellings: DES 76: Carbon Emissions from Dwellings - Transitioning to Zero Carbon Housing.

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