Emission reduction activities in private households
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2012-12Type
- Working Paper
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Abstract
This report focuses on the evaluation of household reduction activities, which could be fostered by household members’ employers. First, a methodology for evaluating such household reduction activities is developed, including an Excel evaluation tool. Household reduction activities are evaluated according to the following four criteria: (1) the technical reduction potential, (2) the cost efficiency of the reduction, (3) the verifiability of achieved reductions, and (4) implementation barriers hindering the adoption of the reduction activities. In a next step, the evaluation methodology is tested by an exemplary evaluation of household reduction activities in the transport sector. Based on the evaluation, different types of household reduction activities can be compared. It turns out, for example, that highly efficient conventional diesel cars can achieve GHG emission reductions more cost efficiently than electric cars. It also shows that reduction activities involving the use of public transport are likely to have a low verifiability. Employers can use the results of the evaluation as a basis for deciding which household reduction activities they would like to incentivize. Show more
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ETH Zürich, Institute for Environmental Decisions IEDOrganisational unit
03361 - Schubert, Renate (emeritus) / Schubert, Renate (emeritus)
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