Sustainability from household and infrastructure innovations

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dc.contributor.authorAllen, Peter
dc.contributor.authorButans, Eugene
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Marguerite
dc.contributor.authorVarga, Liz
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-14T11:47:48Z
dc.date.available2021-07-14T11:47:48Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-21
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we look at the impact of different possible changes and innovations in the national/regional infrastructure and of individual households on the reduction of their material ‘footprint’ and carbon emissions. We have developed an ‘agent-based model’ (ABM) that explores the impact of possible changes in regional infrastructure and in ‘household agent’ behaviour and lifestyles. We study households of the UK, Germany, Spain and Finland, and calculate the overall effects of the diffusion of such changes and innovations. The ‘lifestyle’ of households is divided into four different ‘Domains’—Living, Food, Mobility and Energy. For each change, the model shows the linked effects of adoption, and total household input requirements (materials, energy etc.), household and food wastes and CO2 emissions. This informs policy concerning which modifications will be most effective. We can also estimate approximately how much ‘clean’ electricity will be needed in each country for household needs and their electric vehiclesen_UK
dc.identifier.citationAllen P, Butans E, Robinson M, Varga L. (2020) Sustainability from household and infrastructure innovations. Sustainability Science, Volume 15, November 2021, pp. 1753-1766en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1862-4065
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-020-00830-w
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16878
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectClean electricityen_UK
dc.subjectMaterial footprintsen_UK
dc.subjectHousehold systemen_UK
dc.subjectABM modelen_UK
dc.subjectHousehold changes and innovationsen_UK
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_UK
dc.titleSustainability from household and infrastructure innovationsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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