[MCN] The big American "dream home" contributes to the climate nightmare

Sat Oct 26 11:56:58 EDT 2019

Report: As Home Size Grows, So Does Carbon Footprint ...
https://candysdirt.com › 2017/06/26 › home-size-contributes-carbon-footp... <https://candysdirt.com/2017/06/26/home-size-contributes-carbon-footprint/> <https://www.google.com/search?q=carbon+emissions+home+size&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS737US737&oq=carbon+emissions+home+size&aqs=chrome..69i57.30567j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#> <https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:BqDIJ3HFjIkJ:https://candysdirt.com/2017/06/26/home-size-contributes-carbon-footprint/+&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us>
Jun 26, 2017 - A recent report by Property Shark reveals that the size of American homes has grown drastically in the last century, impacting our carbon ...
Household Carbon Footprint Calculator | Greenhouse Gas ...
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Oct 9, 2018 - The quantity of greenhouse gas emissions from your home ... the size and insulation of your house, and the amount and type of fuel used.
What's the carbon footprint of ... a house | Environment | The ...
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Oct 14, 2010 - The carbon footprint of a house: 80 tonnes CO2e: A newbuild two-bed cottage. The carbon footprint of building a house depends on all kinds of things – including, of course, the size of the house and the types of materials chosen.
Report: Smaller homes, smaller carbon footprints . News | OPB
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Oct 26, 2010 - That's a big part of the reason why smaller homes have a smaller footprint. Reduce the size of the home by 50 percent, and lifecycle emissions ...
The Missing Link of Climate Change: Single-Family Suburban ...
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Dec 7, 2011 - We can now compare that footprint to a multi-family home in a walkable ... energy security and greenhouse gas emissions,” predicts University of Michigan ... transportation emissions as the size and efficiency of your home.
US Homes Keep Getting Bigger: What Does This Mean for Our ...
https://www.propertyshark.com › Real-Estate-Reports › 2017/06/22 › us-h... <https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/2017/06/22/us-homes-keep-getting-bigger-co2-emissions/> <https://www.google.com/search?q=carbon+emissions+home+size&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS737US737&oq=carbon+emissions+home+size&aqs=chrome..69i57.30567j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#> <https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:It5erqlV5y0J:https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/2017/06/22/us-homes-keep-getting-bigger-co2-emissions/+&cd=17&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us>
Jun 22, 2017 - The top states by total CO2 emissions for the housing sector are Texas, ... Even more, as the average home size increased and the average ...
Tiny Houses Have Even Tinier Carbon Footprints ...
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Dec 14, 2015 - Tiny Houses Have Even Tinier Carbon Footprints ... a significantly smaller carbon footprint than a typical-sized house—on ... The bottom line is that tiny houses have an even tinier carbon footprint than anything of typical size.
[PDF]The average US household produces 7.5 tons of CO2 ...
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The average US household produces 7.5 tons of CO2 equivalents per year. Here are things you can do to help reduce that amount. Copies of these handouts ...
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Tiny house, tinier carbon footprint | Choose Energy®
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Looking to cut down your carbon footprint? ... Because of their compact size, tiny houses require just a fraction of the electricity a traditional home would need for ...
Understanding Households as Drivers of Carbon Emissions ...
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by A Druckman - ‎2016 - ‎Cited by 15 <https://scholar.google.com/scholar?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS737US737&um=1&ie=UTF-8&lr&cites=1311169192407654203> - ‎Related articles <https://scholar.google.com/scholar?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS737US737&um=1&ie=UTF-8&lr&q=related:O9_kAW81MhKD-M:scholar.google.com/>The finding that income is one of the principal drivers of carbon emissions is a .... (a) Carbon footprints by income bracket and household size; (b) Carbon ...
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