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An investigation of carbon footprint reductions achievable in Cape Town social housing considering rebound effects
Includes abstract.
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| author | Dick, Jasper |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11984 An investigation of carbon footprint reductions achievable in Cape Town social housing considering rebound effects Dick, Jasper Von Blottnitz, Harro Lewis, Yvonne Chemical Engineering Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Various life cycle studies have shown that solar water heaters (SWHs) have short greenhouse gas emission payback periods. Thus, it is believed that replacing electric geysers with SWHs will reduce a household’s carbon footprint. It is also believed that living in a well-located area close to jobs, schools, shops and public transport will reduce a household’s carbon footprint through reducing fuel consumption via private/public transport. These conclusions, however, do not take the rebound effect into account, where money saved from spending less on electricity or transport, is spent eventually, either on more electricity and transport, or on other goods and services with an associated carbon footprint. 2015-01-10T13:34:16Z 2015-01-10T13:34:16Z 2012 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11984 eng application/pdf Department of Chemical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Chemical Engineering Dick, Jasper An investigation of carbon footprint reductions achievable in Cape Town social housing considering rebound effects |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | An investigation of carbon footprint reductions achievable in Cape Town social housing considering rebound effects |
| title_full | An investigation of carbon footprint reductions achievable in Cape Town social housing considering rebound effects |
| title_fullStr | An investigation of carbon footprint reductions achievable in Cape Town social housing considering rebound effects |
| title_full_unstemmed | An investigation of carbon footprint reductions achievable in Cape Town social housing considering rebound effects |
| title_short | An investigation of carbon footprint reductions achievable in Cape Town social housing considering rebound effects |
| title_sort | investigation of carbon footprint reductions achievable in cape town social housing considering rebound effects |
| topic | Chemical Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11984 |
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