Studies of societal exergy use have the common aim of tracing the flow of exergy along
society, and are used to gain insights into the efficiency of energy use and linkages to …

Abstract The Diffusion of Residential Energy Efficient (EE) Technologies has been studied
for many years. Finding ways to bridge the energy efficiency gap and increase the diffusion …

In recent years there has been a growing interest in long-term opportunities for reducing
energy use and GHG emissions. Long-term is often defined as out to 2050. Former US …

Energy efficiency is often the least-cost means of meeting new demand for energy services.
Not only does it reduce overall energy consumption and thereby reduce dependency on …

With increased awareness of the current and projected consequences of climate change,
many have argued that rapid technological progress presents the sole means by which to …

While financial institutions have not figured prominently in utopian thinking, the
democratization of finance is central to any vision of bringing contemporary economies …

The US electricity sector is currently responsible for more than 40% of both energy-related
carbon dioxide emissions and total freshwater withdrawals for power plant cooling (EIA …

Virtual water imports arise when electricity and input fuel imports for electricity generation
are expressed in terms of the quantity of water consumption not fully accounted for through …

New developments in consumption-based emissions accounting suggest that the reductions
claimed by wealthy, environmentally progressive nations have often come at the expense of …

Despite the commitment of the Paris agreement to pursue efforts to limit end-of-century
global warming to 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels, few have studied mitigation pathways …