CO2 Emissions and Residential Housing Sector (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

CO2 Emissions and Residential Housing Sector

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Penn and MIT researchers looked to the housing sector as one way localities could impact greenhouse gas emissions. These graphs showcase a sequential comparison of 2030 residential energy-conservation scenarios for 11 metro areas. Red represents the baseline. The other three colors signify different scenarios, with and without the Clean Power Plan. In the best-case option, in which the CPP stays in place and cities adopt energy-conservation standards for new homes and retrofitting standards for existing homes, emissions could potentially drop by 46 percent, on average.

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David Hsu/MIT; John Landis and Erick Guerra/University of Pennsylvania

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