Transitioning to low-GWP alternatives with enhanced energy efficiency in cooling non-residential buildings of China.

ABSTRACT: The electricity demand for space cooling in the non-residential building (NRB) sector of China is growing significantly and is becoming increasingly critical with rapid economic development and mounting impacts of climate change. The growing demand for space cooling will increase global warming due to emissions of hydrofluorocarbons used in cooling equipment and carbon dioxide emissions from the mostly fossil fuel-based electricity currently powering space cooling. This study uses the Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Interaction and Synergies (GAINS) model framework to estimate current and future emissions of hydrofluorocarbons and their abatement potentials for space cooling in the NRB sector of China and assess the co-benefits in the form of savings in electricity and associated reductio

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9411847 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature