Estimating the carbon footprint of household activities in Japan from the time-use perspective.

ABSTRACT: The household sector is a major driver of energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, most existing studies have only estimated households' carbon footprint from their expenditures. Households' daily activity time, a scarce resource that limits and determines their consumption behavior, has rarely been integrated into the estimation. Incorporating the daily time-use patterns should thus provide a more practical perspective for mitigation policies aiming at promoting sustainable household lifestyles. In this study, by linking household time-use data and expenditure data of Japan, the carbon footprint and the GHG intensity of time of 85 daily household activities constituting the 24 hours in a day are estimated. Compared to the maximal 20-activity disaggregation in existi

SUBMITTER: Jiang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9938832 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature