Title :
Environmental life style analysis (ELSA)
Author :
Gutowski, Timothy ; Taplett, Amanda ; Allen, Anna ; Banzaert, Amy ; Cirinciore, Rob ; Cleaver, Christopher ; Figueredo, Stacy ; Fredholm, Susan ; Gallant, Betar ; Jones, Alissa ; Krones, Jonathan ; Kudrowitz, Barry ; Lin, Cynthia ; Morales, Alfredo ; Quin
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
In this study we connect life styles and spending patterns to environmental impacts and economic implications for people living in the United States. The results show that even the most modest life styles (Buddhist monk, homeless etc) have impacts much larger that the world average.
Keywords :
environmental factors; socio-economic effects; United States; economic implications; environmental impact; environmental life style analysis; Fuels; Insurance; Life estimation; Local government; Manufacturing; Mechanical engineering; Pediatrics; Springs; Statistics; Transportation; Input/Output Analysis; Life Cycle Analysis; Life Styles;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2008. ISEE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2272-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2298-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562900
