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Abstract :
[en] This paper introduces and describes a dataset representing United States carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from electricity consumption (scope 2 CO2 emissions) for the 2019-2021 time period separately for the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. The spatial resolution is the U.S. census block group at annual time resolution. We also provide state-scale aggregate data. Given the increased interest in greenhouse gas mitigation at the urban landscape scale, this data offers the opportunity to better understand the emitting landscape and craft more targeted, efficient policy instruments. The approach starts with well-established estimates of scope 2 CO2 emissions at larger scales and performs a series of downscaling steps to allocate scope 2 emissions into block groups. This open-access scope 2 CO2 emissions dataset and methodology is valuable for a wide range of multidisciplinary studies, including climate science, environmental policy, urban planning, and socioeconomic research.
Precision for document type :
Critical notes/Edition
Disciplines :
Civil engineering
Author, co-author :
Gurney, Kevin R ; School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, USA. kevin.gurney@nau.edu
Dass, Pawlok ; School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, USA
Kato, Anna; School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, USA
Mitra, Bhaskar; School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, USA
Kameni Nematchoua, Modeste ✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Urbanisme et aménagement du territoire ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Urban and Environmental Engineering
✱ These authors have contributed equally to this work.
Language :
English
Title :
Scope 2 estimates of carbon dioxide emissions from electricity consumption at the US census block group scale.
Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
Funding text :
This work is supported by grants from Builders Vision, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, and the Sant Foundation. We would like to thank Jacques de Chalander for assistance in acquiring and using the BA-scale scope 2 CO emissions and electricity consumption data. 2-eq
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