• DocumentCode
    2114093
  • 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
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    19-22 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562900
  • Filename
    4562900