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Life Style Analysis What is at the center of the sustainability issue? Products or People? 1 Start with a product or service, Where does the coffee come from? Where was it roasted? Where did the paper cup come from?


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Life Style Analysis

What is at the center

  • f the sustainability issue?

Products or People?

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Start with a product or service,

  • Where does the

coffee come from?

  • Where was it

roasted?

  • Where did the paper

cup come from?

  • Sugar?
  • Cream?
  • Stirring Stick?
  • Napkin?

How was this stuff made, and Oh, how did you get to Starbuck’s?

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Now do this for everything you bought last year!!!

food, drinks, bottled water, air trips, car, bus, clothes, books, paper, heating fuel, tuition, medicines, furniture, cleaning services, clothes washing, A/C, cell phone, ipod, laptop, skis, tennis racket……

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Environmental Life Style Analysis (ELSA)

Timothy Gutowski, Amanda Taplett, Anna Allen, Amy Banzaert, Rob Cirinciore, Christopher Cleaver, Stacy Figueredo, Susan Fredholm, Betar Gallant, Alissa Jones, Jonathan Krones, Barry Kudrowitz, Cynthia Lin, Alfredo Morales, David Quinn, Megan Roberts, Robert Scaringe, Tim Studley, Sittha Sukkasi, Mika Tomczak, Jessica Vechakul, and Malima Wolf. IEEE International Symposium on Electronics

and the Environment, San Francisco, May 19 – 21, 2008

http://web.mit.edu/ebm/www/Publications/ELSA%20IEEE%202008.pdf

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To organize this, track your spending

  • 1. Food
  • 2. Housing
  • 3. Clothing
  • 4. Utilities
  • 5. Transportation
  • 6. Services
  • 7. Insurance and Investments
  • 8. Government

Note possible double counting

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Framework for Calculating the Environmental Impact Associated with a Life Style

  • Ij is an impact of type “j” (j = CO2, GWP etc.)
  • Di are the dollars spent in life style sector “i”

(i = diet, clothing etc.)

  • Aij is an impact factor (technological) in units of

impact ”j” per dollar spent in sector “i”

ij i i j

A D I

  • =
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Framework for Calculating the Environmental Impact Associated with a Life Style

  • Ij is an impact of type “j” (j = CO2, GWP etc.)
  • D are the total dollars spent on a life style
  • fi

D is the fraction of dollars spent in

life style sector “i” (i = diet, clothing etc.)

  • Aij is an impact factor (technological) in units of

impact ”j” per dollar spent in sector “i”

ij i D i ij i i j

A f D A D I

  • =

=

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For infinitesimals

I i ij ij i D i D i j j

f A A f f D D I I ) (

  • +
  • +
  • =
  • Change

in Impact Change in Total Amount Spent Change in Spending Category, fraction

  • f

Dollars Change in Impact Coefficient fraction

  • f

Impact

GROWTH

CONSUMER CHOICE INDUSTRY COEFICIENT

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Example: Two sector economy with 1 = guns and 2 = butter

  • You make $10,000 a year and split your

money evenly between guns and butter then D1 = D2 = $5,000. Assume the coefficients are A1 = 1kg CO2/dollar, and A2 = 0.5kg CO2/dollar.

  • $5,000 x 1kg CO2 /$ + $5,000 x 0.5

CO2/$ = 7.5t CO2

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Example:Two sector economy with 1 = guns and 2 = butter

  • Your spending increases from $10,000 to

$12,000, the butter sector improves to 0.25kg CO2 /$, but you shift your spending to guns 55%, butter 45%. Now your impact is

  • $6,600 x 1kg CO2 /$ + $5,400 x 0.25kg

CO2 /$ = 7.95t CO2

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Did the improvement in butter make you “sustainable”?

  • No!
  • CO2 increased by 6%
  • Why?
  • Increased spending overall and a shift in

spending by category

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Did the butter sector move toward “sustainable”?

  • Yes!

08 . 000 , 5 000 , 5 400 , 5 =

  • =
  • P

P

5

1 1

. A A e e =

  • =
  • P

P e e

  • I = P (I/ P) = P (1/ e)

for ΔΙ≤0 you want Δ e/e ≥ΔP/P

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Eight Spending Categories

1. Food, Restaurant, Alcohol (preparation in Utilities) 2. Housing, Purchase, Maintenance (financing in Services) 3. Clothing, Jewelry, Cleaning, Repair (wash and dry in Utilities) 4. Utilities (electricity, water, sewer, fuels used, trash)

Note possible double counting

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Eight Spending Categories

  • 5. Transportation, personal only
  • 6. Services, Health Care,

Entertainment, Education, Legal,…

  • 7. Insurance, Pensions, Financial

Services and Investments

  • 8. Government Services

Note possible double counting

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CMU I/O website http://www.eiolca.net/

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The pikan Lifestyle…

(vegetarian student in a cooperative)

2.83 project, 2007 Jessica Vechakul

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Life Styles Studied

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Life Styles Studied

(2 variants) 1000-8000 $1-1.7M $2.3M Pro Golfer

  • 16

(3 variants) 3700 $950k $1M U.S. Senator

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(3 variants) 2500 $680k Coma Patient

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(3 variants) 600 $210k $200k Investment Banker

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estimate 500 $90k Nursing Home Patient

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some interviews 500 $90k $80k Manage Consultant

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interviewed 480 $70k $45k Commercial Artist

  • 10

composite 270 $92k $58k Engineer

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interviewed 180 $50k $11k

  • Veg. College Student
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interviewed (3) 250-400 $40k-$50k $35k Teach for America

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some interviews 400 $73k $75k Soccer Mom

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estimated 130 $19k Five year old

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some interviews 300 $94k $27k Retired person

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composite 125 $20k $7k Homeless person

  • 3

interviewed 290 $25k $21k Buddhist Monk I

  • 2

interviewed 120 $13k $8.5k Buddhist Monk II

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  • Comment
  • Energy (GJ)
  • Est.

Expenditure

  • Est. Income
  • Life Style
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Data for people in the US is available at the Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/

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A little more detail: 1. Food

1. grow food 2. process food 3. prepare 5. waste 4. eat

  • Diet. Where does the food come from, is it organic or conventional, irrigated,

hothouse, transported a long distance etc. Is the person a vegetarian or carnivore. How is the food prepared? Do you prepare your own food? Do you eat out? Do they compost their waste food products or throw them away? See Smil p 56-63, p 129-133, see FAO, Pimm

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  • 2. Clothing
  • 1. Mat’ls
  • 2. Mfg

3. wear 5. waste 4. wash

  • Clothing. Does this person wear cotton clothing, polyester, …

do they repair or replace it, are they fashion conscious and have a large wardrobe or do they wear the same thing every day, Do they wash and dry their clothes using hot water or cold water, are the clothes ironed, dry cleaned, line dried, etc. Are the used clothes recycled or thrown away? See “Well Dressed?” Julian Allwood, U Cambridge, Mfg Inst. 2006

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  • 3. Travel
  • 1. Mat’ls
  • 2. Mfg

3. Use 5. waste 4. Repair

  • Travel. Here all categories of travel will be included, land, sea and air

with special emphasis on automobiles and air travel,also included charter air travel as well as other modes such as bicycling and walking. Are carbon offsets used? See Smil p 139-149, HLM, Ch 6

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  • 4. Housing
  • 1. Mat’ls
  • 2. Mfg

3. Use 5. waste 4. Repair Housing. Do you rent or own? Where is the house located and what is the climate? Is the house large, small, new or old, repairs etc. Multiple houses? Do you heat and cool your home(s) while you are not in them? What fuels are used? These have to be calculated separately. Potential overlap with utilities. Financial aspects of housing can be important.

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  • 5. Utilities
  • 1. Mat’ls
  • 2. Mfg

3. Use 5. waste 4. Repair Utilities: Water, sewerage, electricity. How do you generate your electricity? Gas, oil, coal, hydro-electric, nuclear, wing, photovoltaic? This will vary by location, or use national average. There are Utilities sectors in the CMU/EIO model.

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Appliances used in the home or elsewhere

  • 1. Mat’ls
  • 2. Mfg

3. Use 5. waste 4. Repair Household Appliances. This includes the refrigerators, washers, dryers, freezers, hot water heaters, toaster oven, fans, coffee maker, lighting and so forth. Also electronics, computers, TV, plasma screens, gameboys, charging cell phones… Note the overlap with Utilities and Housing. Don’t double count

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Default values for power used in appliances source LBNL

Idle (Watts) In Use (Watts) Lights # of bulbs watts per bulb Fixture 1, 4 x 40 watt bulbs 4 40 160 Fixture 2, 2 x 60 watt bulbs 2 60 120 Fixture 3, 2 x 40 watt bulbs 2 40 80 Fixture 4, 1 x 60 watt bulb 1 60 60 Fixture 5, 1 x 11 watt bulb 1 11 11 Fixture 6, 1 x 25 watt bulb 1 25 25 Fans, etc Portable Air Cleaner Electric 50 Desk Fan 30 Floor Fan 30 Cleaning Clotheswasher 269.2 Clothes dryer 4500 Iron 1100 Vaccuum 650 Hand-Held Electric Vacuum 300 Hygiene Men's Shaver 1.4 15 Women's Shaver 1.4 15 Curling Iron 25 Hair Dryer 710 Hand Held Massager 15 Heating Pads 60 Default Values*

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Default values for power used in appliances source LBNL

Kitchen Can Opener 100 Blender 300 Juicer 125 Hand Mixers 150 Stand Mixers 100 Auto Coffee Maker 70 1500 Espresso Maker 360 Hot Plate 1250 Electric Stove Burner 1250 Electric Kettle 1500 Microwave 3.1 1500 Air Corn Popper 1400 Hot Oil Corn Popper 575 Slow Cooker 200 Electric grill 1800 Waffle Iron/Sandwhich Grill 1200 Dishwasher 694 Refrigerator 6.1 571 Entertainment Audio Stand-alone Boom Box 2.2 4.8 Mini-System 9.4 34 Clock Radio 1.7 8.3

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Default values for power used in appliances source LBNL

Audio Components (add together as appropriate) Amplifier 1.4 31 Cassette Deck 2.7 2 CD Player 3.1 16 DVD Player 4.5 20 Equalizer 3.1 52 Power Speaker 4.6 5.8 Preamp/Tuner 2.4 18 Rack 3.2 6.2 Receiver 1.8 6.7 Tuner 2 6.2 Video Games 2 20 Color TV 4 77 Projection Color TV 2.2 150 Satellite Earth Station 14.9 15 Cable Boxes 11.6 20 Rechargeable Toy/Game 2.2 Miscellaneous Cell Phone Charger 8.6 8.6 Cordless Phone 1.1 1.1 Cordless Power Tool 0.63 0.63 Multi-Purpose Battery Charger 0.2 0.2 * Values from LBNL

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  • 6. Services
  • 1. Mat’ls
  • 2. Mfg

3. Use 5. waste 4. Repair

  • Services. 70 to 80 percent of our economy is now in the services sector. In terms of

your direct expenditures they may constitute ~16% to 35% (see Kudrowitz and Allen, and “What We Work For”) The basic areas are: Health Care, Education, Entertainment, Recreation, Legal. .

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  • 7. Insurance, Pensions,

Investments and Financial Charges

  • 1. Mat’ls
  • 2. Mfg

3. Use 5. waste 4. Repair Insurance, Pensions etc. Payments to these sectors can be quite large for middle income and upper income people. Ex., Home financing, retirement benefits and employer matching benefits, interest on accrued benefits, 401 K, stocks, bonds,

  • etc. The benefits you receive are handled as expenditure to support your life style

and have associated environmental impacts.

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  • 8. Government
  • 1. Mat’ls
  • 2. Mfg

3. Use 5. waste 4. Repair Government: All the services you get for paying your taxes to State, Federal and Local governments. This ranges from roads, police, fire courts, health organizations, social security, military on and on…

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Allocation Issues

  • expenditures = incom e - taxes ‒

support paid out + subsidies received

  • what goods and services are bought?
  • note expenditures by the 8 categories
  • physical quantities, gasoline etc need to

be accounted for in the “use” phase

  • Special Issues- subsidies, gifts…
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Master Spread Sheet

  • S. Sukkasi
  • M. Tomczak

Lifestyle Homeless CA 5-year-old Income 4,176 $ 5,500 $ Food 57% 45% Food - Home 0% 95% Food - Out 100% 5% Comments Mixed diet Mixed diet Housing 0% 0% Description Emergency Shelter Single family, CA urban suburban Electric Bill

  • $
  • $

Utilities 0% 8% Apparel 4% 12% Clothing 20% 95% Leather/Fur 0% 0% Jewelry 0% 0% Other - Shoes 0% 5% Cleaning 80% 0% Cleaning - Home 0% 100% Cleaning - Dry 0% 0% Cleaning - Other 100% 0% Transportation 22% 15% # of cars

  • Other vehicles
  • Miles driven/yr
  • Miles flown/yr
  • 3,000

Services 17% 21% Financial 0% 0% Total (check) 100% 100%

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Income Data by Lifestyle

1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 100,000,000 1,000,000,000 10,000,000,000 C h i l d C

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e l e s s N u r s i n g H

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e V e g S t u d e n t T F A

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h i c a g

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F A

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Y C E n g i n e e r M g m t C

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s u l t a n t G

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f e r

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i g h C E O " A v e r a g e " O p r a h Lifestyle Dollars Disposable Income Annual Expenditures Effective Income Calculation Govt Services

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Energy Use vs. Disposable Income 1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 100,000,000 1,000,000,000 10,000,000,000 1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,00 1,000, 000 10,000 ,000 100,00 0,000 1,000, 000,000 10,000 ,000,00 Disposable Income ($) Energy Use (MJ) Energy (MJ) Energy (MJ) less I&I

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Carbon Dioxide Emissions 1.00 10.00 100.00 1,000.00 10,000.00 100,000.00 1,000,000.00 1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,00 1,000,0 00 10,000, 000 100,00 0,000 1,000,0 00,000 10,000, 000,000 Disposable Income ($) CO2 Emissions (MT CO2E) CO2 (MT) CO2 (MT) less I&I

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Energy and CO2

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Global Warming Potential vs. Disposable Income 1.00E+00 1.00E+01 1.00E+02 1.00E+03 1.00E+04 1.00E+05 1.00E+06 1.00E+0 1.00E+0 1 1.00E+0 2 1.00E+0 3 1.00E+0 4 1.00E+0 5 1.00E+0 6 1.00E+0 7 1.00E+0 8 1.00E+0 9 1.00E+1 Disposable Income ($) GWP (MT CO2E) GWP (MT CO2E) GWP (MT CO2E) less I&I

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Total Toxic Releases 1.00 10.00 100.00 1,000.00 10,000.00 100,000.00 1,000,000.00 1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,00 1,000, 000 10,000 ,000 100,00 0,000 1,000, 000,000 10,000 ,000,00 Disposable Income ($) Toxic Releases (kg) Total Toxic (KG) Total Toxic (KG) less I&I

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Economic Impact of Activity 1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 100,000,000 1,000,000,000 10,000,000,000 1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,00 1,000, 000 10,000 ,000 100,00 0,000 1,000, 000,00 10,000 ,000,00 Disposable Income ($) Economic Activity ($)

  • Econ. Activity ($)

Econ Activity ($) less I&I

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0.10 0.15 0.45 1.42 Standard Dev 0.4 0.6 1.2 9.1 Mean 0.39 0.54 1.03 8.1 Gates 0.52 0.59 1.08 9.0 Oprah 0.44 0.56 1.00 8.3 CEO "Great" 0.42 0.55 0.98 8.2 CEO "Average" 0.43 0.38 0.75 9.5 Golfer - High 0.42 1.08 2.14 9.7 Golfer - Low 0.46 0.68 1.61 10.2 Inv Banker 0.28 0.50 0.82 7.4 Mgmt Consultant 0.35 0.54 1.08 8.1 Soccer Mom 0.38 0.58 1.13 8.6 Engineer 0.41 0.63 1.27 9.4 Artist 0.47 0.71 1.65 10.7 TFA - NYC 0.35 0.57 1.21 8.6 TFA - Houston 0.30 0.52 0.94 7.8 TFA - Chicago 0.33 0.55 1.04 8.2 Retiree 0.37 0.62 1.19 9.3 Veg Student 0.49 0.74 1.68 11.1 Monk 1 0.20 0.50 0.59 7.3 Nursing Home 0.61 0.81 2.08 12.4 Monk 2 0.26 0.53 0.68 7.8 Homeless

  • Coma - support *
  • Coma - mix *
  • Coma - ICU *

0.49 0.76 1.91 11.5 Child

g/$ kgCO2/$ kgCO2E/$ MJ/$

Food, Diet, Alcohol

Sample Results for Food and Diet

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Energy Intensity Breakdown

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Average Impact Intensities

0.08 0.24 0.27 2.7 Tax, Government Services 0.04 0.10 0.13 1.5 Insurance and Investment 0.31 0.28 0.34 4.4 Services, Personal 0.51 1.46 1.61 25.3 Transportation 1.79 0.59 0.77 8.2 Apparel, Services 0.79 3.88 4.73 32.3 Home Utilities, Fuel 0.45 0.54 0.61 6.7 Housing, Furniture, Maintenance 0.40 0.61 1.23 9.1 Food, Diet, Alcohol Toxics (G/$) CO2 (KG/$) GWP (KG CO2E /$) Energy (MJ/$) Impact Intensity Mean

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Standard Deviations

0.03 0.07 0.08 1.19 Tax, Government Services 0.02 0.04 0.08 0.68 Insurance and Investment 0.09 0.07 0.09 0.66 Services, Personal 0.57 0.98 1.09 14.17 Transportation 1.98 0.36 0.51 1.74 Apparel, Services 0.35 3.03 3.61 16.71 Home Utilities, Fuel 0.17 0.38 0.41 1.84 Housing, Furniture, Maintenance 0.10 0.15 0.45 1.42 Food, Diet, Alcohol Toxics (G/$) CO2 (KG/$) GWP (KG CO2E /$) Energy (MJ/$) Impact Intensity Standard Deviation

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Energy Impact Intensities

Mean Energy

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 Food, Diet, Alcohol Housing, Furniture, Maintenance Home Utilities, Fuel Apparel, Services Transportation Services, Personal Insurance and Investment Tax, Government Services Category Energy (MJ/$)

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CO2 Impact Intensities

Mean CO2

0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 Food, Diet, Alcohol Housing, Furniture, Maintenance Home Utilities, Fuel Apparel, Services Transportation Services, Personal Insurance and Investment Tax, Government Services Category CO2 (KG/$)

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Mean Toxics

  • 0.50

0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 Food, Diet, Alcohol Housing, Furniture, Maintenance Home Utilities, Fuel Apparel, Services Transportation Services, Personal Insurance and Investment Tax, Government Services Category Toxics (G/$)

Toxics Impact Intensity

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Verification: Comparisons with National Averages

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CO2 for “Average Joe”

2.2 4,400 0.2 gov 20.2 $20,000 TOTAL 0.2 1,800 0.1 investments 2.4 4,000 0.6 services 5.7 3,800 1.5 transportation 0.6 1,000 0.6 apparel 4.7 1,200 3.9 utilities 2.7 5,400 0.5 housing 1.7 2,800 0.6 food TONS CO2 $$$ Kg CO2/$

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Comparison with the World

U.S. Average CO2 = 20 metric tons per person, per year World Average CO2 = 4.5 U.S. Smallest CO2 = 8.5 (homeless person)

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274,871.5 9 1.07 269,492.7 8 104.69 4,451.64 16.06 389.20 298.62 117.54 Gates 24,976.40 1.69 18,594.65 277.75 4,714.03 301.15 595.00 262.88 229.25 Oprah 9,603.07 1.00 3,872.14 900.05 690.52 389.24 242.16 3,279.67 228.29 CEO "Great" 920.63 1.00 203.52 130.15 134.53 48.29 55.61 288.39 59.14 CEO "Average " 73.50 0.91 11.15 11.32 8.21 2.92 10.05 23.07 5.85 Golfer - Low 571.97 0.93 25.18 226.62 150.83 11.40 19.83 127.29 9.88 Golfer - High 40.89 0.92 9.36 2.39 4.15 2.76 3.39 8.06 9.85 Inv Banker 37.34 0.94 1.49 1.74 2.18 3.18 6.79 12.46 8.58 Mgmt Consulta nt 29.66 0.94 5.53 1.45 12.86 1.10 4.33 2.29 1.15 Soccer Mom 20.73 0.94 5.47 0.99 5.15 0.72 4.13 0.35 2.98 Engineer 35.68 0.93 1.02 2.15 10.00 0.98 13.71 2.95 3.94 Artist 17.28 0.92 0.59 1.90 4.86 0.86 1.87 4.77 1.52 TFA - NYC 28.72 0.92 0.57 1.16 6.54 1.35 7.41 7.66 3.12 TFA - Houston 20.84 2.50 0.56 1.17 7.85 1.55 1.73 2.33 3.14 TFA - Chicago 26.20 4.41 6.21 1.35 2.32 0.19 8.84 0.48 2.39 Retiree 13.16 0.92 0.12 6.75 0.79 0.11 2.81 0.11 1.54 Veg Student 19.64 0.94 0.02 0.07 11.04 0.09 3.41 2.01 2.05 Monk 1 33.64 6.67 (0.03) 9.03 2.03 0.75 3.73 4.57 6.90 Nursing Home 10.49 0.93 0.05 0.09 5.57 0.07 2.97 0.22 0.60 Monk 2 8.47 4.22 (0.24) 0.18 0.30 0.08 0.03

  • 3.90

Homeless 151.39 32.49 0.07 118.83

  • Coma -

support 159.77 19.86 0.21 139.70

  • Coma -

mix 176.18 0.91 0.07 175.20

  • Coma -

ICU 9.61 3.03 0.07 0.13 0.18 0.54 4.51 0.21 0.95 Child Totals Tax, Govt Services Insurance and Investme nt Services, Personal Transport ation Apparel and Services Home Utilities, Fuel Housing, Furn, Maint. Food, Diet. Alcohol CO2 (MT)

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Lifestyle Analysis: Soccer Mom

Anna Nicholson Allen May 07, 2007 2.83

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Soccer Mom Lifestyle Specifics

  • Family of four, single family home
  • Lives in Durham, NC
  • $75,000 post-tax income
  • $32,000 per adult ($5,500 per child)

Expenditures by Category Annual ($) Annual (%) Food, Diet and Alcoholic Beverages 4,512 $ 6.0% Housing, Including Maintenance and Furnishings 7,043 $ 9.4% Utilities and Fuel Consumed at Home 2,372 $ 3.2% Apparel and Services 2,530 $ 3.4% Transportation 5,194 $ 6.9% Services/Personal 5,580 $ 7.4% Insurance and Investment 43,272 $ 57.7% Taxes/Government Services 4,510 $ 6.0% Totals 75,013 $ 100.0%

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Transportation Dominates as Impact Category

  • 25,700 miles/year, Honda

Odyssey Minivan, 21 mpg

  • Transportation dominates

for Energy, GWP, CO2, & Toxics

Total Total Energy by by

50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000

Taxes/Government Services Apparel and Services Services/Personal Housing Food Utilities Insurance and Investment Transportation

( M J ) ( M J )

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Total Energy = 518.5 GJ (242.4 is for transportation)

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  • Suggested improvements
  • Purchase smaller, hybrid

car (55 mpg)

  • Carpool with other families

for half of season’s games = 70% reduction in energy attributed to transportation

Lifestyle Alternatives: Suggested Improvements

Total Total Energy by by

20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000

Taxes/Government Services Apparel and Services Services/Personal Housing Food Utilities Transportation Insurance and Investment

( M J ) ( M J )

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

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Eco-footprint Analysis

  • 29 acres (compared

to national average of 4.4 acres in US)

  • 6.6 Earths

FOOD 5.2 MOBILITY 6.2 SHELTER 6.4 GOODS/SERVICES 11.4 TOTAL FOOTPRINT: 29

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Baseline SM 30% SM 50% SM Food $7.70/day; mostly meats, grains, snacks & desserts; eats out infrequently ($30/month) $7.20/day; more money spent

  • n fruits and vegetables and

plant-based proteins; meats, grains and snacks reduced but still a part of lifestyle; still eats out $5.90/day; vegan diet; snacks & desserts, eating

  • ut still allowed

Utilities $ 300/year electricity; $600/year natural gas; $150/year water Electricity, na tural gas and water usage reduced by 25% Electricity and gas reduced by 50%; Water reduced by 33% Apparel $2530/year; mostly cut-and-sew No change No new clothing (children wear hand -me-downs) Transportation $600/year air transportation; drives 26 ,000 miles/year at 21 mpg $600/year air transportation; drives 25,000 miles/year at 45 mpg No air travel; drives 8 ,000 miles/year at 45 mpg Services Various services, including personal care, medical, recreation, electronic entertainment No change No services ex cept for medical Insurance and Investment No stock purchases $2,400 environmentally - friendly stock purchased annually $13,500 environmentally - friendly stock purchased annually

Soccer Mom – Energy Impact Reductions

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Soccer Mom – Energy Impact Reductions

Baseline SM [GJ/year] 30% reduction [GJ/year] 50% reduction [GJ/year] Food 34.0 31.2 25.5 Housing 38.3 38.3 37.9 Utilities 45.6 34.1 24.5 Apparel 21.9 21.9 Transportation 242.4 130.7 52.5 Services/Personal 25.0 25.0 1.6 Taxes/Government Services 11.8 11.8 11.8 Total 419.0 293.2 208.8

Note: this calculation does not include insurance and investments

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How to improve you carbon profile

  • Look for place to spend you money with

low profile (and expensive)

  • Get a massage
  • Take an art class
  • Get a personal trainer
  • Get into psychotherapy
  • Look for skilled human activity…
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Potential for Reductions

  • Preliminary
  • 20% possible
  • 30% no one agreed to this
  • 50%, no thanks, drop dead, don’t let the

door hit you on the way out

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Summary

  • Floor level about 40% of average
  • Includes indirect effects, rebound and

subsidies

  • Reductions will require changing the

system

  • and they will be painful
  • but probably better than the alternative
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Research Issues

  • Add local and organic to food
  • Normalization by money rather than

physical quantities

  • Low standard deviation real or due to

model?

  • Update data
  • Look at other countries
  • Policies to reduce carbon
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Critique of “ELSA”

  • Other impacts – land, species…
  • Need to up-date data
  • Foreign contribution
  • Changes in price
  • More definition in Food, other areas…
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LCA Vs ELSA

  • Is there such a thing as a “sustainable

product”?

  • Is there such a thing as a “sustainable

society”?

  • An individual life style might be the

smallest viable unit one can analyze.

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Homework

  • Calculate your Carbon emissions using

your yearly expenditures for 2007 (deflated by multiplying by 0.74) and the table of values in slide 44