Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Berrill, Peter"
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Decarbonization pathways for the residential sector in the United States
Berrill, Peter; Wilson, Eric J.H.; Janet L., Reyna; Antyony D., Fontanini; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Residential GHG emissions in the United States are driven in part by a housing stock where onsite fossil combustion is common, home sizes are large by international standards, energy efficiency potential is large and ... -
Drivers of change in US residential energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, 1990-2015
Berrill, Peter; Gillingham, Kenneth T.; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from residential energy use in the United States peaked in 2005 at 1.26 Gt CO2-eq yr−1, and have since decreased at an average annual rate of 2% yr−1 to 0.96 Gt CO2-eq yr−1 in 2019. ... -
Environmental impacts of high penetration renewable energy scenarios for Europe
Berrill, Peter; Arvesen, Anders; Scholz, Yvonne; Gils, Hans Christian; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The prospect of irreversible environmental alterations and an increasingly volatile climate pressurises societies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, thereby mitigating climate change impacts. As global electricity demand ... -
Global scenarios of resource and emission savings from material efficiency in residential buildings and cars
Pauliuk, Stefan; Heeren, Niko; Berrill, Peter; Fishman, Tomer; Nistad, Andrea Arntzen; Tu, Qingshi; Wolfram, Paul; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Material production accounts for a quarter of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Resource-efficiency and circular-economy strategies, both industry and demand-focused, promise emission reductions through reducing ... -
Improved Copper Circularity as a Result of Increased Material Efficiency in the U.S. Housing Stock
Wang, Tong; Berrill, Peter; Zimmerman, Julie Beth; Rao, Narasimha D.; Min, Jihoon; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Material efficiency (ME) can support rapid climate change mitigation and circular economy. Here, we comprehensively assess the circularity of ME strategies for copper use in the U.S. housing services (including residential ... -
Linking Housing Policy, Housing Typology, and Residential Energy Demand in the United States
Berrill, Peter; Gillingham, Kenneth T.; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Residential energy demand can be greatly influenced by the types of housing structures that households live in, but few studies have assessed changes in the composition of housing stocks as a strategy for reducing residential ... -
Material flows and GHG emissions from housing stock evolution in US counties, 2020–60
Berrill, Peter; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)