A Review of Commercially Available Technologies in Developing Low Carbon Eco-cities

Technical Report · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1242418· OSTI ID:1242418

Zhou, Nan ^[1]; He, Gang ^[1]; Romankiewicz, John ^[1]; Fridley, David ^[1]; Fino-Chen, Cecilia ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Half of China’s population now lives in cities whose rapidly increasing populations burden already crowded infrastructure and exacerbate environmental and climate change stresses, threatening public health and quality of life (Chinese Society for Urban Studies 2011; Zhou and Williams 2013). To help address these challenges, China’s central and local governments have moved aggressively toward building low-carbon eco-cities, which have significant potential to mitigate and adapt to climate change (Zhou, He, and Williams 2012). However, there is a lack of information to assist policy makers in defining low-carbon eco-cities, evaluating progress toward low-carbon and ecological goals, and finding information on policies and technologies to improve the performance of developing a low-carbon eco-cites.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Electricity (OE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1242418
• Report Number(s): LBNL-179304; ir:179304
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English