Environmental Emissions Nonenergy Benefits Working Paper: ARRA Period

Carroll, David; Bausch, Daniel

doi:10.2172/1223074

Title: Environmental Emissions Nonenergy Benefits Working Paper: ARRA Period

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Weatherization reduces energy usage by low-income households, and thereby reduces the environmental impacts of the production and consumption of energy and reduces the social costs associated with those environmental impacts. The nonenergy benefits study conducted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) evaluation focused on measuring the emissions reductions resulting from WAP program energy usage reductions and estimating the societal value of those emission reductions. While there are other environmental impacts associated with the WAP program, this study focused on emissions impacts because the 2010 National Research Council (NRC) report Hidden Costs of Energy: The Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use recommended that Congress focus on emissions costs because they have the highest documented social impact costs

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Carroll, David ^[1]; Bausch, Daniel ^[1]

APPRISE, Inc., Princeton, NJ (United States)

Publication Date:: Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Contributing Org.:: APPRISE, Inc., Princeton, NJ (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 1223074

Report Number(s):: ORNL/TM-2015/127
WI1302000; CEWI010

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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