Benchmarking and Energy Saving Tool for Low Carbon Cities (BEST Cities)
BEST-Cities is designed to provide city authorities with strategies they can follow to reduce city-wide carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions. The tool quickly assesses local energy use and energy-related CO2 emissions across nine sectors (i.e., industry, public and commercial buildings, residential buildings, transportation, power and heat, street lighting, water & wastewater, solid waste, and urban green space), giving officials a comprehensive perspective on their local carbon performance. Cities can also use the tool to benchmark their energy and emissions performance to other cities inside and outside China, and identify those sectors with the greatest energy saving and emissions reduction potential.
- Short Name / Acronym:
- BEST CITIES
- Project Type:
- Open Source, No Publicly Available Repository
- Site Accession Number:
- 5186; 2014-086
- Software Type:
- Scientific
- License(s):
- Other
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOEPrimary Award/Contract Number:AC02-05CH11231
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Code ID:
- 54841
- OSTI ID:
- 1231791
- Country of Origin:
- United States
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