USE OF CARBON FOOTPRINT MONITORING APPLICATION TO MODIFY HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Abstract
Greenhouse gas buildup within the earth’s atmosphere has an adverse impact on the
Earth. By
trapping warmth through the reflection of heat back towards the earth surface, global
temperatures increase. An individual’s carbon footprint is described as the total
greenhouse gas
emissions generated by an individual’s everyday activities such as transportation,
residential
energy usage, and household waste generation. The United States is the second largest
producer
of greenhouse gases behind China. In 2016, the United States emitted 6,546 million
metric tons
of carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gases. Of these 6,546 million Metric Tons,
5.4% or
354 million metric tons are emitted by residential economic sector. Through research
on
behavioral change methodologies combined with smartphone application development surveys
this project’s objective is to design and develop a smartphone application mock-up
that
calculates individual carbon emissions and provides positive feedback to users in
order to
influence behavior change instrumental in reducing residential carbon emissions.
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Kitchens, Sara; & Swavely, Timothy (2018). USE OF CARBON FOOTPRINT MONITORING APPLICATION TO MODIFY HUMAN BEHAVIOR. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/16510.Collections
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