Referances

Proposal Referances

[1] Scott, A. O. (2006, May 24) Warning of Calamities and Hoping for a Change in 'An Inconvenient Truth' [Online] Available: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/24/movies/24trut.html

[2] What is a carbon footprint - definition [Online] Available: http://timeforchange.org/what- is-a-carbon-footprint-definition

[3] Carbon Footprint Calculator [online] Available: http://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/index.htm

[4] Sherman, Lauren, (2008 April 15) How To Calculate Your Carbon Footprint [online] Available: http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/15/green-carbon-living-forbeslife-cx_ls_0415carbon.html

[5] Belan, Scott, (2011 April 18th) Want to Eat Local and Reduce Carbon Pollution? Start a Front Yard Food Garden [online] Available, http://change.nature.org/2011/04/18/want-to-eat-local-and-reduce-carbon-pollution-start-a-front-yard-food-garden/



Term to Know References

[6] Dictionary.com, "Global Warming," in Dictionary.com Unabridged. Source location: Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/global+warming?s=t. Available: http://dictionary.reference.com. Accessed: May 08, 2012.

[7] Dictionary.com, "Greenhouse Gases," in Dictionary.com Unabridged. Source location: Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/green+house+gases?s=t. Available: http://dictionary.reference.com. Accessed: May 08, 2012.

[8] Dictionary.com, "Carbon Footprint," in Dictionary.com Unabridged. Source location: Random House, Inc.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/carbon+footprint?s=t. Available: http://dictionary.reference.com. Accessed: May 08, 2012. 

[9] A powerful life cycle assessment tool [online] Available:http://www.smitherspira.com/simapro-7-lca-software.aspx

[10] Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) [online] Available: http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/std/lca/lca.html


Blog References

[11] Drexel Green Facts [online] Available: http://www.drexel.edu/green/about_facts.html

[12] Advancing the Science of Water [online] Available: http://www.waterrf.org/Pages/WaterRFHome.aspx


SimaPro References:

* The electricity usage to heat up the water for a shower is found here.


Energy used for average US shower [online] Available: http://cadlab6.mit.edu/2.009.wiki/anchor/index.php?title=Energy_used_for_average_US_shower

* The average electricity usage for charging a cell phone is found here.

Rastogi, Nina (2012 March 16) You Charged Me All Night Long [online] Available: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_green_lantern/2009/10/you_charged_me_all_night_long.html

* The average electricity usage for a television is found here.

Household Energy Consumption [online] Available: http://www.carbonfootprint.com/energyconsumption.html

* In this website, the watt percentage given of one fluorescent light bulb is given.

Compact fluorescent light bulbs [online] Available: http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/cfl.html

*The average pricing of each cigarette was taken from this website.

Smoking costs Pennsylvania Millions of Dollars Every Year [online] Available: http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/tobacco-control-advocacy/reports-resources/cessation-economic-benefits/states/pennsylvania.html

*The data for the electricity usage for cooling and heating was gather from here.

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