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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Introduction and Theoretical Framework
Authors : Bettina Brohmann, Tim Clamor, Stefanie Heinzle, Klaus Rennings, Joachim Schleich, Rolf Wüstenhagen
Published in: Sustainable Energy Consumption in Residential Buildings
Publisher: Physica-Verlag HD
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Consumption is a key lever to achieving more sustainable development. Unsustainable consumption is a major cause of global environmental deterioration, including overexploitation of renewable resources and pollution caused by fossil fuels. The European Environmental Agency report “Household Consumption and the Environment” (EEA, 2005) identifies the need areas of food, housing, personal travel and mobility as well as tourism as the four major areas of household consumption with the highest negative environmental impacts.