New directions : potential climate and productivity benefits from CO2 capture in commercial buildings

• Main Authors: Gall, Elliott Tyler, Nazaroff, William W.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106371; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/26372; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.01.004
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Primarily because of humanity’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels, ambient CO2 levels have risen from 280 ppm in preindustrial times to 400 ppm today, and levels continue to rise by a few ppm per year (Tans and Keeling, 2014). Progress toward stabilizing atmospheric CO2 levels can be achieved not only...