- US building consume at least 30-50% more energy than necessary to provide adequate indoor environmental quality (IEQ) which can be mitigated by using CHP.
- Power plants are responsible for:
- Two-thirds of the nation’s annual sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions
- One-quarter of the the nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions
- One-third of the mercury (Hg) emissions
- One-third of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions