households2050: 8 tonnes lifestyles

Households 2050

8 tonnes lifestyles

Michael Lettenmeier

Research Group SCP

Wuppertal Institute

Sustainable Innovation Conference

Bonn, 29th October 2012

Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012

How to get household

consumption to a

sustainable level?

Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012

One of the biggest

lifestyle changes we know

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Wuppertal Institute

Material

Footprint:

The invisible

burden our

products are

carrying

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Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012

11 000 

5 900 

6 500 

3 000 

2 000 

11 600 

500 

Keskivertosuomalaisen luonnonvarojen kulutus  (yhteensä 40 500 kg/hlö/vuosi) 

Asuminen 

Ruoka 

Arkiliikenne 

Kodin tavarat 

Harrastukset ja vapaa‐aika 

Matkailu 

Mökkeily 

Material footprint today: 40 tonnes 

per person in a year 

Housing 

Foodstuffs 

Daily mobility 

Household goods 

Leisure #me 

Tourism 

CoOage 

18 tonnes  

mobility 

11 tonnes  

housing 

6 tonnes  

food 

Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012

The challenge:

from 40 to 8 tonnes

Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012

Food: from 6 to 3 tonnes

Photos: Kaskinen et al. 2011 and Ko#vinkki 

Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012

Food: from 6 to 3 tonnes

Photos: Kaskinen et al. 2011 and Ko#vinkki 

mostly vegeta

rian 

500 kg/year

:  

less food tha

n today 

no food was

te 

Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012

Housing: from 11 to 1.6 tonnes 

A+++++++++++ 

Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012

Housing: from 11 to 1.6 tonnes 

A+++++++++++ 

wind and so

lar power 

20 m2 per p

erson 

resource‐effi

cient 

zero energy

 houses 

Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012

Mobility: from 18 to 2 tonnes

Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012

Mobility: from 18 to 2 tonnes

10 000 km per p

erson 

resource‐effi

cient 

public trans

port 

no private c

ars 

Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012

Sustainable innovation?

Anything that helps

meeting the 8 tonnes.

Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012

Inhabitat.com 

You name it! 

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Thank you!

Michael Lettenmeier

Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy

Research Group „Sustainable Production and Consumption“

Phone: +358 (0)40 54 12 876 E-Mail: michael.lettenmeier@wupperinst.org

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