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These are the sources we used for our story on how to cut your carbon footprint 10% in 2010.

Guidance for Voluntary, Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting: Data and methods for the 2008 calendar year

Isaacs, NP (ed), Camilleri M, French L, Pollard A, Saville-Smith K, Fraser R, Rossouw P, and Jowett J. 2006

Energy Use in New Zealand Households: Report on the Year 10 analysis of the Household Energy End-use Project (HEEP).  BRANZ Study Report 155.  BRANZ Ltd, Judgeford, New Zealand

Quick Stats about New Zealand's Population and Dwellings (2006 Census)

MED June 2008: Energy Data File (table G.5e pg 119)

New Zealand Transport Agency: Fuel Saver website ("Typcial NZ driver")

AS NZS 4234:2008 – Heated water systems – Calculation of energy consumption, available for purchase from Standards New Zealand

Consumer NZ Appliance Running Costs report (updated 2 July 2009)

BRANZ report EC1208/01 Analysis of Refrigeration Appliances from HEEP – commissioned by EECA, but most of the numbers are in the year 10 HEEP report, available for purchase online

Beef NZ target carcass weight

Evaluating environmental impacts of the Japanese beef cow–calf system by the life cycle assessment method, Ogino et al 2007

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