low carbon
Environmentally lighter footprint
Low carbon describes activities, technologies, or systems that produce minimal carbon dioxide emissions compared to conventional alternatives.
The term appears most often in discussions of climate policy and energy: low-carbon economy, low-carbon fuel standards, a low-carbon lifestyle.
Something marketed as low carbon typically still generates some emissions—the phrase implies reduction rather than elimination.
- sustainableAble to endure long-term
- greenColor of vegetation
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- net zeroBalanced emissions state
- footprintMark from stepping
renewable · clean · green energy · energy · solar panel · offset · neutral · climate · climate action · eco-friendly · solar · wind · electric · electric vehicle · hybrid · efficiency · compost · recycle
- green economicsgreen economy, emissions trading, cap and trade, externalities, environmental policy
- green energywind power, solar power, renewables, solar farm, solar panel
low carboncarbon-intensive
Releasing much CO2
dirty energy · coal-fired · gas-guzzling · gas-fired · carbon-rich
low, lower, lowest, lowly, lowness, carbon, carbons, carbonate, carbonated