Muthu The Carbon Footprint Handbook

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4822-6223-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 551 Seiten

This handbook covers all the detailed aspects of carbon footprint including the scientific elements, methodological and technical aspects, standards, industrial case studies and communication of carbon footprint results. It serves as a standard reference on carbon footprint with all the essential information in one place. The book also details the modeling aspects and calculation details of carbon footprints both at organizational and at product levels.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Methodological Aspects of Carbon Footprint. The Science of Carbon Footprint Assessment. Challenges and Merits of Choosing Alternative Functional Units. Methodology for CF Calculation in Crop and Livestock Production. End of Life Scenarios and Carbon Footprint of Wood Cladding. Carbon Footprints and Greenhouse Gas Emission Savings of Alternative Synthetic Biofuels. Issues in Making Food Production GHG Efficient: Carbon Footprinting of Agricultural Practices. Modelling Carbon Footprint of Wood-Based Products and Buildings. Applications of Carbon Footprint in Urban Planning and Geography. Modelling Aspects of Carbon Footprint. Quantifying Spatial-Temporal Variability of Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Urban Soils: From Local Monitoring to Regional Modeling. Urban Carbon Footprint Evaluation of a Central Chinese City-a Case Study of Zhengzhou City. Carbon Footprint Estimation of Building Sector in India. the Carbon Footprint of Dwelling Construction in Spain. Carbon Footprint: Calculations and Sensitivity Analysis for Milk Produce in Flanders, a Belgian Region. Digitizing the Assessment of Embodied Energy and Carbon Footprint of Buildings Using Emerging Building Information Modelling. Carbon Footprint Assessment- Case Studies. Product Carbon Footprint—Case Study of a Critical Electronic Part (Sub-Assembly of a Product). GHG Emissions From Municipal Wastewater Treatment in Latin-America. Carbon Footprint of the Operation and Products of a Restaurant: a Study and Alternative Perspectives. Cultivation of Microalgae – Implications for the Carbon Footprint of Aqua- and Agriculture Industries. Carbon Foot Print of Agricultural Products. the Carbon Footrprint of Sugar Production in Eastern Batangas, Philippines. A Two-Phase Carbon Footprint Management Framework: a Case Study on the Rockwool Supply Chain. Product Carbon Footprint Estimation of a Tonne of Paper: Case Study of a Paper Production Unit in West Bengal, India. Product Carbon Footprint Assessment of a Personal Electronic Product- Case Study of an Electronic Scale.