Carbon Footprint Analysis

This book provides a technical and practical guide to measure and minimize greenhouse gas emissions for any organization, from manufacturing to service facilities. It serves as an up-to-date source of technical information related to current and potential greenhouse gas emission minimization practices. Providing a detailed framework, it outlines an assessment procedure that has been refined over the past five years on more than 20 assessments. The text offers a step-by-step guide to conduct analyses and includes case studies demonstrating the application.

Zusatztext "? the first comprehensive engineering and technically based treatment of all the associated issues in one book. ? will have a wide appeal not only among students and teachers! but also among technocrats! industrialists! researchers! and government policy makers. ? written by authors who are technically competent in the field and they combine theory and practice in presenting a case for carbon footprint reduction."-Adedeji Badiru! Air Force Institute of Technology! Beavercreek! Ohio! USA"Carbon emissions represent a major environmental impact of any institution. This book provides practical guidance for the calculation of an institution's carbon footprint! and will be of use to a wide audience."-Jeffrey D. Corbin! Union College! Schenectady! New York! USA Informationen zum Autor Matthew John Franchetti, Defne Apul Klappentext This book provides a technical and practical guide to measure and minimize greenhouse gas emissions for any organization, from manufacturing to service facilities. It serves as an up-to-date source of technical information related to current and potential greenhouse gas emission minimization practices. Providing a detailed framework, it outlines an assessment procedure that has been refined over the past five years on more than 20 assessments. The text offers a step-by-step guide to conduct analyses and includes case studies demonstrating the application. Zusammenfassung The negative impacts of carbon emissions from human activities continue to dramatically reshape the environmental! political! and social landscape. These impacts coupled with cap and trade schemes iterate the importance and need to properly measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon Footprint Analysis: Concepts! Methods! Implementation! and Case Studies provides up-to-date technical information and practical guidance on measuring and reducing energy and GHG emissions. Presenting a comprehensive framework for carbon management! this book:Provides definitions! concepts! benefits! and background information regarding carbon footprint analysesDiscusses the GHG accounting methodsOutlines the general systems framework for conducting an audit Features four case studies in higher education! service! and manufacturing organizationsThe book includes detailed discussions of the concepts and explains how the different concepts fit together. It supplies the necessary background as well as systematic tools and procedures for organizations to measure and reduce their carbon footprints and begin to adapt to a carbon-constrained world. Inhaltsverzeichnis WHY CARBON FOOTPRINT ANALYSIS AND MINIMIZATION? Definition of Carbon Footprint Analysis. History, Fundamentals, and Legal Aspects. Benefits of Carbon Emission Reduction. CARBON FOOTPRINT ASSESSMENT METHODS AND STRATEGIES: Deployment Alternatives. Creating a Success Project Launch. The Six Sigma Systems Approach for Deployment. Metrics and Performance Measurement. The General Approach to Carbon Footprint Analysis (Step-by-Step Guide). Carbon Emission Reduction Strategies. CASE STUDIES. ...

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Matthew John Franchetti, Defne Apul

Zusammenfassung

The negative impacts of carbon emissions from human activities continue to dramatically reshape the environmental, political, and social landscape. These impacts coupled with cap and trade schemes iterate the importance and need to properly measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon Footprint Analysis: Concepts, Methods, Implementation, and Case Studies **provides up-to-date technical information and practical guidance on measuring and reducing energy and GHG emissions. Presenting a comprehensive framework for carbon management, this book:

• Provides definitions, concepts, benefits, and background information regarding carbon footprint analyses
• Discusses the GHG accounting methods
• Outlines the general systems framework for conducting an audit

• Features four case studies in higher education, service, and manufacturing organizations The book includes detailed discussions of the concepts and explains how the different concepts fit together. It supplies the necessary background as well as systematic tools and procedures for organizations to measure and reduce their carbon footprints and begin to adapt to a carbon-constrained world.

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WHY CARBON FOOTPRINT ANALYSIS AND MINIMIZATION? Definition of Carbon Footprint Analysis. History, Fundamentals, and Legal Aspects. Benefits of Carbon Emission Reduction. CARBON FOOTPRINT ASSESSMENT METHODS AND STRATEGIES: Deployment Alternatives. Creating a Success Project Launch. The Six Sigma Systems Approach for Deployment. Metrics and Performance Measurement. The General Approach to Carbon Footprint Analysis (Step-by-Step Guide). Carbon Emission Reduction Strategies. CASE STUDIES.