Ecological Footprint of Industrial Spaces and Processes

This book describes and offers cases in the assessment of Ecological Footprint (EF) in different industrial spaces and processes. Ecological Footprint is a useful metric that measures the level of resources from the environment that are required to support a specific way of life or business. This book enumerates the concept of EF and how this concept can be applied to a variety of industrial spaces and processes including textile manufacture, electric vehicle charging, construction materials, and agriculture.

Presents cases of measuring the ecological footprint of a variety of industrial spaces and processes Offers discussions of ways to reduce footprint Cases are set in industries such as textile, automotive, and agriculture

Autorentext

Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is currently the Chief Sustainability Officer at Green Story Inc, Canada, based out of Hong Kong. He earned his PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is a renowned expert in the areas of Environmental Sustainability in Textiles & Clothing Supply Chain, Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Product Carbon Footprint Assessment (PCF) in various industrial sectors. He has five years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, research and development and textile testing and over a decade's of experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon and ecological footprints assessment of various consumer products. He has published more than 100 research publications, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited over 180 books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.

Inhalt

1 Introduction to the Book.- 2 Ecological Footprint Assessment of the Textile Industry in India.- 3 Analyzing the Ecological Footprint of Dry Chemical Silage Derived from Red Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) Viscera.- 4 Ecological Footprint and Economic Assessment of Ready-Mix Concrete Production.- 5 Quantifying the Environmental Footprint.- 6 Ecological Footprint of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure.