Quantification Of Carbon Footprint Research Articles

Energy Use and Carbon Footprint for Potable Water Treatment in Haiderpur Water Treatment Plant, Delhi, India

With the advent of the environmentally conscious decision-making period, the carbon footprint of any engineering project becomes an important consideration. Despite this, the carbon footprint associated with water resource projects is often overlooked. Water production, its supply and treatment processes involve significant energy consumption and thus, are source of emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) which contribute to global warming. The emissions are not direct but come as a by-product of burning of fossil fuels to produce electricity to carry out these processes. Since water demand is continuous and keeps on rising, the quantification of carbon footprint associated with the water industry is vital. This paper studies and attempts to quantify the carbon footprint of one such urban water system, that is the Haiderpur Water Treatment Plant in Delhi, capital region of India by using the Life Cycle Assessment methodology and evaluate its performance from the point of view of energy consumption and make suggestions.

Correction statement for ‘Investigation and Quantification of Carbon Footprint in Lagos Megacity’

Article title: Investigation and Quantification of Carbon Footprint in Lagos MegacityAuthors: Fakinle, B. S., Bola-Popoola, A. G., Olayemi, A. O., Sonibare, J. A., & Odekanle, E. LJournal: Cogent E...

Investigation and Quantification of Carbon Footprint in Lagos Megacity

The presence of carbon in an environment indicates the need for urgent attention on air quality control. Lagos mega city is presently experiencing developmental projects associated with carbon emis...

A method of production carbon footprint analysis in a supply chain based on life cycle assessment

As global warming becomes increasingly severe, environmental consciousness has become critical in the design and operation of globally integrated supply chain networks. Product Carbon Footprint is defined as the life cycle Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions of goods and services and it can be considered as a simplified life cycle assessment restricted to a single impact category. In order for companies to better confront GHG emission issues, calculating product carbon footprint and analysing how various parameters affect the carbon footprint over the entire life cycle of a product is necessary. This paper studies the carbon footprint across supply chains and proposes a method of production carbon footprint analysis in a supply chain based on life cycle assessment, including the following: taking product life cycle as the span of carbon footprint analysis, with all kinds of complex information system as objects and then carrying out the carbon footprint knowledge extraction according to the concept model format in physical database; building a carbon footprint analysis ontology, which is related to product life cycle in supply chain environment; calculating the quantification of carbon footprint through GHG emissions over the entire life cycle, and designing a tool for product carbon footprint in supply chain environment.