Keywords:
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Thorough and detailed with contributions from an international group of experts, this handbook covers all areas of carbon footprint, including the scientific elements, methodological and technological aspects, standards, industrial case studies, and communication of carbon footprint results. It uses research and case studies from around the world including China, India, Spain, and Latin America, demonstrating that the problems of carbon footprint are indeed worldwide and how they can be addressed in myriad areas of life, from industrial to personal action.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (544 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781482262230
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4003016
DDC:
363.738/74
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Editor -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: The Science of Carbon Footprint Assessment -- Chapter 2: Challenges and Merits of Choosing Alternative Functional Units -- Chapter 3: Methodology for Carbon Footprint Calculation in Crop and Livestock Production -- Chapter 4: End of Life Scenarios and the Carbon Footprint of Wood Cladding -- Chapter 5: Carbon Footprints and Greenhouse Gas Emission Savings of Alternative Synthetic Biofuels -- Chapter 6: Issues in Making Food Production GHG Efficient : Challenges before Carbon Footprinting -- Chapter 7: Modeling the Carbon Footprint of Wood-Based Products and Buildings -- Chapter 8: Applications of Carbon Footprint in Urban Planning and Geography -- Chapter 9: Quantifying Spatial-Temporal Variability of Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Urban Soils : From Local Monitoring to Regional Modeling -- Chapter 10: Urban Carbon Footprint Evaluation of a Central Chinese City : The Case of Zhengzhou City -- Chapter 11: Carbon Footprint Estimation from a Building Sector in India -- Chapter 12: The Carbon Footprint of Dwelling Construction in Spain -- Chapter 13: Carbon Footprint : Calculations and Sensitivity Analysis for Cow Milk Produced in Flanders, a Belgian Region -- Chapter 14: Digitizing the Assessment of Embodied Energy and Carbon Footprint of Buildings Using Emerging Building Information Modeling -- Chapter 15: Product Carbon Footprint : Case Study of a Critical Electronic Part (Subassembly of a Product) -- Chapter 16: GHG Emissions from Municipal Wastewater Treatment in Latin America -- Chapter 17: Carbon Footprint of the Operation and Products of a Restaurant : A Study and Alternative Perspectives -- Chapter 18: Cultivation of Microalgae : Implications for the Carbon Footprint of Aquaculture and Agriculture Industries -- Chapter 19: Carbon Footprint of Agricultural Products.
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Chapter 20: The Carbon Footprint of Sugar Production in Eastern Batangas, Philippines -- Chapter 21: A Two-Phase Carbon Footprint Management Framework : A Case Study on the Rockwool Supply Chain -- Chapter 22: Product Carbon Footprint Estimation of a Ton of Paper : Case Study of a Paper Production Unit in West Bengal, India -- Chapter 23: Product Carbon Footprint Assessment of a Personal Electronic Product : Case Study of an Electronic Scale -- Back Cover.
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