Overview
- Highlights LCA based approach carbon footprint calculations- methods, standards and case studies
- Includes case studies on Bio energy, Impacts of Vehicle Incidents on Co2 Emission and school buildings in India
- Presents novel ideas to mitigate these effects for a better greener environment
Part of the book series: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes (EFEPP)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book discusses the concepts, methods and case studies pertaining to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) based Carbon Footprint Assessment. It covers chapters on Carbon Footprint Assessment with LCA methodology & case studies on carbon footprint calculation following the LCA approach on power plants in India, Impacts of Vehicle Incidents On CO2 Emissions and school buildings in India.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu currently works for SgT Group as Head of Sustainability, and is 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 seven years of experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon and ecological footprints assessment of various consumer products. He has published more than 75 research publications, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited over 85 books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: LCA Based Carbon Footprint Assessment
Editors: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Series Title: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4373-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4372-6Published: 16 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4375-7Published: 16 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-4373-3Published: 15 January 2021
Series ISSN: 2345-7651
Series E-ISSN: 2345-766X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 110
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environment, general, Green Chemistry, Environmental and Sustainability Education