Carbon Footprints of Manufacturing and Transportation Industries

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-981-19-7225-6
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 169 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

Reihe: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes

This book presents carbon footprint calculation and mitigation in the manufacturing and transportation sectors. Warning effects of global warming from every sector is of phenomenal importance at this moment and sector wise assessment and remediation are the key factors to mitigate the vulnerable green house gas emissions. This volume with its six chapters deals with the carbon footprint of manufacturing and transportation sectors.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Verkehrstechnologie: Allgemeines
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Verkehrsingenieurwesen, Verkehrsplanung
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Produktionstechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Carbon Footprint Assessment of Palm, Jatropha, and Microalgal Biodiesel.- Life Cycle Assessment and Circular Economy Strategies For Electric Vehicle: A Systematic Review On Mitigating Climate Change And Reducing Resource Depletion In Road Transportation.- Evaluation Of Carbon Footprint of The Renovation of Urban Spaces.- Carbon footprint of grocery bags considering drivers of variability in Mexico City.- Enabling The Green Bonds Market for Sustainable Transport Projects Based on The Measure/Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Method.- Sustainable Transport Indicators and Mitigation Actions Applied to The Green Bonds Principles.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu currently works for Green Story as Chief Sustaiinability Officer, Canada 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 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 100 books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.