Assessment of Carbon Footprint in Different Industrial Sectors, Volume 2 (EcoProduction)

Followed By The Previous Part (volume-1), Volume-2 Of Carbon Footprint Assessment Book Deals With The Assessment Of Carbon Footprint In Different Other Sectors, Which Were Not Dealt In The First Part. Attention On Carbon Footprint Is Growing Day-by-day From The Public, Government And Media. Certainly It Is One Of The Most Important Topics In The Agenda Of Every Nation, Which Is Trying Its Best To Reduce Its Carbon Footprint To The Maximum Possible Extent. Every Manufacturing Industry Or Sector Would Like To Reduce The Carbon Footprint Of Its Products And Consumers Are Looking For The Products Which Emit Lower Carbon Emissions In Their Entire Life Cycle. Assessment Of Carbon Footprint For Different Products, Processes And Services And Also Carbon Labeling Of Products Have Become Familiar Topics In The Recent Past In Various Industrial Sectors. Every Industry Has Its Unique Assessment And Modeling Techniques, Allocation Procedures, Mitigation Methods And Labeling Strategies For Its Carbon Emissions. With This Background, Volume Two Of This Book Has Been Framed With Dedicated Chapters On Carbon Footprint Assessment On Various Industrial Sectors, Apart From The Ones Covered In Volume 1. In Each Chapter, Details Pertaining To The Assessment Methodologies Of Carbon Footprint Followed In A Particular Industry, Challenges In Calculating The Carbon Footprint, Case Studies Of Various Products In That Particular Industry, Mitigation Measures To Be Followed To Trim Down The Carbon Footprint, Recommendations For Further Research Are Discussed In Detail. A Review On Energy Use And Greenhouse Gas Emissions Derived Of Worldwide Hake Fishing -- A Life Cycle Assessment Application: The Carbon Footprint Of Beef In Flanders (belgium) -- Carbon Footprint And Energy Estimation Of Sugar Industry: An Indian Case Study -- Carbon Footprint As A Single Indicator In Energy Systems: The Case Of Biofuels And Co2 Capture Technologies -- Reduction In Carbon Footprint Of Coal Fired Thermal Power Plants By Promoting Cfl And Led Lights In Households, Offices And Commercial Centres -- Assessment Of Carbon Footprinting In The Wood Industry -- Carbon Footprint Of Recycled Products: A Case Study Of Recycled Wood Waste In Singapore -- Sector-wise Assessment Of Carbon Footprint Across Major Cities In India -- The Use Of Carbon Footprint In The Wine Sector: Methodological Assumptions. Edited By Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu. Carbon footprint is one of the important environmental impacts, which has received greater attention from the public, government and media. It is one of the important topics of even any governments agenda as well and every nation is trying its best to reduce its carbon footprint to the maximum possible extent. Every company would like to reduce the carbon footprint of its products and consumers are looking for the products which emit lower carbon emissions in their entire life cycle. Assessment of Carbon footprint for different products, processes and services and also carbon labelling of products have become familiar topics in the recent past in various industrial sectors. Every industry has its unique assessment and modelling techniques, allocation procedures, mitigation methods and labelling strategies for its carbon emissions. With this background, this book has been framed with dedicated chapters on carbon footprint assessment on various industrial sectors. In each chapter, details pertaining to the assessment methodologies of carbon footprint followed in a particular industry, challenges in calculating the carbon footprint, case studies of various products in that particular industry, mitigation measures to be followed to trim down the carbon footprint, recommendations for further research are discussed in detail. This first volume includes the carbon footprint assessment methodology of agricultural sector, telecommunication sector, food sector, ceramic industry, packaging industry, building and construction sector and solid waste sector Front Matter....Pages i-x A Review of Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Worldwide Hake Fishing....Pages 1-29 A Life Cycle Assessment Application: The Carbon Footprint of Beef in Flanders (Belgium)....Pages 31-52 Carbon Footprint and Energy Estimation of the Sugar Industry: An Indian Case Study....Pages 53-79 Carbon Footprint as a Single Indicator in Energy Systems: The Case of Biofuels and CO 2 Capture Technologies....Pages 81-104 Reduction in the Carbon Footprint of Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plants by Promoting Compact Fluorescent Lamps and Light-Emitting Diodes in Households, Offices, and Commercial Centers....Pages 105-133 Assessment of Carbon Footprinting in the Wood Industry....Pages 135-172 Carbon Footprint of Recycled Products: A Case Study of Recycled Wood Waste in Singapore....Pages 173-206 Sector-Wise Assessment of Carbon Footprint Across Major Cities in India....Pages 207-267 The Use of Carbon Footprint in the Wine Sector: Methodological Assumptions....Pages 269-298