LCA Based Carbon Footprint Assessment (Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes)

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. Contents About the Editor Carbon Footprint Assessment with LCA Methodology 1 Introduction 2 Carbon Footprint 3 Environmental Concern and Regulations for Carbon Footprint 4 Probable Mitigation of These Concerns 5 Need for an Assessment 6 What Is LCA? 6.1 Evolution of LCA and the Purpose of the Study [34] 6.2 Code for Impactful Conduct of LCA [36] 7 LCA Methodology in Terms of Carbon Footprint Assessment 7.1 Goal and Scope 7.2 Inventory Generation 7.3 Impact Assessment 7.4 Interpretation and Recommendation 8 Other LCA Examples 8.1 LCA of the Metallurgical Sintering Process for Carbon Footprint Assessment [27] 8.2 Carbon Footprint Assessment in Agriculture [49] 8.3 Carbon Footprint Assessment for Aluminum Production [50] 8.4 Carbon Footprint from the Building and Construction Sector [44, 45] 8.5 Carbon Footprint Assessment of the Municipal Waste [51] 8.6 Carbon Footprint Associated with the Textile Industry [52, 53] 8.7 Carbon Footprint of a Windmill [38, 54, 55] 9 Tools and Software’s Used for LCA 9.1 Air.e HdC 9.2 Ecodesign+ 9.3 CleanMetrics 9.4 Clean CO2 9.5 SimaPro 9.6 One-Click LCA 10 Summary References Evaluating Impacts of Traffic Incidents on CO2 Emissions in Express Roads 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Model to Estimate CO2 Emissions 4 Case Study 4.1 Emissions and Exploratory Analysis 5 Discussion of Policies and Actions to Minimize Incidents 6 Conclusions References Carbon Footprint Estimation for Academic Building in India 1 Introduction 2 Life Cycle Assessment 3 Methodology 3.1 Case Study 3.2 Functional Unit 3.3 Limitations 4 Case Study 5 Discussion 6 Conclusion References Toward a Low-Carbon Economy: The Clim’Foot Project Approach for the Organization’s Carbon Footprint 1 Introduction 2 Standards for Carbon Footprint Organization 3 The Clim’Foot Approach to Carbon Footprint of Organizations 3.1 The Toolbox 3.2 The Voluntary Program 3.3 The Policymakers’ Involvement 4 Application of the Approach in the Italian Context 4.1 The Italian National Database of EFs 4.2 Toward a Growing Use of CFO by the Organizations: The Voluntary Program for a Bottom-Up Process 4.3 The Involvement of Italian Policymakers 4.4 The Post-life Phase 5 Conclusions References Carbon Footprint Estimation of an Indian Thermal Power Plant Towards Achieving Sustainability Through Adoption of Green Options and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1 Introduction 2 Review of Literature 3 Goals and Objectives 4 Research Methods and Data Sources 5 Results 6 Green Options Adopted by the Unit and SDGs Achieved 7 Conclusions and Recommendations References