Assessment of Carbon Footprint in Different Industrial Sectors, Volume 1

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction to the Eco-Design Methodology and the Role of Product Carbon Footprint

   • Esther Sanyé-Mengual, Raul García Lozano, Ramon Farreny, Jordi Oliver-Solà, Carles M. Gasol, Joan Rieradevall

   Pages 1-24

3. Carbon Footprint Estimation in the Agriculture Sector

   • Divya Pandey, Madhoolika Agrawal

   Pages 25-47

4. Methodology for Determining the Carbon Footprint of the Construction of Residential Buildings

   • J. Solís-Guzmán, A. Martínez-Rocamora, M. Marrero

   Pages 49-83

5. Carbon Footprint of Food Products

   • Elin Röös, Cecilia Sundberg, Per-Anders Hansson

   Pages 85-112

6. The Carbon Footprint of Ceramic Products

   • Paula Quinteiro, Marisa Almeida, Ana Cláudia Dias, António Araújo, Luís Arroja

   Pages 113-150

7. Carbon Footprint of Mobile Devices: Open Questions in Carbon Footprinting of Emerging Mobile ICT Technologies

   • Tuomas Mattila, Jáchym Judl, Jyri Seppälä

   Pages 151-166

8. The Carbon Footprint of Pigmeat in Flanders

   • R. Jacobsen, V. Vandermeulen, G. Van Huylenbroeck, X. Gellynck

   Pages 167-189

9. Carbon Emission and Carbon Footprint of Different Industrial Spaces in Different Regions of China

   • Rongqin Zhao, Xiaowei Chuai, Xianjin Huang, Li Lai, Jiawen Peng

   Pages 191-220

10. Eco-Design and Product Carbon Footprint Use in the Packaging Sector

    • Esther Sanyé-Mengual, Raul García Lozano, Jordi Oliver-Solà, Carles M. Gasol, Joan Rieradevall

    Pages 221-245

11. Carbon Footprint of Crop Production and the Significance for Greenhouse Gas Reduction in the Agriculture Sector of China

    • Ming Yan, Kun Cheng, Ting Luo, Genxing Pan

    Pages 247-264

12. Carbon Footprint of the Solid Waste Sector in Greater Bangalore, India

    • T. V. Ramachandra, K. Shwetmala, T. M. Dania

    Pages 265-292

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 government’s 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.

• Agricultural Sector
• Carbon Footprint
• Ceramic Industry
• Eco-design
• Food Industry
• Mitigation Measures
• Packaging Sector
• Solid Waste Sector
• Telecommunication Sector

• Eco-design Consultant, Global Sustainability Services SGS Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

  Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

Dr Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is working for SGS Hong Kong for its Global Sustainability Services as Eco-design Consultant after his Doctoral research study from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. He has authored more than 75 journal publications and numerous conference publications, 4 books and 2 book chapters. He serves various peer-reviewed journals in environmental and textile sciences as an editor/editorial board member and also as a reviewer.

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