Overview
- Presents interesting case studies on carbon footprint calculation and mitigation in various industrial sectors?
- Highlights related issues on national power generation system, and crude glycerol production plant
- Includes case studies on the Brazilian highway network systems, and the EU transport equipment sector
Part of the book series: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes (EFEPP)
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book presents revealing case studies on carbon footprint calculation and mitigation in various industrial sectors. There are numerous sectors whose carbon footprints need to be calculated, and effective ways to mitigate the greenhouse-gas emissions from these sectors need to be found. Using representative case studies, this book highlights the carbon footprint of national power generation systems, crude glycerol production plants and the Brazilian highway network system, as well as the integration of renewable energy sources in expansion planning, so as to promote and implement power system decarbonization.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu holds a Ph.D. in Textiles Sustainability and has written over 75 books and 80 research publications and is currently working as Head of Sustainability for SgT & API. He is well known for his contributions in the field of Environmental Sustainability in various industrial sectors and has extensive academic and industrial experience. In addition, he is the Editor-in-Chief of the Textiles & Clothing Sustainability Journal.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Carbon Footprints
Book Subtitle: Case Studies from the Energy and Transport Sectors
Editors: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Series Title: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7912-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7911-6Published: 04 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7914-7Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-7912-3Published: 25 May 2019
Series ISSN: 2345-7651
Series E-ISSN: 2345-766X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 100
Topics: Environmental Management, Transportation, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Climate Change, Sustainable Development