Dissertations and Project Ideas — University of Leicester.

This has created an opportunity for passengers to take greater responsibility for their carbon footprint. A review of the literature found a significant research gap in that studies on carbon offsetting focused primarily on either retail carbon offset providers or passenger attitudes towards carbon offsetting.

The carbon footprint is a measure of the exclusive total amount of carbon dioxide emissions that is directly and indirectly caused by an activity or is accumulated over the life stages of a product This definition also refrains from expressing the CFP as an area-based indicator and considers direct and indirect CO 2 emissions.

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Carbon footprint poses health problems and threatens human life due to the burning of fossil fuels and the waste of valuable resources. Carbon footprint is defined as the total amount of greenhouse.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the quantification of carbon footprint over the full life cycle of a large public building by establishing the framework of carbon footprint evaluation system. The theoretical basis of the framework is the life cycle theory, the gray system theory and the analytic hierarchy process.

This thesis presents a general model for the carbon footprint analysis of advanced wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with biological nitrogen removal processes, using a life cycle assessment (LCA) approach. Literature on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and LCA are reviewed and the methodology employed in the analysis is discussed.

Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is a popular tool for assessing the environmental impacts of products and processes, from raw material acquisition to production and use stages. This thesis uses LCA methodology to quantify and compare the carbon equivalent emissions from cultivation and transportation of seven cut-flowers available at UK retailers.

Carbon land is the most important component, accounting for 63% ofthe overall ecological footprint of Wales.In other words, the emission of carbon dioxide resulting from burning fossil fuelsis themost important factor determining the overall environmental burden(refer to Section 2.2). Figure 3: Ecological footprint of Wales by land type 7.

The purpose of this research was to develop an understanding of what is meant by a carbon footprint assessment of a materials recycling facility (MRF). The idea of a carbon footprint as an indicator of the effects of energy use was developed in the 1990s by Wackernagel and Rees (1996). A MRF is used to sort waste into specific waste component.

Carbon reduction and a willingness to demonstrate good environmental performance has become a major marketing tool for universities. This CMP replaces the 2010 Carbon Management Plan in its entirety and aims to demonstrate progress in Carbon emission reduction achieved since the first CMP. Brunel University London is a vibrant and forward-looking organisation driven by its 2012 five year.

Thus, the objective of this research is to present a framework for reducing product cradle-to-gate energy consumption and carbon footprint through simultaneous consideration of manufacturing processes and supply chain activities. The framework developed in this thesis relies on unit process modeling, and is demonstrated for production of a bicycle pedal. It is shown that simultaneous.

Flying has nothing on the carbon footprint of the fashion industry. Every year, global emissions from textile production are equivalent to 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2, a figure that outweighs the carbon footprint of international flights and shipping combined. Looking beyond textiles production to the environmental impact of clothes washing and how clothes are discarded conjures an even more.