Calculation of the GHG emissions of a European research project on electrified vehicles

Abstract

Carbon assessment is beginning to be widely used in research. It is used to quantify the amount of Greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions of an activity and even tend to be part of the indicators that serve to evaluate labs. Databases and tools are available. Methods as well but they have to be adapted to each case, depending on the activities of the organization or company to be studied and the way people in charge want to build their assessment. This article aims at proposing a method for the assessment of GHG emissions of research projects. Being organized around the different activities within a research project, this method takes into account all aspects of the project. It allows a good picture and analysis of GHG emissions linked to a project.

Carbon care action of a European research project on electrified vehicles

“…In order to assess the different actions of the project, the different tasks are proposed in [6]. First the project is decomposed in the following (Fig.…”

“…However, this method is not adapted for a complete research project. The H2020 PANDA has extended this method in order to better fit a research project [6]. A more precise decomposition of the different items has been stated.…”

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“…Decarbonization, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and improvement in overall health are the main aims in several countries where some actions concerning environmental policies have been taken. The most popular way of reducing air pollution consists of introducing electric or hybrid vehicles (EV or HEV) [1][2][3]. Different strategies have been proposed and studied regarding this topic, and some tools like life cycle assessment (LCA) are used to analyze the product or processes [4][5][6].…”