Measuring carbon performance in a UK University through a consumption-based carbon footprint: De Montfort University case study

Ozawa-Meida, Leticia; Brockway, Paul E.; Letten, Karl; Davies, Jason; Fleming, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.09.028

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“…Furthermore, input-output analysis can be used as a screening tool to reveal the most significant scope 3 emission sources and can also account for the full upstream supply ). This approach can be appropriate for covering carbon emissions along long supply chains (Mózner 2015); however, system boundaries are not properly defined (Ozawa-Meida et al 2013). …”

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Twenty years of carbon accounting and auditing – a review and outlook

Csutora

Harangozó

2017

Soc Ec

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This paper aims to provide an overview of the key themes in the development of carbon accounting and auditing over the past twentytwenty years. The evolution of the field since the Kyoto Agreement of 1997 has been divided into four stages. The need to account for and disclosure of greenhouse gas-related emissions of industrial organizations has emerged parallel to growing concerns about climate change, and international and national policy developments in the field have followed. Carbon accounting is an emerging field of business economics and covers a wide range of activities, including the measurement, calculation, monitoring, reporting and auditing of greenhouse gas emissions at organizational, process, product or supply chain levels. Various initiatives (such as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol or the Carbon Disclosure Project) motivate and assist industrial organizations in accounting for and reporting their achievements in the field. Different methodologies of carbon accounting (bottom-up, top-down and hybrid) enable industrial organizations to quantify their emissions; however, some tradeoffs emerge when choosing among these approaches. Carbon accounting should not be an isolated task for businesses. On the contrary, there is a strong need to integrate carbon accounting issues into different functional fields in order to achieve both corporate and climate policy goals. JEL-codes: F23, M14, Q56

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Twenty years of carbon accounting and auditing – a review and outlook

Csutora

Harangozó

2017

Soc Ec

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“…Sustainability Factor -Green House Gas (GHG) emission is the environmental factor considered here. It is measured as: GHG = activity/consumption data * emission factor [62]. 5.…”

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“…O 5: GHG emission*: Net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (t CO 2 e) by the teaching activity of a department, GHG emission have been measured for teaching supply chain of the academic departments through a consumption-based carbon footprint approach [62].…”

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Sustainable educational supply chain performance measurement through DEA and differential evolution: A case on Indian HEI

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Pant

Nagar

2017

Journal of Computational Science

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Data envelopment analysis or DEA methodology is employed for assessing the relative efficiency of different homogeneous units. Through DEA one can analyze the areas which need more attention and can suggest measures for improving the performance of different sectors. Through this article, the authors have tried to analyze the relative efficiency of IITR (The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee), a higher educational institute (HEI) in India. The efficiency of nineteen academic departments of IIT Roorkee is measured with respect to teaching and research. The novlty of the paper is twofold (1) the authiors have considered the environmental aspects (sustainability criteria) while measuring efficiency (2) Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm is employed in accordance with DEA on the fractional model generated for calculating efficiency.

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“…No caso de disposição em aterro sanitário, a decomposição do resíduo libera, sobretudo, dióxido de carbono, metano, amônia e o gás sulfídrico (BRASIL, 2015). (USP, 2013;OZAWA-MEIDA et al, 2013;GÜERECA et al, 2013;LARSEN et al, 2013;ALVAREZ et al, 2014;LI et al, 2015;KLEIN-BANAI;THEIS, 2013 (GÜERECA et al, 2013). Na NTNU, a pegada de carbono calculada foi de 4,6 toneladas de CO 2 eq por estudante, no ano de 2009, sendo que os departamentos de engenharia, ciências naturais e medicina contribuíram muito mais para esse valor do que os departamentos de ciências sociais e humanas.…”

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QUANTIFICAÇÃO DE EMISSÕES DE GASES DE EFEITO ESTUFA NO TRANSPORTE DE RESÍDUOS: Estudo de caso da UFBA

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Marinho

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ResumoTendo em vista a importância do estudo das mudanças climáticas e a necessidade de enriquecer a bibliografia referente ao assunto, este artigo tem como objetivo analisar as emissões de Gases de Efeito Estufa (GEE) no transporte de resíduos na Universidade Federal da Bahia, em Salvador, estado da Bahia. A metodologia envolveu a pesquisa de dados referentes ao fluxo de resíduos na instituição em 2014 e a busca de fatores de emissão existentes na literatura. O cálculo das emissões e conversão para tCO 2 eq foi feito através de uma planilha Excel® e as distâncias percorridas foram obtidas pelo Google Maps®. Com o resultado encontrado de 94,96 tCO 2 eq e com dados de população e área fornecidos pela Universidade, foi possível traçar indicadores, a fim de tornar esses dados comparáveis com outras universidades brasileiras e do exterior. Palavras chave: Emissões de Gases de Efeito Estufa, Universidades, Transporte de Resíduos. AbstractIn view of the importance of the study of climate change and to enrich the literature relative to the subject, this paper aims analyze the emission of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) in waste transportation at Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), at Salvador, Bahia State. The methodology involved data research referring to the waste stream in the institution in 2014 and search for emission factors on literature. The calculation of emissions and conversion to tCO 2 e was done through an Excel® spreadsheet and the traveled distances were obtained by Google Maps®. With the result found of 94,96 tCO 2 eq and with population and area data provided by University was possible to trace indicators, in order to make these data comparable with other Brazilian and abroad universities.

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Measuring carbon performance in a UK University through a consumption-based carbon footprint: De Montfort University case study

Cited by 184 publications

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Twenty years of carbon accounting and auditing – a review and outlook

Twenty years of carbon accounting and auditing – a review and outlook

Sustainable educational supply chain performance measurement through DEA and differential evolution: A case on Indian HEI

QUANTIFICAÇÃO DE EMISSÕES DE GASES DE EFEITO ESTUFA NO TRANSPORTE DE RESÍDUOS: Estudo de caso da UFBA

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