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Low/Zero-Carbon Buildings for a Sustainable Future 低碳/零碳建筑创造可持续未来

Low Carbon Transition - Technical, Economic and Policy Assessment Pub Date : 2018-10-03 DOI: 10.5772/INTECHOPEN.74540

E. Cuce, A. Besir, Pinar Mert Cuce

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引用次数: 2

QGreen Low-Carbon Technology: Cooling Greenhouses and Barns Using Geothermal Energy and Seawater Bittern Desiccant 绿色低碳技术:利用地热能和海水卤水干燥剂冷却温室和谷仓

Low Carbon Transition - Technical, Economic and Policy Assessment Pub Date : 2018-10-03 DOI: 10.5772/INTECHOPEN.74921

Esam Elsarrag, Y. Alhorr

引用次数: 2

Economic Impact of CO2 Mitigation Devices in Sustainable Buildings 可持续建筑中二氧化碳减排装置的经济影响

Low Carbon Transition - Technical, Economic and Policy Assessment Pub Date : 2018-10-03 DOI: 10.5772/INTECHOPEN.78960

C. Ikedi

引用次数: 2

Greening Municipality Through Carbon Footprint for Selective Municipality 通过特定城市的碳足迹绿化城市

Low Carbon Transition - Technical, Economic and Policy Assessment Pub Date : 2018-10-03 DOI: 10.5772/INTECHOPEN.78565

W. Jutidamrongphan, Luke Makarichi, Samnang Tim

{"title":"Greening Municipality Through Carbon Footprint for Selective Municipality","authors":"W. Jutidamrongphan, Luke Makarichi, Samnang Tim","doi":"10.5772/INTECHOPEN.78565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/INTECHOPEN.78565","url":null,"abstract":"Evaluation of the organizational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from operational activities of selective municipality was investigated in this study. The selected municipality is located in Songkhla Province, the southern part of Thailand, and is divided into seven functional units. The total GHG emissions were estimated at 16,920.29 ton CO 2 eq. in the fiscal year 2016. The carbon footprint s under direct, indirect, and optional indirect emissions (scopes 1, 2, and 3, respectively) were found to be 1129.92, 255.24, and 15,535.13 ton CO 2 eq./year, respectively. The highest carbon footprint was from methane emis- sions related to solid waste decomposition in sanitary landfills (15,524 ton CO 2 eq./year). Therefore, the main GHG mitigation strategy proposed was the installation of waste to energy recovery in order to reduce waste throughput to the landfill. For specific munici pal operations, diesel combustion in municipality -owned vehicles had the highest carbon emission followed by fugitive emissions from refrigerants and electricity consumption (746.92, 289.60, and 255.24 ton CO 2 eq./year, respectively). The important constraints in reducing GHG emissions from upstream and downstream of the organizational activities were identified in terms of time, cost , and data accessibility. Further, convergent coopera - tion and public participation are also significant for effective implementation of global warming mitigation strategies.","PeriodicalId":236689,"journal":{"name":"Low Carbon Transition - Technical, Economic and Policy Assessment","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126137131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Bioelectricity’s Potential Availability from Last Brazilian Sugarcane Harvest 巴西最后一次甘蔗收获的生物电潜力

Low Carbon Transition - Technical, Economic and Policy Assessment Pub Date : 2018-10-03 DOI: 10.5772/INTECHOPEN.76251

Mirko V. Turdera, Marli da Silva Garcia

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引用次数: 1

A Societal Life Cycle Costing of Energy Production: The Implications of Environmental Externalities 能源生产的社会生命周期成本:环境外部性的影响

Low Carbon Transition - Technical, Economic and Policy Assessment Pub Date : 2018-10-03 DOI: 10.5772/INTECHOPEN.77188

Yemane Weldu

引用次数: 3

Introductory Chapter: Low Carbon Economy. An Overview 引言:低碳经济。概述

Low Carbon Transition - Technical, Economic and Policy Assessment Pub Date : 2018-10-03 DOI: 10.5772/INTECHOPEN.80920

João Cardoso, V. Silva, D. Eusébio

引用次数: 1