M. ARCH, ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
16 NOVEMBER 2019
Carbon Footprint By: Alekya, Esther, Deepak, Vineetha, Arshad, Sami
Production When the Product or Organisation is made or designed.
What is Carbon Footprint? A carbon footprint is historically defined as the total emissions caused by an individual, event, organization, or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent. Greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, can be emitted through land clearance and the production and consumption of food, fuels, manufactured goods, materials, wood, roads, buildings, transportation and other services.
Distribution Taking the product from on place to the other through various modes.
These are the different types of CO2 Emissions:
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DIRECT EMISSION
ELECTRICITY
INDIRECT EMISSION
Direct emission from a product or organisation.
from a range of sources such as nuclear or renewable.
this includes the products and services and even purchases.
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Operations & Maintenance Day to day usage and means to maintain and operate on the site.
M. ARCH, ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
16 NOVEMBER 2019
Carbon Footprint of JBR We have analysed the Carbon Footprint by listing out the products or systems that emit CO2 & then calculating the amount of emission. No.
Product / System
Co2 Emission
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Concrete
442 Kg/T
2
Steel
1830 Kg/T
3
Blue Stone
3.8 Kg/T
4
Cement
679 Kg/T
5
Sand
3.5 Kg/T
6
Natural Stone
6 Kg/T
7
Paint
2.8 Kg/L
8
Lawns
1 Hr 50 Kg/T
9
Glass
0.77 Kg/Kg
10
Reclaimed Wood
`2 Kg/T
11
Fly Ash Bricks
380 Kg/T
12
Aluminum
19.25 Kg/Kg
13
Electricity
1 Kg/kWh
14
Water
5% of all Co2
15
Bus (Long Distance)
0.66 Kg/Mile
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Bus (Short Distance)
0.18 Kg/Mile
17
Car
4600 Kg/Year
18
Bike
13.7 Kg/Year
19
Bicycle
21g/Km
20
Printing etc.
1% of all CO2
Approx. 250 People in the College amounting to 450 Tonnes (1.8 tonnes of CO2 per Person / Year). 2