PPT-Understanding the carbon footprint of wood and paper products

Presented to State of California Department of General Services EPP Task Force PCRC Paper Forum Wednesday June 24 2009 By Reid Miner NCASI Research Triangle Park NC USA With significant contributions from. and . paper industry "BELLESBUMPROM" . . The . Belarusian Production and Trade Concern of timber, woodworking and pulp and paper industry . ". Bellesbumprom. " . combines the largest state and other legal entities, producing a wide range of timber products. . TOOL OF WASTE. MANAGEMENT IN EUROPE. 01/04/2014. co2zw@. sostenipra.cat. pere.llorach@uab.cat. Xavier . Gabarrell. , Joan . Rieradevall. , Pere Llorach. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Ramon Farreny, Carles M. Gaso. M. HAKKI ALMA. KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY, . DEPARTMENT OF FOREST INDUSTRY ENGINEERING. . K. AHRAMAN. MARAS, TURKEY. 1. COST Action. . FP1105 . WoodCellNet. workshop in San Sebastian. Polytechnic School . THINK GREEN GO GREEN OR YOU’LL BE FACING RED!!!. what is carbon footprint ???. A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact our activities have on the environment, and in particular climate change. It relates to the amount of greenhouse gases produced in our day-to-day lives through burning fossil fuels for electricity, heating and transportation etc. . Credit: based on Maths lesson ideas from . David Brown, Nelson Mandela . Schule. , Berlin. The project ‘Global Fairness: Schools as Agents of Change’ has been funded with support from the European Commission. The contents of these actions are the sole responsibility of the contractor and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union. . Understanding and Simplifying Bio-medical Waste Management . A training manual for trainers. Carbon footprint of a Health care Facility. Mercury emissions of a 300-500 bedded hospital- 3kgs/year. A 700 . November, 2013. The Challenge . Initiatives such as the Swedish . Voluntary Incentive Scheme are focusing on eco-footprint/LCA of pharmaceuticals. Data availability is a significant issue when estimating material carbon footprint or Life Cycle Assessments (LCA). How and why to use it?. Miguel Ángel Taboada, PhD. INTA-CIRN-. Institute. . of. . Soils. CONICET. ¿. What is a carbon calculator and what is it for?. The Carbon Footprint is calculated from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emitted by an individual, organization, event or product. The calculation consists of collecting the data referring to the direct and indirect consumption of material inputs (. Giki Zero website to measure, track and lighten your footprint on the planet. It’s mobile friendly too! It can help you • Understand your environmental footprint and find steps to lighten it. • FIL019/RIGA/11/11 Back to contents page Back to contents page Benchmarking carbon footprints of furniture products Total TimberFoamsTextilesMetalPlasticPackagingTransportUtilitiesOther Dining table fo ExecutiveSummaryWineWine like anything we consume requires natural resources and generates environmental emissions and therefore understanding the processes that contribute the most impact can aid in The main cause of climate change is human activity, through the burning fossil fuels to make electricity & power cars, it is also caused by cutting down forests and farming livestock.. The average temperature of our planet, the earth, is getting hotter. It’s causing the Arctic sea ice to melt which is raising sea levels, it’s causing more wildfires to burn throughout the world including in the United Kingdom.. Sustainable Solutions:. Inspiring NC Youth to Address Global Warming. Dana Haine. UNC-CH Institute for the Environment. The Environmental . Resource Program. Serves as the outreach and public service arm of UNC’s Institute for the Environment.. , . decarbonisation. of . energetic. . metabolism. and . forest. . development. Rolf Czeskleba-Dupont, Ph.D., M.Sc., Roskilde University, Denmark, e-mail: nest@ruc.dk. Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change (ENSPAC).