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The Science of Carbon Footprint Assessment
Ramachandra T. V 1,2,3,*, Durga Madhab Mahapatra1 |
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1Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Center for Ecological Sciences [CES]
2Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra)
3Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP],
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 012, India
*Corresponding Author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in
1.1 Importance and Need for assessment
1.2 Definition of carbon footprint: A brief review
1.3 Issues related to quantification methodological issues
2.1 GHG emissions for wastewater treatment plant at Bangalore
2.2 Quantification of GHG emissions in treatment plants:
3.1 Materials and methods
3.2 Lipid Extraction and Analysis
3.3 Scope for biofuel as a viable energy source in cities of Karnataka
3.4 Nutrient requirements and growth conditions
3.5 Viability of algae based biofuel as an energy source in Karnataka
4.1 Wetlands/Algae pond as wastewater treatment systems
4.2 Integrated Wetlands system
4.3 Integrated wastewater management system
4.4 Integrated Wetlands Ecosystem: Sustainable model to mitigate GHG emissions
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Acknowledgements
We are grateful to the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India and Indian Institute of Science for the infrastructure and financial support. We thank the Central facilities at the Dept. of Biochemistry and SID and Innovation Centre for fatty acid composition analysis through GC-MS and ATR-FTIR analysis. We are grateful to Institute Nano Initiative (INI) for providing facilities for Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Imaging
Citation : Ramachandra T V and Durga Madhab Mahapatra, 2015. The Science of Carbon footprint assessment, In The Carbon Footprint Handbook (ed: S S Kannan), CRC Press, New York, pp: 3-45.
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