The Science of Carbon Footprint Assessment
Ramachandra T. V 1,2,3,*, Durga Madhab Mahapatra1
http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/

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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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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