Assessing Mechanisms for Integrating Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Reduction Objectives into Transportation Decision Making

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Reduction

scholarly journals Potential Benefit of Carbon Benchmarking: Analysis of Semiconductor Industry in Taiwan

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1644
Author(s):  
Je-Liang Liou ◽  
Pei-Ing Wu ◽  
Ching-Ren Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Semiconductor Industry ◽  
Co2 Reduction ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Carbon Reduction ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Reduction ◽  
Decision Making Unit

The main purpose of this study is to explore the carbon reduction environmental benefits that can be achieved if carbon benchmarking is applied when semiconductor manufacturers in Taiwan work to improve the technical efficiency of their carbon reduction efforts. The evaluation method used is as follows. First, a technical efficiency measurement method that is capable of considering both desirable outputs and undesirable outputs is used to measure the technical efficiency of the carbon reduction efforts and identify the benchmark firms with the best technical efficiency. Next, an attempt is made to estimate the greenhouse gas reduction that is realized by the sample if their carbon reduction efforts are accompanied by the implementation of a benchmarking system. Finally, the monetary value of the greenhouse gas reduction is estimated so as to develop a better understanding of the carbon reduction benefits for the adoption of the process outlined above. The empirical results show that using carbon benchmarking to raise the technical efficiency of carbon reduction management would, on average, boost the annual sales revenue of each decision-making unit by about US$486.6 million, while also bringing up the average annual CO2 reduction benefits per decision-making unit by US$11.11 million per year.

scholarly journals Application of Rice Stubble Synthesized Zeolite for Greenhouse Gas Reduction

2016 ◽  
pp. 23-31
Author(s):  
Patthanant Natpinit ◽  
Rewadee Anuwattana ◽  
Thitirat Ditkaew ◽  
Tawee Suppinunt
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Untreated Control ◽  
Reduction Rate ◽  
Control Treatment ◽  
Greenhouse Gasses ◽  
Rate Dependent ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Reduction ◽  
Cultivation Period ◽  
Footprint Analysis

This investigation aims to study the value of synthesized zeolite in reducing greenhouse gasses (GHGs) emitted by rice stubble. The experiment was divided into 2 parts. Part I com-prised a study of the efficiency of GHGs reduction by synthesized zeolite and part II involved application of synthesized zeolite to reduce the cumulative GHGs emissions over 110 days from paddy rice cultivation in Khlong 4, Pathum Thani Province. The experiments comprised 2 treatments: untreated control (I), and rice stubble with addition of synthesized zeolite (II). The study measured changes in the emissions of CH4 and CO2, conducted 3 d per week for 1.30 h during the cultivation period. The result s showed that rice stubble synthesized zeolite could reduce GHGs CH4 and CO2under irrigated conditions. In the experiment, synthesized zeolite had an efficiency of 8.91% and 24.5% in reducing CH4 and CO2, respectively. Footprint analysis showed that both gases were continuously emitted throughout cultivation. In Cumulative emissions from the control treatment were 42.57 g CH4 m-2 cropand 86.40g CO2 m-2 crop. Zeolite addition reduced emission levels to 30.71 g CH4 m-2 crop and 57.77 g CO2 m-2 crop. The reduction efficiencies CH4 and CO2 were 27.87% and 33.14%, respectively. It can be concluded that the rice stubble synthesized zeolite was capable of reducing GHGs significantly and that the efficiency was rate-dependent. It was clear that the GHGs emission reduction rate of synthesized zeolite was 0.148 g CH4 m-2 g zeolite and 0.358 g CO2 m-2 g zeolite.

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