scholarly journals Climate Change Mitigation Strategy through Membranes Replacement and Determination Methodology of Carbon Footprint in Reverse Osmosis RO Desalination Plants for Islands and Isolated Territories

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 293
Author(s):  
Federico Leon ◽  
Alejandro Ramos ◽  
Jenifer Vaswani ◽  
Carlos Mendieta ◽  
Saulo Brito
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Mitigation Strategy ◽  
Improve Energy Efficiency ◽  
Desalination Plants ◽  
Change Mitigation

This article shows a climate change mitigation strategy by means of membranes replacement and determination methodology of carbon footprint in reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plants, valid for all the islands, and even isolated territories in the continent. This study takes the case of study of Canary Islands, where there are more than 320 desalination plants with different sizes, private, and public. The objective is to propose a new method which integrates this analysis with the replacement of membranes, from 0% to 20% per year in sea water reverse osmosis desalination plants, to reduce the carbon footprint and ecological footprint. If it is considered a replacement of 20% of the elements per year, the carbon footprint could be reduced to between 5% and 6% and even more if it is introduced low energy consumption membranes instead of high rejection elements. The factor mix in Canary Islands, according to the technological structure of the generation park that uses oil products, is around 0.678 kgCO2/kWh, much higher than in the Spanish mainland where it is 0.263 kgCO2/kWh. Therefore, it is estimated in Canary Islands 5,326,963 t CO2/year can be emitted, which represents 2.4 tCO2/person/year, 12 times more the admissible admissions per inhabitant in the Canary Islands, only considering the seawater desalination sector. This document shows the different results of the analysis of energy efficiency and the environmental footprints. This study may serve as a tool for the decision-making processes related to how to improve energy efficiency in desalination plants.

scholarly journals Business Case for Energy Efficiency in Support of Climate Change Mitigation, Economic and Societal Benefits in the United States

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Bojda ◽  
Jing Ke ◽  
Stephane de la Rue du Can ◽  
Virginie E. Letschert ◽  
James E. McMahon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Business Case ◽  
The United States ◽  
Societal Benefits ◽  
Change Mitigation

First-mover advantages of the European Union's climate change mitigation strategy

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 814-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Karkatsoulis ◽  
Pantelis Capros ◽  
Panagiotis Fragkos ◽  
Leonidas Paroussos ◽  
Stella Tsani
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Mitigation Strategy ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
First Mover

Conservation agriculture as a climate change mitigation strategy in Zimbabwe

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-265
Author(s):  
Deb O’Dell ◽  
Neal S. Eash ◽  
Bruce B. Hicks ◽  
Joel N. Oetting ◽  
Thomas J. Sauer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
Mitigation Strategy ◽  
Change Mitigation

scholarly journals Evaluating the Link between Low Carbon Reductions Strategies and Its Performance in the Context of Climate Change: A Carbon Footprint of a Wood-Frame Residential Building in Quebec, Canada

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Padilla-Rivera ◽  
Ben Amor ◽  
Pierre Blanchet
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Quebec City ◽  
Baseline Scenario ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Building Sector ◽  
Change Mitigation

The design and study of low carbon buildings is a major concern in a modern economy due to high carbon emissions produced by buildings and its effects on climate change. Studies have investigated (CFP) Carbon Footprint of buildings, but there remains a need for a strong analysis that measure and quantify the overall degree of GHG emissions reductions and its relationship with the effect on climate change mitigation. This study evaluates the potential of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the building sector by evaluating the (CFP) of four hotpots approaches defined in line with commonly carbon reduction strategies, also known as mitigation strategies. CFP framework is applied to compare the (CC) climate change impact of mitigation strategies. A multi-story timber residential construction in Quebec City (Canada) was chosen as a baseline scenario. This building has been designed with the idea of being a reference of sustainable development application in the building sector. In this scenario, the production of materials and construction (assembly, waste management and transportation) were evaluated. A CFP that covers eight actions divided in four low carbon strategies, including: low carbon materials, material minimization, reuse and recycle materials and adoption of local sources and use of biofuels were evaluated. The results of this study shows that the used of prefabricated technique in buildings is an alternative to reduce the CFP of buildings in the context of Quebec. The CC decreases per m2 floor area in baseline scenario is up to 25% than current buildings. If the benefits of low carbon strategies are included, the timber structures can generate 38% lower CC than the original baseline scenario. The investigation recommends that CO2eq emissions reduction in the design and implementation of residential constructions as climate change mitigation is perfectly feasible by following different working strategies. It is concluded that if the four strategies were implemented in current buildings they would have environmental benefits by reducing its CFP. The reuse wood wastes into production of particleboard has the greatest environmental benefit due to temporary carbon storage.

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