Whenever I read something that mentions some amount of greenhouse gases, I do some quick math, converting it into a percentage of the annual total of 51 billion tons. To me, this makes more sense than the other comparisons you often see, like “this many tons is equivalent to taking one ...
There are two numbers you need to know about climate change. The first is 51 billion. The other is zero. Fifty-one billion is how many tons of greenhouse gases the world typically adds to the atmosphere every year. Although the figure may go up or down a bit from year to year, it...
toolkit LEARN MORE Australian Institute of Company Directors Climate risk governance guide LEARN MORE Understand your carbon footprint Before taking any steps to reduce a business' carbon footprint, measure it. Find granular details of the business' activities that create greenhous...
Energy recovery 能量回收:The gases released during combustion are cooled with water, generating steam through heat recovery. The steam is used to power electrical generators.燃烧过程中释放的气体用水冷却,通过热回收产生蒸汽。蒸汽被用来为发电机提供动力。 Environmental control 环境控制:The cooled gas is ...
Although this part often surprises a lot of people, the global food production system is one of theprimary sources of carbon dioxideemissions and the emissions of other greenhouse gases. Although you might think that the primary culprit to blame for all this is the packaging, the highest CO2 ...
How Your School, Non-profit Organization, or Business Can Reduce or Eliminate Its Carbon Footprintdoi:10.1007/978-3-030-73782-5_7Schools, non-profit organizations, and businesses (SNBs) are becoming much more engaged in sustainability and are finding ways to reduce greenhouse gases. Many K-12...
There have been different diseases caused by air pollution from lung cancer to breathing problems such as asthma and in worse cases death. Pollution is caused from dangerous chemical experiments, smoke from factories and daily human activities. Two of the many ways to eliminate air pollution is by...
The product lifecycle from cradle to grave is on every company’s agenda. Ian Catley, director at Turnkey Group A handful of manufacturers are creating products that actively sequester climate-changing greenhouse gases. One example is Interface, a flooring manufacturer with a line of carpettilesthat...
No matter whether you’re a staff member or a student, you can bring some positive changes to your school to reduce your carbon footprint. Here are just a few ideas: 11. Raise awareness Your school community might not know much about things like greenhouse gases, carbon footprints, or ...
But trade-offs and alternative scenarios to the ones examined in this report may also have substantive effects that need to be studied further to create a more meaningful decision-making framework. The overall task of re...