Carbon footprint estimation for sustainable development

Abstract

The different types of human exercises particularly those recognized with development, signifies outflow of ozone depleting substances greenhouse emissions that outcome into an Earth-wide temperature boost and environmental change. This affects nature and leads to imbalance in the environment and ecosystem. Henceforth it has turned out to be important to reduce dangerous atmosphenc changes by some sustainable mitigation processes. In all the greenhouse gases, CO2 is the main compound that adds to a worldwide temperature alteration. Thus it is fundamental responsibility for every person to control the carbon outflow by understanding the concept of sustainable development. Carbon footprint estimation for an institutional and residential building was done separately for each component of structure or as a whole organization. The reason for this investigation includes distinguishing proof and examination of different emission inventories and the measure of carbon transmitted by them regarding an institutional structure and the residential building materials also assessed. Furthermore this study examines the current methodologies and approaches to estimate carbon footprint in an institutional building and residential building in Karnataka. To ascertain the status of carbon emission in the residential building matenals a study was carried out in a proposed residential structure. It was concluded that the existing institutional building is carbon positive and also the amount of carbon emission by building materials used in the residential building also contribute to carbon footprint results to carbon positive. So as to lessen the emission and to convert the institutional structure and the residential building materials from carbon positive to carbon negative, general mitigation measures are recommended and by implementing the same how much carbon emissions also reduced was discussed .This research study also helps in creating awareness about the impact of amount carbon emissions happening in an institutional building due to different activities among the students, faculties and other public/Stake holders.