Carbon Footprint Estimation
for Academic Building in India
Venu Shree, Himanshu Nautiyal, and Varun Goel
Abstract Carbon footprint is the process in which the effect of estimation of carbon
emission in a particular system/process is evaluated from its origin (cradle) to its
death (grave). In industry, carbon emissions released due to various activities like
using materials, transportation, utility equipment etc. Carbon footprint helps us in
the identification of carbon-intensive processes and also helps us in the comparison
among different products/processes. Nowadays, due to rapid development of cities,
massive amount of emissions are happening in all the sectors. In the present chapter,
emissions associated with an academic building are estimated using LCA technique
in GaBi education software. After assessing its carbon footprint, some remedial
measures were also introduced to reduce its carbon footprint and make the system
more sustainable. The study also helps us to know the effects of various parameters
of a building that affects the emission level and try to modify it in accordance with
having fewer emissions.
1 Introduction
The world is acutely adapting various sustainable measures to mitigate the problem
of climate change. Even if climate change is the part of natural earth processes, there
is huge augmentation of various domestic and industrial activities of human beings,
which accelerate the changes in earth’s climate. It is being observed throughout the
V. Shree
Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Hamirpur, HP, India
e-mail: venushree80@gmail.com
H. Nautiyal (B)
Department of Mechanical Engineering, THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and
Technology, Tehri, Uttarakhand, India
e-mail: h2nautiyal@gmail.com
V. Goel
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Hamirpur,
HP, India
e-mail: varun7go@gmail.com
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
S. S. Muthu (ed.), LCA Based Carbon Footprint Assessment, Environmental Footprints
and Eco-design of Products and Processes, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4373-3_3
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for Academic Building in India
Venu Shree, Himanshu Nautiyal, and Varun Goel
Abstract Carbon footprint is the process in which the effect of estimation of carbon
emission in a particular system/process is evaluated from its origin (cradle) to its
death (grave). In industry, carbon emissions released due to various activities like
using materials, transportation, utility equipment etc. Carbon footprint helps us in
the identification of carbon-intensive processes and also helps us in the comparison
among different products/processes. Nowadays, due to rapid development of cities,
massive amount of emissions are happening in all the sectors. In the present chapter,
emissions associated with an academic building are estimated using LCA technique
in GaBi education software. After assessing its carbon footprint, some remedial
measures were also introduced to reduce its carbon footprint and make the system
more sustainable. The study also helps us to know the effects of various parameters
of a building that affects the emission level and try to modify it in accordance with
having fewer emissions.
1 Introduction
The world is acutely adapting various sustainable measures to mitigate the problem
of climate change. Even if climate change is the part of natural earth processes, there
is huge augmentation of various domestic and industrial activities of human beings,
which accelerate the changes in earth’s climate. It is being observed throughout the
V. Shree
Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Hamirpur, HP, India
e-mail: venushree80@gmail.com
H. Nautiyal (B)
Department of Mechanical Engineering, THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and
Technology, Tehri, Uttarakhand, India
e-mail: h2nautiyal@gmail.com
V. Goel
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Hamirpur,
HP, India
e-mail: varun7go@gmail.com
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
S. S. Muthu (ed.), LCA Based Carbon Footprint Assessment, Environmental Footprints
and Eco-design of Products and Processes, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4373-3_3
55