Climatic impact of activities: methodological guide for analysis and action

Cover......Page 1
Half-Title Page......Page 3
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright Page......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 11
Preface......Page 15
Acknowledgments......Page 17
Introduction: For a Physical Economy......Page 19
 1.1. Greenhouse effect......Page 23
  1.2.1. The carbon geocycle......Page 25
  1.2.2. The water geocycle......Page 31
 1.3. Answers to exercises in Chapter 1......Page 33
 2.2. Identification of the greenhouse gases to be included......Page 37
 2.3. Quantification of the impact of greenhouse gases on the climate: radiative forcing......Page 39
 2.4. Quantification of the relative climate impact: the Global Warming Potential......Page 40
 2.6. Impact of greenhouse gas emission processes on the climate: the emissions factor of any material......Page 45
 2.7. Impact of an activity on the climate: generalization of the characterization of flows......Page 47
 2.8. Answers to the exercises in Chapter 2......Page 49
 3.1. The various methods......Page 55
 3.2. The broad-spectrum greenhouse gas emission balance......Page 56
 3.3. The system at hand: processes and flows......Page 60
 3.4. Data harvesting......Page 61
 3.5. The case of the regulatory greenhouse gas emission balance in France......Page 62
 3.6. Answers to the exercises in Chapter 3......Page 65
 4.1. Emissions due to the use of energy......Page 69
 4.3. Emissions due to manufacturing of inputs......Page 71
  4.4.1. Road transport......Page 72
 4.5. Emissions due to movements of people......Page 83
 4.6. Emissions due to waste treatment......Page 84
 4.7. Emissions due to the production of tangible assets......Page 88
 4.8. Emissions due to the use of products......Page 90
 4.9. Emissions due to the end of life of products......Page 94
 4.10. Calculation of uncertainties......Page 95
  4.10.1. Emissions due to the incineration of plastic waste (see section 6.1.3.7.3)......Page 98
  4.10.2. Emissions due to transportation of sawdust supplies (see section 6.1.3.5.2)......Page 99
 4.11. Answers to the exercises in Chapter 4......Page 101
 5.2. Interpreting balances......Page 103
 5.3. Carbon dashboard......Page 105
 5.4. Answer to the exercise in Chapter 5......Page 106
6. Case Studies......Page 107
  6.1.1. Description of the activity and challenge in the exercise......Page 108
  6.1.2. Activity data and emissions factors......Page 109
  6.1.3. Calculation of emissions......Page 119
  6.1.4. Recap of the quantification of emissions......Page 139
  6.1.5. Recommendations......Page 140
  6.2.2. Challenge in this exercise......Page 148
  6.2.4. Activity data......Page 149
  6.2.5. Answer to case study 2: winemaking industry......Page 154
  6.3.1. Description of the activity......Page 159
  6.3.3. Specific activity data......Page 161
  6.3.4. Answer to case study 3: factory for production of animal feed......Page 162
Conclusion......Page 185
Appendices......Page 187
  A1.1. Foresight of a physical economy......Page 189
  A1.2. Economy and energy......Page 190
  A1.3. Final energy yield of national economies......Page 192
  A1.4. Energy yield and power: the case of France......Page 195
  A1.6. Interpretation and physical justification of degrowth......Page 199
  A2.1. VKm method: calculation of the emissions from a truck’s kilometerage......Page 205
  A2.2. TKm1 method: calculation of the emissions from the tonnage and kilometerage of the merchandise (option 1: simple journey)......Page 207
  A.2.3.1. Calculation tables......Page 208
  A2.3.2. Classification of French departments from the point of view of merchandise distribution transport......Page 210
  A3.1. Methodological information......Page 213
  A3.2. Preliminary justifications......Page 214
   A3.3.2. Calculation of degressive carbon amortization based on the age and lifetime of the asset......Page 216
  A3.4. Variation in the degressive carbon amortization based on lifetime......Page 218
  A3.5. Analysis of the sensitivity to the error in the selected lifetime......Page 219
   A3.6.1. Linear amortization based on the accounting period......Page 220
   A3.6.2. Comparison of the evolution of carbon amortization with both approaches......Page 221
   A3.7.1. Vehicles......Page 222
   A3.7.2. Buildings......Page 223
  A4.1. Case of company cars......Page 225
   A4.2.2. Hypothesis 2 (H2)......Page 226
  A4.3. Calculation of the emissions due to journeys made by employees from their places of residence to the workplace......Page 227
   A4.3.1. Emission balance......Page 229
References......Page 231
Index......Page 239
Other titles from iSTE in Ecological Science......Page 241
EULA......Page 243