Carbon Emission- Analyse, Calculate, Reduce
Major Priyanka Gupta As industries are increasing, we are consuming more and more non-renewable resources on a higher scale. Not only that, very few industries are taking initiative for the environment and our resource consumption. According to ACS Publications (American Chemical Society), research ‘Options for Achieving a 50% Cut in Industrial Carbon Emissions by 2050’, by 2050 industrial demand for steel, cement, plastic, aluminium, and paper will be doubled. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared that the nation would have zero carbon emissions by 2070. India is also going to achieve half of its success by 2030.
As recorded in 2019, India’s carbon emission is 1.78 metric tons. India is yet to achieve complete control over greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The ‘Wire’ has published a new report in 2022 about the same. Where it has been reported that India’s Global Carbon Emission level is going to rise by 6% in 9 years. If that happens the world will exceed its current global warming rate. Here we are going to the key point of what are carbon emissions and how conventional source consumption has increased, and also how solar power systems by Visol India will help to reduce the intensity of upcoming problems.
As per ACS Publications research, they have categorized Global Carbon Emission into different fields like transport, Buildings and industries, and others, where they have given specific data percentages for each industry.
Data Percentage As follows:
Transport 23%
Industry 36%
Buildings 33%
Other 8%
As per IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change), business industries have a major hand in carbon emissions. From the process of manufacturing to transportation every industry emitted greenhouse gases after a certain level. Companies are directly or indirectly involving their hands in carbon emissions. The government does have policies for GHG like following national or international policies, agreements, and legal laws. Companies should take initiative to know, calculate, analysis and make a plan to reduce GHG emissions.
To Calculate carbon emissions for the company
The company needs to collect data for electricity use:
This includes the total kilowatt hours of electricity used and its bill.
Data for Natural Gas use
This includes how much amount of natural gas is used in the bill receipt.
Bill of Water Supply
Amount of water supply in cubic meters from water bill.
Bill of fuel used for transportation
Transportation data will come under two things. Transportation is used for business purposes like materials or goods transportation and transportation for company or business employees travel.
The higher the quality of your data, the more precise your emissions measurement. If you keep track of your data consumption in a spreadsheet, you may record and update the information on a regular basis.
Data Conversion into Emission Factor
For the calculation of carbon emission, we need to convert your company electricity consumption data into ‘Green House Gas Emission’ means
Data x Emission Factor = Green House Gas Emission
There are various online calculators for carbon emissions available. Where you can calculate with their paid or unpaid versions.
For instance,
Gather information from your annual electricity bills.
Check your electricity bills issued by the State Electricity Board and look for how much power unit electricity your factory has consumed. (one unit = 1KWh of electricity in India)
Take the monthly consumption units and multiply them by 12. (No of months in a year).
Formula: Input value (in KWh/Yr) X 0.85 (Emission Factor) = Output value in (Kg of CO2)
To decide the overall carbon footprint in tonnes of CO2, divide the final amount (Final outcome by the above formula) by 1000.
Tons of CO2 should be used to measure the final carbon footprint (tCO2.).
(This formula was given by International Organization for Standardization (ISO14064 for GHG emission)
Use Carbon Emission Data to reduce your Carbon Footprints
These calculations will help to lower carbon emissions and cut your bills. Also constant updation of yearly or monthly of this data can help you for a long period of time.
Ways to reduce carbon footprints
Reduce.Reuse.Recycle
Businesses are prone to make products that were once used and thrown away. To lower the company’s carbon footprint, you must eliminate waste from every aspect of your organization, from managing packaging and office supplies to developing a sustainable supply chain. Opting for more energy-efficient ways will help to reduce cost, energy consumption, and reusing leftover materials. Innovating new business models that support sustainability and are based on renewable energy.
Converting energy sources to renewable energy – Solar Power
Green energy refers to emission-free natural resources such as solar, wind, and hydropower that regenerate themselves organically. You may eliminate indirect emissions from the power you buy and consume by switching to these zero-emission energy sources.
Solar Power
Solar power is an infinite energy resource. And applying solar energy in the industry provides a major solution for non-renewable energy resources. It is crucial to use solar energy for a wide range of applications enhancing energy stability, boosting energy sustainability, reducing conversion, and therefore increasing system efficiency. The current effort sought to investigate the exploitation of solar energy systems in industrial applications. Using solar photovoltaic power plants would be beneficial for the future growth of India.
Visol India
Visol- giving the best solar rooftop installation in Mumbai.
We are working towards making sustainability a primary goal for industries to save the environment. And to use renewable sources properly. We are aiming to be the trusted provider of solar power solutions in the year 2025. Visol not only gives the best solar power plants installation services but also focused on educating about sustainable resources.
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