GHG emissions inventorying and its reduction strategies from an industrial unit
Student name: Ms Deepshikha Singh
Guide: Dr Atul Kumar
Year of completion: 2018
Host Organisation: IFB Appliances, Goa
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Mr Vijay Gaur
Abstract: Green house gases are a mix of both good and bad. On one hand, they keep the temperature of the earth ambient for living creatures. On the other hand, the abundance of these gases in the atmosphere causes excess warming which is the root cause of some of the natural disasters witnessed during recent times. It has been observed that the concentration of the greenhouse gases has increased 40 percent after the onset of the industrial revolution in the mid 1800’s (IPCC). So, accounting the green house gas emissions from industrial activities is an essential part in order to manage and mitigate the escalating green house gas emissions. This study presents the three year (2015-2018) greenhouse gas inventory of a washing machine manufacturing unit. Emissions were categorised as three scopes based on the control of the organisation on the sources they were emitted from. Scope 1 comprises of all the direct emissions. Meanwhile, scope 2 includes indirect emissions from purchased electricity. Other indirect emissions are reported under scope 3. In all the three years, scope 3 has contributed the most to the green house gas emissions of the industry followed by scope 2 and scope 1 respectively. In FY 2017-18, the emissions from scope 1 was the least i.e. 589.69tCO2e whereas scope 2 and scope 3 contributed 6266.19 tCO2e and 11416.19 tCO2e respectively. The total carbon foot print getting summed to 18272.08 tCo2e.
Key words: scope 1, GHG emissions, scope 2, green house gas inventory, scope 3
