Determining the 2019 Carbon Footprint of a School of Design, Innovation and Technology

Guillermo Filippone, Rocío Sancho and Sebastián Labella
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Guillermo Filippone: Department of Product Design, Escuela Universitaria de Diseño, Innovación y Tecnología ESNE, 28016 Madrid, Spain
Rocío Sancho: Department of Interior Design, Escuela Universitaria de Diseño, Innovación y Tecnología ESNE, 28016 Madrid, Spain
Sebastián Labella: CarbonFeel, Funciona Fundation, 28007 Madrid, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-12

Abstract: As a contribution to the fight against climate change, ESNE’s 2018/19 carbon footprint has been evaluated using the CarbonFeel methodology, based on ISO 14069 standards. In the scenario studied, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by direct and indirect emissions have been included. For comparative purposes, a second scenario has been analyzed in which fossil fuels used for heating are replaced by electrical energy from renewable sources. A decrease of 28% in GHG emissions has been verified, which could even reach 40% if the energy for thermal conditioning was replaced by renewables.

Keywords: climate change; global warming; carbon footprint; GHG emissions; climate emergency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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