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<figcaption><b>Figure 1:</b> The carbon footprint of our lab work</figcaption> | <figcaption><b>Figure 1:</b> The carbon footprint of our lab work</figcaption> | ||
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<p>Figure 1 gives an overview on the GHG emissions that we calculated for our own lab work. | <p>Figure 1 gives an overview on the GHG emissions that we calculated for our own lab work. | ||
− | The influence of scope 2 on the carbon footprint depends on the source of electricity and warmth. You can only prevent GHG emissions by using energy from renewable sources. Otherwise providers cause GHG emissions while producing electricity and warmth. Thus, it is possible to translate the energyconsumption into GHG emissions by multiplying the measured energyconsumption in kWh by the CO<sub>2</sub>-equivalents for the supply of 1 kWh as specified by your provider. Scope 2 is divided into two parts: electricity and heating. | + | The influence of scope 2 on the carbon footprint depends on the source of electricity and warmth. You can only prevent GHG emissions by using energy from renewable sources. Otherwise providers cause GHG emissions while producing electricity and warmth. Thus, it is possible to translate the energyconsumption into GHG emissions by multiplying the measured energyconsumption in kWh by the CO<sub>2</sub>-equivalents for the supply of 1 kWh as specified by your provider.</p> |
− | As you can see electricityadds the most to our carbon footprint. According to our studies more than three quarters of the total GHG emissions of our lab work are caused because of the enormous power consumption of the ultra-low temperature freezer (-80°C) and our ice machine. Read the section “What have we done to integrate the gained knowledge and to reduce GHG emissions?” to see how we dealt with this problem. | + | |
− | + | <p>Scope 2 is divided into two parts: electricity and heating. | |
− | + | As you can see electricityadds the most to our carbon footprint. According to our studies more than three quarters of the total GHG emissions of our lab work are caused because of the enormous power consumption of the ultra-low temperature freezer (-80°C) and our ice machine. Read the section “What have we done to integrate the gained knowledge and to reduce GHG emissions?” to see how we dealt with this problem.</p> | |
− | For a detailed look on our consumptions and calculations check out | + | |
+ | <p>There are no emissions listed for heating because we were not able to find any data for the heating of our lab. Since most of the time we spent in the lab was during the summer, we did not heat our lab for long periods of time. Therefore, we decided not to consider the emissions caused by heating.</p> | ||
+ | <p>The emissions of scope 3, are low compared to the emissions arising because of electricity. Nevertheless, we should not underestimate the environmental impact that especially consumables have. The calculated carbon footprint does not reflect the total environmental consequences produced by the caused waste. On the one hand, this is because we were not able to investigate the GHG emissions of the downstream processing of our waste (waste treatment like incineration or recycling) and on the other hand GHG emissions cannot reflect other environmental effects waste causes like the persistence of plastic in the environment and its consequences.</p> | ||
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+ | For a detailed look on our consumptions and calculations check out our <a href="T--TU_Dresden--GG_CalculationTU.xlsx">Excel</a> file. | ||
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