Carbon Footprint of a Port Infrastructure from a Life Cycle Approach

One of the most important consequences caused by the constant development of human activity is the uncontrolled generation of greenhouse gases (GHG). The main gases (CO(2), CH(4), and N(2)O) are illustrated by the carbon footprint. To determine the impact of port infrastructures, a Life Cycle Assess...

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Autores principales: Saravia de los Reyes, Rodrigo, Fernández-Sánchez, Gonzalo, Esteban, María Dolores, Rodríguez, Raúl Rubén
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7599594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33053740
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207414
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author Saravia de los Reyes, Rodrigo
Fernández-Sánchez, Gonzalo
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Rodríguez, Raúl Rubén
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description One of the most important consequences caused by the constant development of human activity is the uncontrolled generation of greenhouse gases (GHG). The main gases (CO(2), CH(4), and N(2)O) are illustrated by the carbon footprint. To determine the impact of port infrastructures, a Life Cycle Assessment approach is applied that considers construction and maintenance. A case study of a port infrastructure in Spain is analyzed. Main results reflect the continuous emission of GHG throughout the useful life of the infrastructure (25 years). Both machinery (85%) and materials (15%) are key elements influencing the obtained results (117,000 Tm CO(2)e).
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spelling pubmed-75995942020-11-01 Carbon Footprint of a Port Infrastructure from a Life Cycle Approach Saravia de los Reyes, Rodrigo Fernández-Sánchez, Gonzalo Esteban, María Dolores Rodríguez, Raúl Rubén Int J Environ Res Public Health Article One of the most important consequences caused by the constant development of human activity is the uncontrolled generation of greenhouse gases (GHG). The main gases (CO(2), CH(4), and N(2)O) are illustrated by the carbon footprint. To determine the impact of port infrastructures, a Life Cycle Assessment approach is applied that considers construction and maintenance. A case study of a port infrastructure in Spain is analyzed. Main results reflect the continuous emission of GHG throughout the useful life of the infrastructure (25 years). Both machinery (85%) and materials (15%) are key elements influencing the obtained results (117,000 Tm CO(2)e). MDPI 2020-10-12 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7599594/ /pubmed/33053740 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207414 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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