A new environmental index for evaluating degree of development of low-carbon society

Author

Suzuki, Yasuyuki

fYear

2011

fDate

July 31 2011-Aug. 4 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Environmental indexes such as carbon footprint, ecological footprint or eco-efficiency have been seriously considered in several global organizations such as the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the World Commission on Environment and Development. In addition, environmental evaluation methods such as Life Cycle Assessment or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System have also been considered. However, it is hard to say if the standards for evaluating the progress of a given action towards the realization of a low carbon society have been precisely established. In this paper, I suggest a standard index for evaluating actions for the realization of a low carbon society and a concrete evaluation method.

Keywords

design for environment; ecology; environmental management; product life cycle management; standards; sustainable development; World Business Council; World Commission on Environment and Development; carbon footprint; eco-efficiency; ecological footprint; environmental design green building rating system; environmental index; leadership; life cycle assessment; low-carbon society; standards; sustainable development; Business; Carbon dioxide; Cities and towns; Concrete; Indexes; Power systems; Wind power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technology Management in the Energy Smart World (PICMET), 2011 Proceedings of PICMET '11:

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1552-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-890843-24-3

Type

conf

Filename

6017883