Title :
Experiences on Carbon Care Conferences
Author :
Allegre, Anne Laure ; Astier, Stephan ; BOUSCAYROL, Alain ; Chevallier, Loic ; Cimetiere, Xavier ; Clenet, Stephane ; Lemaire-Semail, Betty ; Maussion, Pascal ; Sergent, Jean-Francois
Author_Institution :
L2EP, Univ. Lille Nord de France, Lille, France
Abstract :
Organizing international conferences leads to emission of greenhouse gases (GHG). Even though, some conferences are devoted to "greener" systems (e.g. IEEE VPPC), the transport of attendees and the local organization of the conference are not "carbon free". Consequently, some experiences are reported in this paper in order to reduce the ecological footprint of the conference itself and also to mitigate the emitted GHG for international congresses.
Keywords :
air pollution; societies; sustainable development; carbon care conferences; conference attendee transport; conference ecological footprint; greenhouse gas emission; international conferences; local conference organization; Carbon dioxide; Estimation; Europe; Global warming; Organizations; Uncertainty; Vegetation;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Coimbra
DOI :
10.1109/VPPC.2014.7007068
