Carbon Calculations over the Life Cycle of Industrial Activities (CCaLC)

  • Azapagic, Adisa (Participant)
  • Heinz Stichnothe (Participant)
  • Haruna Gujba (Participant)
  • Namy Espinoza-Orias (Participant)
  • Jeswani, Harish (Participant)
  • David Amienyo (Participant)

    Impact: Economic, Environmental, Society and culture, Technological

    Narrative

    Research in the UoA developed a methodology for Carbon Calculations over the Life Cycle of Industrial Activities (CCaLC), providing ‘cradle to grave’ carbon footprint estimates for commercial products. The methodology was embedded in a set of software tools designed to be used by non-experts, allowing companies to perform carbon footprinting in-house. The software is free to download, currently with 3300 users in more than 70 countries. The methodology and software tools have been endorsed by BERR (now BIS), DEFRA and the World Bank, and used widely by industry, across a range of sectors, to reduce carbon footprints of their products. This has resulted in significant environmental and socio-economic benefits, including estimated climate change mitigation gains in excess of £450m.
    Impact date2014
    Category of impactEconomic, Environmental, Society and culture, Technological
    Impact levelAdoption

    Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

    • Energy
    • Sustainable Futures

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