Energy footprints footprint

Energy footprint is the term used to explain the costs of climate change due to carbon dioxide (CO2) releases of energy production and consumption of any human... 

Calculating energy footprints of textile products (applications and examples)... 

The term energy footprint has been used for about 20 years in the global textile and clothing industry worldwide. Before then, energy costs, efficient production, environmental issues, and green production terms were not main issues for the sector. 

Research about energy footprint analysis in the textile and clothing industry started long after the major energy crisis in the world in the 1970s. 

How to reduce energy footprint in textile and clothing products... 

WRAP (Final Report, 2012 Dynamics) research group has also focused on the consumer intervention phase of textile products where the highest environmental influences are added to the energy footprint and carbon footprint chains. In the study, a series of consumer interventions were tested for their influence on carbon footprint results. Reducing measures to change consumer behavior during the use phase of clothing are listed as follows ... 

Main applicable tools and methods on the method of energy footprint reduction of clothing supply chain can be listed as follows ... 

In Muthu s recent book by Woodhead publications (Muthu, 2014), he comprehensively reviews the methods used to calculate environmental impact of textile and clothing supply chain, including product carbon footprints, ecological footprints, and life cycle assessment. The book presents information about the textile supply chain, its environmental impact, and an overview of the methods (greenhouse gas emissions, the water and energy footprints of the industry, and depletion of resources, as weU as the use of LCA) used to measure the overall environmental impact of the textile industry. 

Technological improvements, government policies, consumer behaviors, and sensitive approaches of the fashion world would help to decrease environmental influences and the energy footprint in textile sector in the near future. 

The LCA use in drying timber is a relatively new area and no study is available in the literature. In this section, the use of LCA has been demonstrated using an example of radiata pine drying. The drying schedules, drying time, and energy footprint data have been used from a published study (Ananias et al., 2012). These data have further been judged, analyzed, and validated independently for use in this LCA study. 

Hermann BG, Debeer L, De Wilde B, Blok K, Patel MK. To compost or not to compost carbon and energy footprints of biodegradable materials waste treatment. Polym Degrad Stab 2011 96 (6) 1159-1171. 

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