Calculating carbon footprint of an office and identifying solutions to reduce its carbon footprint
Student name: Mr Gourav
Guide: Dr V V N Kishore
Year of completion: 2013
Host Organisation: IT Power Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Mr Chandra Prakash Bhatt
Abstract: Commercial buildings in India account for nearly 8% of the total electricity supplied by
utilities. Electricity use in this sector has been growing at about 11-12% annually, which is
much faster than the average electricity growth rate of about 5-6% in the economy (Bureau
of Energy Efficiency). Global warming and climate change are consequence of energy
generation from conventional sources. Nowadays companies understand the risk associated
with climate change and therefore managing their GHG risks to ensure long-term success in a
competitive business environment. This project is to calculate carbon footprint of office
building and identify solutions to reduce GHG emission. This study is carried out for public
sector undertaking company office building. Total GHG inventory is calculated and reported
according to ISO 14064-1 standards. Carbon footprint calculation has been done using
standard emission factor for different fuels and mode of travel. This study gives us idea about
a general composition of emissions from different activities in any service industry building.
This study also pointing towards need for manage travel emissions from any industry.
Second major source of emission is from electricity consumption in the service industry
office building. After reported total GHG emissions third party verification has been done
according ISO 14064-3. This study helps to identify opportunities to make building more
efficient. This project does not include feasibility study for any identified options. In this
particular project different option to reduce GHG reduction is recommended based on inputs
received from utility engineers and management team. Feasibility study of recommended
options shall be done in the next phase of this study.
Keywords: ISO 14064, GHG, carbon footprint
