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The BetonTage congress does not only offer a high-profile technical program – for several decades, it has also been a perfect venue for representatives of the European precast industry to share their experience, to establish...
A new research report by Groom Energy Solutions predicts that despite the slow economy software purchases for Enterprise Carbon Accounting (ECA) will grow 600% by 2011. The research report identifies three main drivers for the...
PE INTERNATIONAL is happy to announce that the iPhone application "iCarbonCalc" is now available in the App Store.
This app allows it to track the personal carbon footprint by adding a variety of activities...
The resources used for a building, the resulting environmental impact and the costs caused during its useful life exceed the costs emerged from its production and construction. In particular, this concerns the expenditure of...
Global climate change is becoming an ever more real problem and is now fully recognised as one of the main threats facing the international community. New studies on the socio-economic effects of climate change indicate the need for resolute action. There is no longer any doubt that anthropogenic greenhouse gases are one of the most significant causes of global warming [ipcc].
The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has increased immensely since the beginning of the industrial revolution. One of the largest, proven drivers of global warming is carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. CO2 levels today are the highest in over 650,000 years.
Attempts to reduce these emissions, particularly those from fossil fuel combustion, have been undertaken on many levels. Laws, directives and thresholds for emission levels have been enforced and incentives have been set up for companies to invest in cleaner technologies (like the European Emissions Trading Scheme).
Alongside these regulatory instruments, voluntary climate protection measures are taking more and more significance. Stakeholders (clients, investors, rating-agencies, environmental organisations etc.) require companies to publish their climate-relevant emissions and identify savings. Some companies are going a step further by balancing out unavoidable emissions and can consequently brand themselves as a carbon-neutral enterprise.