Energy Footprints of the Food and Textile Sectors
Energy Footprints of the Food and Textile Sectors

Author: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-12-12

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9811329567

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This book addresses energy footprints in the food and textile sectors. Each footprint case study presents essential background information and discusses the scientific consensus, methodological framework, assessment checklist, calculation tools and techniques, applications, challenges and limitations. More importantly, the book explores the application of each indicator/framework in various industrial sectors and the associated challenges, as well as outlooks for the future – essential considerations, given that energy consumption and conservation are the primary elements in any industry’s sustainability strategy.

Energy Footprints of the Food and Textile Sectors
Energy Footprints of the Food and Textile Sectors

Author: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-02-04

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 9789811329555

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This book addresses energy footprints in the food and textile sectors. Each footprint case study presents essential background information and discusses the scientific consensus, methodological framework, assessment checklist, calculation tools and techniques, applications, challenges and limitations. More importantly, the book explores the application of each indicator/framework in various industrial sectors and the associated challenges, as well as outlooks for the future – essential considerations, given that energy consumption and conservation are the primary elements in any industry’s sustainability strategy.

Handbook of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Textiles and Clothing
Handbook of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Textiles and Clothing

Author: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing

Published: 2015-07-25

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0081001878

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Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used to evaluate the environmental impacts of textile products, from raw material extraction, through fibre processing, textile manufacture, distribution and use, to disposal or recycling. LCA is an important tool for the research and development process, product and process design, and labelling of textiles and clothing. Handbook of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Textiles and Clothing systematically covers the LCA process with comprehensive examples and case studies. Part one of the book covers key indicators and processes in LCA, from carbon and ecological footprints to disposal, re-use and recycling. Part two then discusses a broad range of LCA applications in the textiles and clothing industry. - Covers the LCA process and its key indicators, including carbon and ecological footprints, disposal, re-use and recycling - Examines the key developments of LCA in the textile and clothing industries - Provides a wide range of case studies and examples of LCA applications in the textile and clothing industries

Energy Footprints of the Food and Textile Sectors
Energy Footprints of the Food and Textile Sectors

Author: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 9789811329579

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This book addresses energy footprints in the food and textile sectors. Each footprint case study presents essential background information and discusses the scientific consensus, methodological framework, assessment checklist, calculation tools and techniques, applications, challenges and limitations. More importantly, the book explores the application of each indicator/framework in various industrial sectors and the associated challenges, as well as outlooks for the future - essential considerations, given that energy consumption and conservation are the primary elements in any industry's sustainability strategy.

Water in Textiles and Fashion
Water in Textiles and Fashion

Author: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing

Published: 2018-11-26

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0081026544

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Water in Textiles and Apparel: Consumption, Footprint, and Life Cycle Assessment provides a thorough analysis of one of the most urgent issues facing the textiles industry. As water is essential to the textile production system, and as availability of water is reduced due to natural and anthropogenic factors, the industry must respond. With a thorough treatment of both life cycle assessment and water footprint perspectives, this book provides practical strategies for responsible water use across the textile supply chain. Readers will learn essential information from research and industry case studies that will help them understand the textile industry's role in this issue. - Combines different perspectives, life cycle assessment, government policies, businesses strategies, and case studies to provide a holistic view on the topic - Addresses water consumption in every life cycle phase of textile production - Explores emerging strategies for water conservation in the textiles sector

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain
Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain

Author: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing

Published: 2020-03-20

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0128197846

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Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain, Second Edition, is a fully updated, practical guide on how to identify and respond to environmental challenges across the supply chain. This new edition features updates to important data on environmental impacts and their measurements, the sustainable use of water and electricity, and new legislation, standards and schemes. Chapters provide an introduction to the textile supply chain and an overview of the methods used to measure environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions, water and energy footprints, and a lifecycle assessment (LCA) on environmental impacts. This book will be a standard reference for R&D managers in the textile industry and academic researchers in textile science. - Provides a holistic view of the sustainability issues that affect the textile value chain - Explains ways to calculate the textile industry's use of resources, its impact on global warming, and the pollution and waste it generates - Reviews key methods for the reduction of the environmental impact of textile products and how they are implemented in practice - Includes methods for calculating product carbon footprints (PCFs), ecological footprints (EFs) and lifecycle assessments (LCA)

The Water Footprint Assessment Manual
The Water Footprint Assessment Manual

Author: Maite M. Aldaya

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-08-21

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1136538526

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People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. Indirect use refers to the 'virtual water' embedded in tradable goods and commodities, such as cereals, sugar or cotton. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business. This book offers a complete and up-to-date overview of the global standard on water footprint assessment as developed by the Water Footprint Network. More specifically it: o Provides a comprehensive set of methods for water footprint assessment o Shows how water footprints can be calculated for individual processes and products, as well as for consumers, nations and businesses o Contains detailed worked examples of how to calculate green, blue and grey water footprints o Describes how to assess the sustainability of the aggregated water footprint within a river basin or the water footprint of a specific product o Includes an extensive library of possible measures that can contribute to water footprint reduction

Handbook of Energy and Environmental Security
Handbook of Energy and Environmental Security

Author: Muhammad Asif

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2022-05-10

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 0128240857

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Handbook of Energy and Environmental Security educates the reader about the wider dimensions of the distinctive yet intertwined subjects of 'energy security and 'environmental security'. The book uniquely addresses these two increasingly important topics in a comprehensive and composite manner, describing the concepts and wider dimensions of energy- and environmental security in technological, economic, social and geopolitical perspectives. Divided into three main parts, the book deals with the subject of energy security in terms of its concepts, broader dimensions and allied issues, focuses on environmental security, and covers subjects in a cohesive manner, discussing their important interfaces and commonalities. Providing valuable scholarship for academics, researchers and analysts in the fields of energy and the environment, and using case studies to illustrate national and international levels, this is a valuable resource for energy- and environmental security challenges, especially in the areas of sustainable development and climate change. - Discusses the critical subjects of 'energy security' and 'environmental security' in a composite manner - Incorporates up-to-date data, case studies and comparative assessments - Energy and environmental policy frameworks are covered from the perspective of both developed and developing countries

Environmental Water Footprints
Environmental Water Footprints

Author: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-08-29

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9811324549

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This book discusses the concept of water footprint and corporate water footprint, presenting case studies on a thermal power plant in India and on the food sector. Water conservation is a key element of industrial sustainability strategies.

Handbook of Sustainable Apparel Production
Handbook of Sustainable Apparel Production

Author: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2015-04-28

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 1482299399

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A hot-button societal issue, sustainability has become a frequently heard term in every industrial segment. Sustainability in apparel production is a vast topic and it has many facets. Handbook of Sustainable Apparel Production covers all aspects of sustainable apparel production including the raw materials employed, sustainable manufacturing proce