Carbon Calculations over the Life Cycle of Industrial Activities (CCaLC)
Project duration: 30 months
Funding: £1m
Consortium leader: The University of Manchester
Academic Partners: Policy Studies Institute
The main aim ofthis project is to develop a life cycle methodology and decision-support tools for calculation and reduction of carbon footprints of different industrial sectors along complete supply chains.
A general life cycle methodology and decision-support tools for
- calculating environmental and economic impacts of life-cycle carbon inventories, including “carbon added” and “value added”along the whole supply chains and
- optimising on environmental and economic objectives to identify a range of optimum low-carbon options;
A standard data acquisition methodology and databases for use in carbon inventory calculations
A general modelling framework and a software package for calculating carbon inventories, with a suite of tools designed for specific sectors but embodying interconnections with the background economy; and
Case studies of different industrial sectors to examine different business, political and economic scenarios for carbon management and reduction, and estimate the environmental and economic implications of low-carbon materials, products, processes and services.
- See related project: Unlocking the low carbon potential