Development of calculator to estimate avoided emissions
Design and implementation of an on-line CO2 calculator to estimate avoided emissions resulting from the reuse of certain products.
START DATE: February 2013
END DATE: November 2013
CLIENT: Spanish Association of Recoverers of Social Economy and Solidarity (Asociación Española de Recuperadores de Economía Social y Solidaria, AERESS)
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Design and execution of a calculator to estimate the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions avoided through recycling and reuse. It consists of an on-line tool which allows citizens to calculate the emissions avoided by buying a second-hand product.
The phases of the project were:
- Selection of the products for the comparative analysis. Four groups were made: clothes, furniture, domestic appliances, various. Subsequently a list was made of the most representative products in each group.
- Search for information sources: literature search on the subject of GHG emissions in the production, reuse and recycling of the product.
- Calculations (information treatment).
- Design of the on-line calculation tool.
- Balance of emissions avoided by the organizations of the Spanish Association of AERESS.
- Creation of a methodology document.
