| Author | Kayasit Piyamongkolwong |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.ET-12-06 |
| Subject(s) | Greenhouse gas mitigation--Thailand
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Energy |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Human activities are identified as reason for increasing amount of Greenhouse gases (GHGs) being emitted into the atmosphere. The rapidly developing Asian countries contribute significantly to global GHGs emissions. It is vital that industries conduct GHG inventory assessment in order to gauge and reduce their impacts on the environment. Majority of GHG emission study for municipality do not take into account all activities or sources of emission in the supply chain of the local territory. This leads to a limited identification of the major sources of GHGs emissions, thus limiting a significant potential for intervening actions for emission reduction. This study uses the Bilan Carbon tool for estimating the GHGs emissions for two municipalities in Thailand. It is taken into account all the major sources of GHG emission activities required for delivering the activities to the municipality. The methodology involved was research preparation, activity data collection at the municipalities, review and estimation of emission factor, and estimating GHG emission. This study focuses estimation GHG emission for the municipalities. The annual GHG emission for the Nonthaburi and Chaingmai municipality is estimated to be 26,790 and 22,959 tons of CO2eq., respectively. The assets of the municipalities are the most significant source of emission. While other sources have lower GHG emission relative to use of the energy which is less significant, individually they emit substantial amount of GHGs. |
| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Energy Technology (ET) |
| Chairperson(s) | Salam, Abdul P.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kumar, Sivanappan;Visvanathan, C.; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2012 |