• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.61 no.2
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• pp.258-264
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• 2023

The greenhouse gas (GHG) emission assessment of kenaf pellet, produced from locally generated kenaf residues in South Korea, has been studied based on the EU RED-II methodology for calculating GHG impact of biomass fuels. Based on the production pathway of kenaf residue pellet and emission coefficients from EU JRC report, the life cycle GHG emission of kenaf residue pellet is assessed as 3.0 gCO₂eq/MJ_pellet and the life cycle GHG emission of electricity generated from kenaf residue pellet is assessed as 11.9 gCO₂eq/MJ when electrical efficiency of final conversion is 25%. The potential GHG emission reduction of electricity produced from kenaf pellet is 90.3% compared to the domestic electricity emission factor 42.8 kgCO₂eq/MWh. Also, the electricity produced from kenaf pellet can reduce at least 59.6% of GHG emission compared to the electricity produced from imported wood pellets.

• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.383-390
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• 2016

According to the "Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth", publication of annual national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory report is mandatory. This annual GHG inventory report is used as basal data for GHG mitigation strategies. In the livestock sector, GHG emission trends from year 1990 to 2013 were estimated based on the 1996 IPCC guidelines with the Tier 1 methodology. GHG emissions from the livestock sector in 2013 were 9.9 million tons $CO_2-eq$., where emissions from enteric fermentation were 4.4 million tons $CO_2-eq$, increased by 47.4% over 1990 mainly due to the increase in non-dairy cattle population. On the other hand, GHG emissions from livestock manure in 2013 were 5.5 million tons $CO_2-eq$, increased by 75.5% over 1990 mainly due to the increase in non-dairy cattle, swine and poultry populations. Additional research is required to develop country-specific emission factors to estimate GHG emissions precisely from livestock in South Korea.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.704-711
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• 2005

In this study, life cycle assessment(LCA) for the nuclear power generation system and the thermal power generation system, which make a great distribution of the electric power supply in Korea, has been carried out to compare the environmental impact between two power generation systems. In system boundary of this study, the stage of construction, operation and demolition & disposal were included. For life cycle impact assessment(LCIA), three cases were considered; the single environmental impact for the $CO_2$ emissions, the 8 major global environmental impact, and the major global environmental impact categories including radioactive impact. As the results, it was found that the nuclear power generation system is environmentally superior to the thermal power generation system as 10,000 times in the evaluation for the $CO_2$ emissions, 90 times in the evaluation for the 8 major environmental impact categories, and 40 times in the evaluation for the environmental impact categories including radioactive impact.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.31 no.4D
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• pp.603-611
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• 2011

After Kyoto Protocol was adopted for green gas reduction, each nations are stepping up efforts to reduce $CO_2$ of a typical green gas. Construction industry also is trying $CO_2$ reduction with the techniques of two types which are software and hardware techniques. The software technique are Passive Design considered green gas emission and the environment impact assessment by LCA. The hardware techniques are adjustment of equipment system and development of eco- friendly material. But, it is nonexistent that a study related to $CO_2$ emission considered detail process in construction industry. This study analyzed the correlation of equipment combination, $CO_2$ emission and duration by calculate $CO_2$ emission follow to equipment combination on earth-work which is the process emitted most $CO_2$ among railway bedding construction.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.13-19
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• 2024

The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of a landfill project aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) from Puerto Cortes Landfill in Honduras ("Project"). The feasibility study involved surveying the status, composition and amount of waste entering the landfill, and projecting GHG emissions from the landfill. A projection of the GHG emissions with the IPCC model and based on the survey results indicated that the period 2027 to 2041 would see a total GHG emission reduction of 506,835 ton-CO₂/year, with a mean yearly GHG emission reduction of 33,789 ton-CO₂, assuming landfill gas collection is implemented, The findings of the study are expected to serve as basic data for deciding about whether and how to proceed with the Project.

• Journal of Environmental Policy
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.33-57
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• 2013

This paper test the relationship among determinants of environmental investments, level of environmental investments, eco-efficiency (carbon productivity). The results show that profitability, leverage and R&D costs have a negative impact on environmental investments, and controlling ownership have a positive impact on environmental investments as well as environmental protection costs. The analysis also show that firms increasing environmental investments are able to gain superior environmental performance ($CO_2$ emission), but are negatively relationship with financial performance. Finally, the findings prove that differences exist in the relationship between determinants and effect of environmental investments when grouped by industry characteristics.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.147-148
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• 2012

With the rise of BIM application and green building assessment, studies on assessment of CO₂ emissions from buildings using BIM are needed. In accordance with the requirements, this study aims at developing BIM Template database, as a part of development of CO₂ assessment technology using BIM. Based on the research of construction materials, this study develops database by applying Procurement Agency Item Code to BIM Template. The results of this research makes it possible to assess CO₂ emissions of materials with BIM Template and building data modeling implementation.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.717-727
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• 2017

Researches on the emissions of greenhouse gases in the construction industry, which accounts for 40% of raw materials, 30% of energy consumption, and 30% of $CO_2$ emissions in the entire industry, are mainly focused on studies of LCA. However, it is assessed that $CO_2$ emissions are higher in construction sequence than in operation sequence. Also, it is considered that construction machinery using fossil fuel is a main factor causing environmental load in construction sequence. Therefore, this study analyzes the workload and engine RPM characteristics of the excavator which is the second largest number of registered construction machinery in Korea and the highest utilization rate in actual construction site. The excavator is divided into non-load states and load states where power is transmitted to the excavator. The exhaust gas is analyzed by a direct measurement method using PEMS equipment. $CO_2$ emissions are estimated by analyzing the relationship between RPM and exhaust emission characteristics according to the actual driving conditions. Additionally, we analyze the difference between $CO_2$ emissions of construction machine calculated by this study and $CO_2$ emissions calculated by using carbon emission coefficient.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.256-262
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• 2011

Currently among the several methods to estimate an environmental impact of products, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) technique is mostly used. The Ministry of Environment has been performed the carbon footprint labelling to give the carbon record of product by using this method. But the calculation of carbon footprint in primary agricultural product which is raw material of the processed food cannot be made because there is lack of methodology and LCI DB at agriculture sector. Therefore, LCA carried out to estimate carbon footprint, and established LCI DB for complex fertilizers (21-17-17 1 kg, 17-21-17 1 kg, 15-15-15 1 kg, Unspecified 1 kg) in the production system. The result of LCI DB analysis focussed on the GHG, and it was observed that the values of carbon footprint were $2.42E+00kg\;CO_2-eq.kg^{-1}$ for 21-17-17, $2.10E+00kg\;CO_2-eq.kg^{-1}$ for 17-21-17, $2.23E+00kg\;CO_2-eq.kg^{-1}$ for 15-15-15 and $3.56E+00kg\;CO_2-eq.kg^{-1}$ for Unspecified. For the analysis of LCIA (Life Cycle Impact Assessment) on complex fertilizers in the production system, the carbon footprint from pre-manufacturing phase is contributed to 98.96%, 98.81%, 98.88% and 99.30% on each complex fertilizer with 21-17-17, 17-21-17, 15-15-15, and Unspecified, respectively. These results will be used in basic data for estimation of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.516-516
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• 2017

기후변화로 인하여, 홍수, 사막화, 엘니뇨 등의 자연재해가 이전보다 더 발생하고 있다. 기후변화 적응은 전 세계적으로 기후변화 대응보다 중요해지고 있다. 기후변화 적응을 위한 이슈 중 하나가 물 순환이다. 각 국가에서는 물 순환을 활성화하기 위한 기술을 개발하고 있다. 특히, 저영향개발(LID, Low Impact Development)이라는 물을 확보하기 위한 정책이 각 국가별로 추진되고 있으며, 이에 따른 기술이 개발되고 있다. 국내에서도 2001년에 국토해양부는 수자원장기종합계획을 발표하고, 환경부에서는 2013년에 LID기술요소 가이드라인과 환경영향평가 시 적용 가능한 저영향개발 매뉴얼을 개발하는 등 LID기술을 개발하고 적용하기 위한 정책을 펼치고 있다. 이러한 LID기술 중 하나가 빗물 집수시스템이며, 이 빗물집수시스템은 주거지역에서 빗물을 배수하고, 집수하여 빗물을 이용하기 위해 적용되고 있다. 현재 적용되고 있는 빗물 집수시스템은 측구 집수시스템과 원형 집수시스템이 있으며, 최근에는 수로형 집수시스템이 적용되는 지역도 있다. 본 연구에서는 전과정 평가(LCA, Life Cycle Assessment)를 이용하여 빗물 집수시스템의 환경성을 평가하고자 한다. 현재, 국내에서는 녹색건축물인증, 탄소성적 표지인증, 환경성적 표지인증 등 LCA를 이용하여 환경성을 평가하고 있다. 특히, 본 연구에서는 기후변화 측면에서 LCA를 적용하여 이산화탄소배출량을 평가하고자 하였다. 본 연구의 범위는 빗물집수시스템 30m로 가정하였으며, 측구 집수시스템, 원형 집수시스템 및 수로형 집수시스템의 건설, 운영 및 유지관리, 해체 및 폐기단계의 전 과정이다. 각 빗물 집수시스템에 대해 각 단계별로 이산화탄소 배출량을 산정한 결과, 수로형 집수시스템은 $2.82\;ton\;CO_2\;eq./set$이며, 원형 집수시스템은 $27.65\;ton\;CO_2\;eq./set$, 측구 집수시스템은 $21.54\;ton\;CO_2\;eq./set$이 배출되었다. 이산화탄소배출량 측면에서는 수로형 집수시스템이 나머지 두집수시스템보다 87~90%가 저감되는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 저영향개발에 대응하는 동시에 기후변화를 대응한다는 측면에서 빗물 집수시스템 정책에 활용되고, 설계시에도 반영될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. 추가적으로 이산화탄소뿐 만 아니라, 다른 환경성을 평가하는 연구가 진행될 필요가 있다.