Title

Integrated carbon footprint and cost evaluation of a drinking water infrastructure system for screening expansion alternatives

Authors

Authors

C. Qi;N. B. Chang

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Clean Prod.

Keywords

Carbon footprint; Expansion alternatives; Multiattribute decision; making; Water supply; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS; SUSTAINABLE; DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY; INDICATORS; MANAGEMENT; FRAMEWORK; AGRICULTURE; Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences

Abstract

Over the past decades, the cost-effectiveness principle or a cost benefit analysis has typically been employed as an assessment tool for the expansion of drinking water utilities. With changing public awareness of the inherent linkages between greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, the addition of this new consideration in the assessment regime has altered the landscape of the traditional evaluation matrix. This paper presents a comparative evaluation based on a suite of carbon footprint and cost data associated with 20 expansion alternatives for a systematic priority analysis of a drinking water infrastructure system in South Florida. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volume

27

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

51

Last Page

63

WOS Identifier

WOS:000301755300006

ISSN

0959-6526

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