Greenhouse gas (GHG) baseline inventory in Milaor, Camarines Sur, Philippines

Date

6-2016

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Marloe B. Sundo

Abstract

The Philippines, being an archipelago, is very vulnerable to climate change impacts hence, the government is making measures to prevent further negative effects of this climatic event. One way to ease cilmate change impacts is by reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to do this, a GHG inventory must be done. This study quantified the amount of GHG emissions for the town of Milaor, Camarines Sur from the four main emission sources: (1) energy (electricity and combustion) (2) agriculturual (3) transportation and (4) waste (solid waste and waste water). GHG emissions were reported as carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2) were computed by getting the product of the activity data to the corresponding emission factor. For the solid waste, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - First Order Decay (IPCC-FOD) method was used to account for the degradation rate of wastes in disposal site. Energy sector produced 46,912 tons of CO2 while the agricultural sector produced 33,896 tons of CO2. Transportation sector produced the highest emissions equivalent to 93,321 tons of CO2. On the other hand, the waste sector produced the lowest emissions amounting to 8,452 tons of CO2. Total emissions for the town of Milaor, Camarines Sur from all sectors was equivalent to 181,165 tons of CO2. Form the results, priority must be given to the transportation sector of the municipality to decrease its GHG emissions.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2016 E63 M46

Document Type

Thesis

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