Carbon Emission Assessment of an Urban Community

Abstract

This study constructs a community carbon emission assessment system based on the greenhouse gas emissions inventory of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The system contains three activities, namely, building service, transport, and waste treatment and disposal. A street community in Ya'an, Sichuan, China is taken as a typical case for the study, and its carbon emissions during 2015-2017 are measured to demonstrate the practical application of the proposed assessment system. The results indicate that electricity consumption, transport, and natural gas consumption contribute the most carbon emissions in the community, accounting for 40.3%, 25.6%, and 25.1% of the total emissions on average over the 3 years. The study has policy implications for low carbon consumption, and thus, can promote sustainable community development. Limitations regarding the measurement are given to lay the foundations for future research.

The Framework of Technical Evaluation Indicators for Constructing Low-Carbon Communities in China

“…In the community, building carbon emissions, transportation carbon emissions, and living environment carbon emissions account for 54%, 40%, and 6%, respectively [44][45][46]. According to this feature, this study stipulated that the proportion of the number of experts in each field selected to the total number of experts should not be less than the proportion of carbon emissions in this field, so that more important indicators could be screened out.…”