Carbon footprint of a scientific publication: A case study at Dalian University of Technology, China
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- 作者：Guobao Songa ; gb.song@dlut.edu.cn" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Li Chea ; b ; Shushen Zhanga
- 关键词：Carbon footprint ; Scientific publication ; Questionnaire survey ; Uncertainty ; Monte Carlo simulation
- 刊名：Ecological Indicators
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：January 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：60
- 期：Complete
- 页码：275-282
- 全文大小：1127 K
文摘
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A survey combined with life-cycle assessment quantified the carbon footprint of a publication.
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An average publication generated 5.44 kg CO2-equiv.
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Reading efficiency, reference quantity, and proportion of e-reading dominated the emissions.
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Substitution of desktops with laptops benefited the environment most in scenario analysis.
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Comparing the emissions from e-reading and p-reading is inadvisable due to time variation and behavioral uncertainty.