Carbon Footprint Measurement and Calculation

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0180/01
Abbreviation	MUS
Course title	Carbon Footprint Measurement and Calculation
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to the protection of ŽP and basic terminology
2. History of the development of ŽP protection and selected legislative documents
3. Historical and legislative context of determining the carbon footprint
4. Basic terminology (carbon footprint of product and company) and starting points for its determination
5. Determination of the organization's carbon footprint according to the GHG protocol (scope 1 and scope 2)
6. Determination of the organization's carbon footprint according to the GHG protocol (Scope 3)
7. Determination of the carbon footprint according to ISO 14064 and its verification according to ISO 14067
8. Determination of the product's carbon footprint
9. Carbon footprint context and selection of appropriate emission factors
10. Introduction and presentation of the LCA method as a supporting tool for determining the carbon footprint
11. Follow-up process – carbon footprint reduction plan
12. Application of the carbon footprint in company management (application in practice, including examples)
13. Context of carbon footprint and ESG report (including audit)

E-learning

The university's electronic learning system Moodle (lms.vsb.cz) is used for communication beyond the framework of face-to-face training sessions. You can also communicate with the teacher by phone, e-mail or in the MS Teams online platform.

Literature

Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors [online]. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-conversion-factors-for-company-reporting
ISO 14064-2:2019 Greenhouse gases - Part 2: Specification with guidance at the project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal enhancements

Advised literature

IPCC. Climate change 2022: Mitigation of climate change. https:// www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGIII_ FullReport.pdf (2022).
Pandey, D., Agrawal, M. & Pandey, J. S. Carbon footprint: Current methods of estimation. Environ. Monit. Assess. 178, 135–160 (2011).
Matuštík, J. & Kočí, V. What is a footprint? A conceptual analysis of environmental footprint indicators. J. Cleaner Prod. 285, 124833 (2021).

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