PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ma, Qinyi
AU  - Sun, Qingchao
AU  - Liu, Yanqiu
AU  - Wang, Yajun
AU  - Zhou, Maojun
TI  - A Method of Carbon Footprint Calculation for the Product Life Cycle
DP  - 2014 Dec 1
TA  - Manufacturing Technology Journal
PG  - 566--572
VI  - 14
IP  - 4
AID - 10.21062/ujep/x.2014/a/1213-2489/MT/14/4/566
IS  - 12132489
AB  - This paper proposes a concept model for product life cycle to present the characteristics of material flow, energy flow and waste flow in a manufacture system. Furthermore, two energy consumption calculation methods are provided according to the different components of the manufacture system, one is e-p method based on the processes of the system, and the other is e-f/s method based on the functions and statuses of the system. Then a carbon footprint calculation method is proposed on the basis of the characteristics of material flow, energy flow and waste flow in a manufacture system, and the energy consumption calculation above. Input-output analysis is carried out to establish the carbon emission calculation information table.