Application of Data Quality Indicator of Carbon Footprint and Water Footprint

作者：Kuo Tsai Chi^*; Huang Miao Ling; Hsu Chia Wei; Lin Chiuhsiang Joe; Hsieh Chih Chun; Chu Chih Hsing

来源：International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing - Green Technology, 2015, 2(1): 43-50.

DOI：10.1007/s40684-015-0006-y

• Carbon footprint
• Water footprint
• Data quality indicator
• Life cycle design

To mitigate the impact of global warming on the environment, many governments, non-profit organizations, and enterprises have formulated relevant standards to assist enterprises in promoting carbon management, and to encourage the design and popularization of low-carbon products. These standards include: PAS 2050, ISO/TS 14067 and so on. Under these initiatives, enterprises try to disclose the carbon and water footprints of the products based on the life cycle. Some enterprises argue and debate that there exists uncertainty of the footprints calculation since the data collection is not systematically. To solve this problem, in this research, the calculation of carbon footprint and water footprint are evaluated with the data quality indicator (DQI) management system. The collected data is evaluated based on the footprint calculation methods. Also the pedigree matrix is constructed as an aide to solve the data uncertainty that included reliability, completeness, times, geography, and technologies differences. Through the DQI, the carbon footprint and water footprint are not only calculated simultaneously, but also correctly. The results could be the reference for products' environmental improvement.

• 出版日期2015-1
• 单位中央民族大学; 清华大学