Investigation of Carbon Footprint on Campus - A Case Study of Tajen University

Autor: Tien Jen Lo, Chung Yi Chung, Yung Chuan Huang, Chang Ling Miaw, Chao Cheng Chung
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Advanced Materials Research. :1495-1499
ISSN: 1662-8985
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.962-965.1495
Popis: This study investigates and analysis the carbon dioxide emissions focus on student’s campus activities in the Tajen University during the school year. Survey queries includes commute distance, using means of transport, means of transport emissions, food consumption survey, the amount of waste, recycling and electricity consumption. The collected information was integrated into the carbon footprint calculation. This study investigated a total of 70 college students with 60 valid questionnaires in 85.7% recovery rate. Using descriptive statistics analysis quantitatively describing the students’ basic attributes and utilize analysis of variance to analyze the differences between students’ differences and their associated on carbon dioxide emissions. In this study, the result showed Tajen University students’ carbon footprint averaged 2.31±0.37 kg/person-day. Carbon footprint analysis results indicate that student age, grade, and gender difference between latent variables have different scenarios on carbon footprint model, such as, different genders no significant difference by measuring the carbon footprint, but of different ages and grade under test carbon footprint had a significant difference.
Databáze: OpenAIRE