Potential carbon sequestration at Malmö Airport by use of extensive green roof.
(2018) MVEK02 20172Studies in Environmental Science
- Abstract
- Huge amounts of greenhouse gases continuously released into the atmosphere is of
large global concern. Carbon dioxide makes up a large part of released greenhouse
gases. Especially the aircraft industry, which is experiencing a steady annual
increase as air travel grows in popularity. This business sees 72% of all its
combustion products in aircraft exhausts to be carbon dioxide. Swedavia, a company
striving to be a leader in sustainable airports has therefore set a neutral carbon
dioxide goal regarding their own activities by the end of 2020. Swedavia therefore
intends to sequester as much carbon as they release from their vehicles and backup
diesel engines, minus work/related travelling. This paper investigates possibilities
of... (More) - Huge amounts of greenhouse gases continuously released into the atmosphere is of
large global concern. Carbon dioxide makes up a large part of released greenhouse
gases. Especially the aircraft industry, which is experiencing a steady annual
increase as air travel grows in popularity. This business sees 72% of all its
combustion products in aircraft exhausts to be carbon dioxide. Swedavia, a company
striving to be a leader in sustainable airports has therefore set a neutral carbon
dioxide goal regarding their own activities by the end of 2020. Swedavia therefore
intends to sequester as much carbon as they release from their vehicles and backup
diesel engines, minus work/related travelling. This paper investigates possibilities
of using an extensive green roof at Malmö Airport to reduce carbon emission to
neutral for all major sources related to airport activity, not just Swedavia’s own
emissions. Conclusion on project feasibility are based on previous carbon
sequestration research, CO₂ emissions of Malmö Airport and roofed area available
for an extensive green roof installation. By using the amount of carbon capable of
being sequestered per m2 of extensive green roofs, it was possible to calculate a
total area of green roof which would need to be installed at Malmö Airport. Results
proved to be impossible to apply practically and using solely green roofs to reach
carbon neutrality by the end of 2020 is therefore not feasible. (Less) - Popular Abstract
- Huge amounts of greenhouse gases continuously released into the atmosphere is of
large global concern. Carbon dioxide makes up a large part of released greenhouse
gases. Especially the aircraft industry, which is experiencing a steady annual
increase as air travel grows in popularity. This business sees 72% of all its
combustion products in aircraft exhausts to be carbon dioxide. Swedavia, a company
striving to be a leader in sustainable airports has therefore set a neutral carbon
dioxide goal regarding their own activities by the end of 2020. Swedavia therefore
intends to sequester as much carbon as they release from their vehicles and backup
diesel engines, minus work/related travelling. This paper investigates possibilities
of... (More) - Huge amounts of greenhouse gases continuously released into the atmosphere is of
large global concern. Carbon dioxide makes up a large part of released greenhouse
gases. Especially the aircraft industry, which is experiencing a steady annual
increase as air travel grows in popularity. This business sees 72% of all its
combustion products in aircraft exhausts to be carbon dioxide. Swedavia, a company
striving to be a leader in sustainable airports has therefore set a neutral carbon
dioxide goal regarding their own activities by the end of 2020. Swedavia therefore
intends to sequester as much carbon as they release from their vehicles and backup
diesel engines, minus work/related travelling. This paper investigates possibilities
of using an extensive green roof at Malmö Airport to reduce carbon emission to
neutral for all major sources related to airport activity, not just Swedavia’s own
emissions. Conclusion on project feasibility are based on previous carbon
sequestration research, CO₂ emissions of Malmö Airport and roofed area available
for an extensive green roof installation. By using the amount of carbon capable of
being sequestered per m2 of extensive green roofs, it was possible to calculate a
total area of green roof which would need to be installed at Malmö Airport. Results
proved to be impossible to apply practically and using solely green roofs to reach
carbon neutrality by the end of 2020 is therefore not feasible. (Less)
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- author
- Karlsson Faudot, Élise LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MVEK02 20172
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Extensive green roofs Carbon Sequestration Carbon Dioxide Airport
- language
- English
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- 8936417
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abstract = {{Huge amounts of greenhouse gases continuously released into the atmosphere is of
large global concern. Carbon dioxide makes up a large part of released greenhouse
gases. Especially the aircraft industry, which is experiencing a steady annual
increase as air travel grows in popularity. This business sees 72% of all its
combustion products in aircraft exhausts to be carbon dioxide. Swedavia, a company
striving to be a leader in sustainable airports has therefore set a neutral carbon
dioxide goal regarding their own activities by the end of 2020. Swedavia therefore
intends to sequester as much carbon as they release from their vehicles and backup
diesel engines, minus work/related travelling. This paper investigates possibilities
of using an extensive green roof at Malmö Airport to reduce carbon emission to
neutral for all major sources related to airport activity, not just Swedavia’s own
emissions. Conclusion on project feasibility are based on previous carbon
sequestration research, CO₂ emissions of Malmö Airport and roofed area available
for an extensive green roof installation. By using the amount of carbon capable of
being sequestered per m2 of extensive green roofs, it was possible to calculate a
total area of green roof which would need to be installed at Malmö Airport. Results
proved to be impossible to apply practically and using solely green roofs to reach
carbon neutrality by the end of 2020 is therefore not feasible.}},
author = {{Karlsson Faudot, Élise}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Potential carbon sequestration at Malmö Airport by use of extensive green roof.}},
year = {{2018}},
}