Greenhouse Gas Management

Dr. Sunil Hangal is a Principal at ECAM, which is an environmental consulting company based in New Jersey. Dr. Hangal obtained his Ph.D. in Environmental Hygiene Science and Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and also has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Mysore, India. He has over twenty years experience in environmental consulting with specialization in air quality. He has been very active in providing GHG management assistance to industrial companies as well as developing sustainability program. He has also performed GHG verification for SGS Certification Services. He has been a speaker at national conferences on the topic of GHG emissions based on his experience in determination of accurate and verifiable GHG emissions for various sources.

INTRODUCTION

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES
Greenhouse Effect
Greenhouse Gases
Global Warming Potential
Greenhouse Gas Sources
Direct and In-Direct GHG Emissions

REGULATORY AND VOLUNTARY DRIVERS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Regulatory Drivers
Voluntary Drivers

PLANNING FOR DETERMINATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Geographic Boundaries
Organizational Boundaries
Operational Boundaries or Greenhouse Gas Emission Sources

DETERMINATION OF ACCURATE AND VERIFIABLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Direct Measurement of Greenhouse Gases
Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Data Quality and Accuracy

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REPORTING AND VERIFICATION
GHG Reporting Requirements
GHG Reporting Basic Principles
Baseline Studiy
Preparation for Third Party Verification

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Mitigation
Offsets

CARBON FOOT PRINTING

CONCLUSIONS