8Carbon—Quantifying and ReducingYour Carbon Footprint
In the near future, enterprises of all sizes will need to consider and address their carbon footprints—the amount of carbon dioxide that they produce. This chapter provides a short explanation of the greenhouse warming effect and indicates how upcoming regulations are likely to affect corporations. Then you’ll learn how to determine what your carbon footprint is and how to reduce it cost-effectively.
The Greenhouse Warming Effect
The glass roof of a greenhouse allows visible light to travel through, where it is absorbed and becomes heat (infrared), but the glass does not transmit infrared heat, so the heat stays trapped in the greenhouse. Carbon dioxide and certain other gases in the earth’s ...
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