Comparison of ships' environmental footprint

• Main Authors: Hänninen, Saara, Sassi, Jukka
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: China Ship Scientific Research Centre (CSSRC) 2011
• Subjects: Environmental footprint; air emissions; marine fuels; ship; life cycle assessment; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy; SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production; SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water; SDG 14 - Life Below Water; Arctic; Norway
• Online Access: https://cris.vtt.fi/en/publications/9afbd538-1726-4d9b-a91c-9a39d48761b5

This paper describes an environmental footprint calculation method developed in a three-year R&D project "Construction and intervention vessels for Arctic oil and gas operations", funded by the Research Council of Norway. This paper shortly describes what matters should be considered when evaluating the environmental footprint of ships. As the project was a vessel design project, the effort was put on the operational phase of ship's life cycle and on the emissions to air related to energy consumption in particular. Also emissions to water are shortly discussed.