120 resultaten gevonden voor 'carbon cycle'

carbon cycle

biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged amongst the biosphere, pedosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the earth

carbon credit

tradable certificate or permit that represents the right to emit a specified amount of greenhouse gases (3.6.15)

carbon metric

sum of annual greenhouse gas emissions (3.6.16) and removals, expressed as CO2 equivalents, associated with the use stage of a construction works

carbon offsetting

mechanism for compensating for all or for a part of the carbon footprint of a product (3.11.1) or the partial carbon footprint of a product (3.11.2) through the prevention of the release (3.5.19) of, reduction in, or removal of an amount of greenhouse gas emissions (3.9.8) in a process (3.1.9) outside the product system (3.5.1) under study

cycle

restoring products, components and materials to an earlier stage of the lifespan

carbon tax

environmental tax on emissions of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases (3.6.15)

bio-based carbon biogenic carbon

carbon derived from biomass