An Assessment of Green House Gas (GHG) Saving Potential of Transport Related Operations: A Case Study at  Brandix Lingerie (Pvt) Ltd, Wathupitiwala

Liyanage, L. D. P; Wahala, W. M. P. S. B; Wellagiriya, R

dc.contributor.author	Liyanage, L. D. P
dc.contributor.author	Wahala, W. M. P. S. B
dc.contributor.author	Wellagiriya, R
dc.date.accessioned	2021-01-12T08:56:05Z
dc.date.available	2021-01-12T08:56:05Z
dc.date.issued	2016-10-10
dc.identifier.isbn	978-955-644-051
dc.identifier.uri	http://repo.lib.sab.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1312
dc.description.abstract	The global warming caused by the Green House Gas (GHG) is a hot topic in recent year in the world. Transportation activities generate GHG and contribute to the global warming. This assessment was conducted to calculate the total GHG accumulation from transport related operations at Brandix Lingerie (Pvt) Ltd, Wathupitiwala for the year of 2015. The employee transport network was mapped using Google earth program to estimate passenger kilometers between each get – in and get-down locations. Upstream and downstream goods transportation was mapped to estimate ton – kilometers of goods transportation using existing transport management data. Transport related GHG emission was calculated using internationally recognized fuel based emission factors and tone kilometer based emission factors where applicable. The findings indicate that the amount of organizational GHG emission of transportation was 609.04 tons CO2e per year. Worker transportation has contributed 47.26% to total GHG emission and it was 287.85 tons CO2e. Business purposes transportation covered 14.96% and it was about 91.12 tons of GHG emission. The upstream transportation (external vehicles that come to stores) contributes 178.37 tons of CO2e emissions and it was estimated as 29.29% from total GHG emission in 2015. The downstream transportation (shipments) contributes the 51.7 tons CO2e and it is estimated as 8.49% from total. Per product GHG emission from worker transportation was 0.0129 KgCO2e, business purposes transportation was 0.0041 kgCO2e. The upstream transportation Key Performance Index (KPI) was estimated as 0.0080 KgCO2e and per product GHG emission of downstream transportation was estimated as 0.0023 KgCO2e for the year 2015.Estimated GHG saving potential with improved Transport Demand Management system (TDM) is 89.71 tons CO2e. Keywords: GHG Emission; Upstream and Downstream Transportation; KPI	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Belihuloya, Faculty of Management Studies, Sabaragamuwa university of Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.subject	GHG Emission	en_US
dc.subject	Upstream and Downstream Transportation	en_US
dc.subject	KPI	en_US
dc.title	An Assessment of Green House Gas (GHG) Saving Potential of Transport Related Operations: A Case Study at Brandix Lingerie (Pvt) Ltd, Wathupitiwala	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US