An important step in confronting climate change is assessing greenhouse gas emissions from everyday objects. Collaborating with the Science Shop, our team analyzed emissions associated with foods at the City Hall and Annex cafeterias in the Danish municipality of Lyngby-Taarbaek. Using life cycle assessment, we estimated emissions at 7.29 and 5.67 kgCO2-eq/kg from the City Hall and Annex cafeterias, respectively. Analyzing ten recipes, we found an average 35.7% fewer emissions per unit mass from 'heart healthy' over traditional Danish recipes.

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Creator

• Barnett, Kenneth J.
• Eggiman, Derek Jon
• Sawyer, Jesse Oliver

Subject

• Health
• Sustainability
• Well-Being
• Environment
• Food

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-043008-213650

Keyword

• Sustainable development--Environmental aspects
• Sustainability
• Climate change mitigation
• Greenhouse gases

Award

• President's IQP Award

Advisor

• Christopher, Peter R.

Year

• 2008

Center

• Copenhagen, Denmark Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Science Shop at the Technical Univesrity of Denmark (DTU)

Date created

• 2008-04-30

Location

• Copenhagen

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-18