A Study of Carbon Footprint in an Educational Institution in India

This Study paper focuses on carbon emissions of Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore in India. The study estimated the carbon emission of the institution campus for the period from January 2018 to December 2019. Direct, indirect and other indirect emissions of carbon were considered for the study. A detailed and extensive consumption-based carbon footprint of the campus was evaluated. It is estimated that the majority of Carbon emission is from other indirect methods of emission i.e. imported electricity which contributes around 27.89% of carbon.