Energy intensive and trade exposed (EITE) Portland cement manufacturing sector : developing policy and supporting mechanisms to minimize emissions leakage
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Engineering, School of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Brown, Darren
issued: 2017-06-28T22:50:31Z
issued: 2017
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Government intervention to limit and reduce nocuous air emissions from industrial applications focuses on protecting human health and the environment. Unfortunately, energy intensive and trade exposed (EITE) industries in developed countries are susceptible to competitive pressures with their counterparts in jurisdictions that have relaxed compliance requirements, such as emerging markets. Along with the loss of production to the emerging market, the associated air emissions are also displaced. The goal of this research is to develop policy and supporting mechanisms to minimize the leakage of air emissions from trade. The main objectives carried out to support this goal included: identifying a surrogate EITE industry and establishing a baseline air emissions inventory; comparing the environmental performance of the surrogate in the developed and emerging market; and, evaluating policy options and supporting mechanisms. As an EITE industry the Portland cement manufacturing sector was identified as the industrial surrogate. Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) methodology was applied to the cement manufacturing sectors in China and Canada for comparative purposes. Nocuous air emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SO₂), particulate matter (PM) and carbon monoxide (CO) were evaluated in terms of intensity per tonne of Portland cement, and, in respect of their contribution to winter smog. In terms of impact to human respiratory health, using Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), Portland cement produced in China had more than twice the impact of cement produced in Canada. Using the example of cement exported from China, policy options were devised to manage emissions leakage from Canada. These policy options investigated combinations of open, restricted and closed borders with direct, partial, and no support for domestic manufacturers. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in conjunction with the three actionable solidarities of Cultural Theory was applied.…
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note: i ENERGY INTENSIVE AND TRADE EXPOSED (EITE) PORTLAND CEMENT MANUFACTURING SECTOR: DEVELOPING POLICY AND SUPPORTING MECHANISMS TO MINIMIZE EMISSIONS LEAKAGE by Darren Brown B.Sc., Simon Fraser University, 1999 M.Sc., Royal Roads University, 2009 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Civil Engineering) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) June 2017 © Darren Brown, 2017 ii The College of Graduate Studies The undersigned certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis entitled: ENERGY INTENSIVE AND TRADE EXPOSED (EITE) PORTLAND CEMENT MANUFACTURING SECTOR: DEVELOPING POLICY AND SUPPORTING MECHANISMS TO MINIMIZE EMISSIONS LEAKAGE submitted by Darren Brown in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering. Dr. Rehan Sadiq, Faculty of Applied Science, School of Engineering, UBC (Okanagan) Supervisor, Professor Dr. Kasun Hewage, Faculty of Applied Science, School of Engineering, UBC (Okanagan) Supervisory Committee Member, Professor Dr. Shahria Alam, Faculty of Applied Science, School of Engineering, UBC (Okanagan) Supervisory Committee Member, Professor Dr. Eric Li, Faculty of Management, UBC (Okanagan) University Examiner, Professor Dr. Leonard Lye, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University External Examiner, Professor June 28, 2017 Date Submitted to Graduate Studies iii Abstract Government intervention to limit and reduce nocuous air emissions from industrial applications focuses on protecting human health and the environment. Unfortunately, energy intensive and trade exposed (EITE) industries in developed countries are susceptible to competitive pressures with their counterparts in jurisdictions that have relaxed compliance requirements, such as emerging markets. Along with the loss of production to the emerging market, the associated ai…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2017-09
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0348669
language: eng
degree discipline: Civil Engineering
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/62118