Patent №
US 9,524,463
Granted
2016-12-20
Filed 2013
Owner
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Lab
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AI components
4
kr · planning · evo · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13578297
Methods and systems for automating carbon footprinting are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods include a plurality of steps. In some embodiments, related to predetermined resources associated with an item from predetermined data sources is obtained. Then, estimated emission factors are calculated for each of the resourced. Next, a contributory uncertainty of the data and of the emission factors is determined. Then, a user is guided based on a comparison of the respective contributory uncertainty of data related to the resources or emission factors Next, both data related to the resources and the estimated emission factors of the resources are utilized to determine a carbon footprint of the item.
AI classification
Ownership
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
assignment · 300470540
Assignors
MEINRENKEN, CHRISTOPH JOHANNES, LACKNER, KLAUS S.
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