READ ME File For 'Dataset supporting the publication "NR: Carbon Calculation Data form Rev 3"'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3127

Date that the file was created: June, 2024

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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ReadMe Author: Tracey Najafpour Navaei, University of Southampton, ORCID ID 0000-0002-7348-5761

Date of data collection: Form Created May 2021


Related projects: Form created as part of University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis yet to be submitted entitled "Carbon Footprinting of Railway Embankments and Cuttings: Assessing Potential for Carbon Reduction and Carbon Offsetting to Reach Net Zero"


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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: CC BY


This dataset supports the publication:

AUTHORS:Tracey Najafpour Navaei, Simon Blainey, John Preston, William Powrie
TITLE: Carbon Footprinting of Railway Infrastructure: A Standardised, Consistent Data Collection Method
JOURNAL: Carbon Management
PAPER DOI IF KNOWN:10.1080/17583004.2024.2368839
 

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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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The dataset includes a form (.doc file): Novel Carbon Calculation Data collection form aligned to PAS2080 lifecycle stages. The form helps to collect data to enable creation of carbon footprint aligned to PAS2080 lifecycle stages. 
The form is being published in the article above as an exemplar. 


This dataset contains:

[NR Carbon Calculation Data Rev 3, A form created in Microsoft Word to allow for collation of data to create a baseline carbon footprint, aligned to PAS2080 lifecycle stages A1-5]




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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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Software- or Instrument-specific information needed to interpret the data, including software and hardware version numbers: Microsoft Word