ABSTRACT

This chapter presents a carbon footprint (CF) study into a small café-restaurant in Kyoto City, Japan. Commercial businesses, and particularly in multi-product systems such as the retail food sector, are of significant interest from the perspective of CF studies because they offer multiple perspectives

17.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 369 17.1.1 Background of the Study Target ............................................................................... 370 17.1.2 Notes on the Educational Process............................................................................. 370 17.1.3 Literature Review ..................................................................................................... 371

17.2 Methodology ......................................................................................................................... 372 17.2.1 Scoping ..................................................................................................................... 372

17.2.1.1 Functional Unit .......................................................................................... 373 17.2.1.2 System Boundaries .................................................................................... 373

17.2.2 Data Collection ......................................................................................................... 374 17.2.2.1 Initial Data Collection Plan ....................................................................... 374

17.2.3 Inventory ................................................................................................................... 376 17.3 Results ................................................................................................................................... 378

17.3.1 Product-Based CF ..................................................................................................... 378 17.3.2 Business-Based CF ...................................................................................................380