Technology Audit and Technology Assessment

Question: Discuss about theTechnology Audit and Technology Assessment. Answer: Introduction The carbon emission is defined as the emission of carbon dioxide along with the other GHGs that are related to the burning of the fossil fuels, such as coal, crude oil and natural gas into the atmosphere. It has found to be harmful to the environment and the offsets of carbon can be purchased within an attempt to make up for the damaging effects (Stoel, Havelka Merhout, 2012). It has been found that Hong Kong stands in the first position regarding the high emission rate of carbon and GHGs. Therefore, it can be said that the Carbon emission should be controlled and reduced within the country China, as the increased carbon emission in the atmosphere leads to high rate of air pollution in the nation. Therefore, the aim of this report or project is to determine and implement some technologies that will help Hong Kong to become a zero carbon city in the year 2050 by bringing the carbon emission down to zero (Havelka Merhout, 2013). Moreover, the intention of this project is to draw a roadmap regarding the incorporation of the various technologies or a particular technology that will help the country China to overcome the issue of higher rate of carbon emission as well as air pollution. Before selection of the particular technology, the researcher would put focus on the level of satisfaction regarding the essential conditions to be maintained in the society about making Hong Kong as a Zero Carbon City. Thus, accurate sponsorship and leadership will be provided for completing the technology roadmap successfully (Mazza, Azzali Brooks, 2016). Lastly, the scope for the project as well as the limitations to the implementation of the technology road map along with its way to overcome them will also be discussed here. Conclusion Therefore, it can be concluded that there are various technologies by which a roadmap can be drawn in order to reduce the carbon emission to zero by the year 2050 and can make the city Hong Kong a zero carbon city. On the basis of the detailed analysis, it can be said that the country should follow the concept of process funnel that is should implement new strategy and should initiate for new product development, such that technology road mapping and business planning can be done simultaneously. Additionally, technology road mapping can be of two extremes, market pull and technology push. However, in this particular research, it has been found that the implementation of the Technology push would be the best option or validate roadmap for reducing the emission of carbon in Hong Kong in the year 2050 and will also help the government to make it a zero carbon city (Jenkins, Partin Wise, 2015). This particular technology can be implemented through a proper implementation plan and also b y focusing on the opportunities that people will gather from this. Additionally, after implementation of the particular technology, concerned authorities should review and monitor this and should also update the technology in order to provide better service to the society. Review the Report It can be said based on the detailed analysis that China has the highest rate of carbon emission and GHGs. The IPCC has a set of standard guidelines that helps to calculate the emission of GHGs in countries as this ensures the authority regarding consistency of the carbon emission. It has been found that Hong Kong as a sub-national Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of China, the particular region uses the method of IPCC for calculating local GHG emissions and reports the outcome to the Central Peoples Government (Hoen et al., 2014). The local inventories of Hong Kong involve the emissions from the industrial process, energy, agriculture, waste, other land uses and forestry excluding international marine transportation and aviation for avoiding double counting. The carbon emission rate of China can be better understood from the following graph: Figure 1: Data Comparisons of Selected Countries (Source: "Enb.gov.hk", 2016) Therefore, from this it can be said that China ranks first in this carbon emission rate and can be controlled or even reduced by implementing proper technology roadmap that is Technology Push (Vahdani Rezaei, 2015). The GHG emission rates for Hong Kong can be better understood from the following trends of the years 1990 till 2012. Figure 2: GHG Emission Trends (Source: "Enb.gov.hk", 2016) From the above graph, it can be said that for long twenty three years, the rate of carbon emission increased continuously in Hong Kong. Moreover, the rate decreased relatively during the years 1994 till 2002 (Titera, 2013). However, it again increased continuously till the year 2012. Therefore, Hong Kong should implement the technology roadway Technology Push for reducing the carbon emission to zero in the year 2050 and also to make Hong Kong a zero carbon city. References Enb.gov.hk. (2016).Enb.gov.hk. Retrieved 28 November 2016, from https://www.enb.gov.hk/sites/default/files/pdf/ClimateChangeEng.pdf Havelka, D., Merhout, J. W. (2013). Internal information technology audit process quality: Theory development using structured group processes.International Journal of Accounting Information Systems,14(3), 165-192. Hoen, K. M. R., Tan, T., Fransoo, J. C., Van Houtum, G. J. (2014). 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