United Kingdom

Global

United States of America (the)

Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)

R408A

Singapore

HFC-125

HFC-134

Emission intensity for Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). Emissions including only Kyoto products. This conversion factor should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or the release to the atmosphere of other gases that have global warming potential (GWP). Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2021: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). Emissions including only Kyoto products. This conversion factor should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or the release to the atmosphere of other gases that have global warming potential (GWP). Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2022: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). Emissions including only Kyoto products. This conversion factor should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or the release to the atmosphere of other gases that have global warming potential (GWP). Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2023: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). Emissions including only Kyoto products. This conversion factor should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or the release to the atmosphere of other gases that have global warming potential (GWP). Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2024: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for sulfur hexafluoride. This conversion factor should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or the release to the atmosphere of other gases that have global warming potential (GWP). The primary sources are IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) and IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). NOTE: This dataset has been deprecated by the source.

Emission intensity of gas specified in 100-year GWPs from IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) 2021. Retrieved from the IPCC Global Warming Potential Values (pdf) file published by GHG Protocol at the source URL.

Emission intensity of gas specified in 100-year GWPs from IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) 2007. Retrieved from the EPA's GHG Emission Factors Hub (xlsx).

Emission intensity of gas specified in 100-year GWPs from IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) 2013. Retrieved from the 2024 GHG Emission Factors Hub (xlsx) file published by the US EPA at the source URL.

Emission intensity of gas specified in 100-year GWPs from IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) 2013. Retrieved from the 2025 GHG Emission Factors Hub (xlsx) file published by the US EPA at the source URL.

Property	Value
Name	SF6 And 2 Other Names SF6 Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)
Sector	Refrigerants and Fugitive Gases
Category	Refrigerants and Fugitive Gases
Source	BEIS, EPA, GHG Protocol
Region	United Kingdom (GB), Global (GLOBAL), United States of America (the) (US)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	2025 to 2021
LCA Activity	fugitive_release, unknown

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Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2021	Weight
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2022	Weight
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2023	Weight
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2024	Weight
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	GHG Protocol	2021	Weight
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	GHG Protocol	2024	Weight
SF6	United States of America (the)	EPA	2021	Weight
SF6	United States of America (the)	EPA	2022	Weight
SF6	United States of America (the)	EPA	2023	Weight
SF6	United States of America (the)	EPA	2024	Weight
SF6	United States of America (the)	EPA	2025	Weight