About GHG Protocol
The GHG Protocol is the de-facto standard-setting organisation for greenhouse-gas accounting. As well as producing guidance on estimating and categorising emissions, it also provides a set of the most commonly-used emission factors including energy consumption, transportation, waste management, and industrial processes.
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GHG Emission Calculation Tool
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| Description | The GHG Protocol is the de-facto standard-setting organisation for greenhouse-gas accounting. As well as producing guidance on estimating and categorising emissions, it also provides a set of the most commonly-used emission factors including energy consumption, transportation, waste management, and industrial processes. |
| Source type | Non-profit Organisation |
| Original dataset URL | URL |
| Year released | 2021 |
| Geography | Multiple regions |
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| Type of data | Activity-based |
| Emission results | CO2e - CO2 - CH4 - N2O |
| Data Transformation | The source reports emissions in gCO2e/kWh, which have been converted to kgCO2e/kWh to ensure consistency. |
License
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| Type of license | All material in this tool is provided by third parties. Please see the source information in the description for each emission factor. |
| License URL | URL |
Data quality
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| Data quality assurance | Vetted by Climatiq |
| Quality flag(s) | This dataset has been deprecated because multiple emission factors failed to meet our data validation standards. To maintain consistency with the original source, we are still including them for the sake of completeness. |
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