Emission factors

Find the emission factors BuildingMinds uses to calculate the CO2 emissions in the following. For more information, on how carbon emissions are calculated, see Operational carbon emissions calculation.

Note

All decimal numbers in this section are displayed with a decimal point.

Electricity from grid (normal contract)

All emission factors are in kgCO2 e/kWh.

CRREM V1 values can be seen here:

electricity_emission_factors_CREMM_V1_2024-09-04

CRREM V2 values can be seen here:

electricity_emission_factors_CREMM_V2_2024-09-04

District heating

All emission factors are in kgCO2 e/kWh.
CRREM V1 values can be seen here:

heating_emission_factors_CREMM_V1_2024-09-04

CRREM V2 values can be seen here:

heating_emission_factors_CREMM_V2_2024-09-04

Natural gas and heating oil

0.202 kgCO2e/kWh (IPCC Emission Factor Database, “Natural gas”)

0.266 kgCO2e/kWh (IPCC Emission Factor Database, ‘Gas/Diesel oil‘).

Water

Type

Value

Unit

Water supply

0.344

kgCO2 e/m3

Water disposal

0.708

kgCO2 e/m3

Waste

Type

Value

Unit

Incineration: hazardous

21.294

gCO2 e/kg

Incineration: non-hazardous

21.294

gCO2 e/kg

Landfill: hazardous

8.902

gCO2 e/kg

Landfill: non-hazardous

467.046

gCO2 e/kg

Other/Unknown: hazardous

21.294

gCO2 e/kg

Other/Unknown: non-hazardous

21.294

gCO2 e/kg

Recycling: hazardous

21.294

gCO2 e/kg

Recycling: non-hazardous

21.294

gCO2 e/kg

Reuse: hazardous

21.294

gCO2 e/kg

Reuse: non-hazardous

21.294

gCO2 e/kg

Waste to energy: hazardous

21.294

gCO2 e/kg

Waste to energy: non-hazardous

21.294

gCO2 e/kg

Fugitive emissions

Type

Value

Unit

Bromomethane | Methyl bromide (CH3Br)

2

kgCO2 e/kg

Methane (CH4)

28

kgCO2 e/kg

Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3)

16100

kgCO2 e/kg

Nitrous oxide (N2O)

265

kgCO2 e/kg

R 114B2 | Halon-2402 | 1,2-Dibromotetrafluoroethane (C2Br2F4)

1470

kgCO2 e/kg

R-10 | Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)

1730

kgCO2 e/kg

R-11 | CFC-11 | Trichlorofluoromethane (CCI3F)

4660

kgCO2 e/kg

R-113 | CFC-113 | 1,1,2-Trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (C2CI3F3)

5820

kgCO2 e/kg

R-114 | CFC-114 | Halon-242 | 1,2-Dichlorotetrafluoroethane (C2Cl2F4)

8590

kgCO2 e/kg

R-115 | CFC-115 | Chloropentafluoroethane (C2ClF5)

7670

kgCO2 e/kg

R-12 | CFC-12 | Dichlorofluoromethane (CCI2F2)

10200

kgCO2 e/kg

R-123 | HCFC-123 | 2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (C2Cl2F3)

79

kgCO2 e/kg

R-124 | HCFC-124| 1-Chloro-1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (C2ClF4)

527

kgCO2 e/kg

R-125 | HFC-125 |

3170

kgCO2 e/kg

R-12B1 | Halon-1211 | Bromochlorodifluoromethane (CBrCIF2)

1750

kgCO2 e/kg

R-13 | CFC-13 | Chlorodifluoromethane (CCIF3)

13900

kgCO2 e/kg

R-134 | HFC-134 |

1120

kgCO2 e/kg

R-134a | HFC-134a |

1300

kgCO2 e/kg

R-140a | 1,1,1- Trichloroethane | Methyl chloroform (C2H3Cl3)

160

kgCO2 e/kg

R-141b | HCFC-141b |1,1,-Dichloro-1-1-fluoroethane (C2H3Cl2F)

782

kgCO2 e/kg

R-142b | HCFC-142b | 1-Chloro-1,1,-difluoroethane (C2ClF2)

1980

kgCO2 e/kg

R-143 | HFC-143 |

328

kgCO2 e/kg

R-143a | HFC-143a |

4800

kgCO2 e/kg

R-152 | HFC-152 |

16

kgCO2 e/kg

R-152a | HFC-152a |

138

kgCO2 e/kg

R-161 | HFC-161 |

4

kgCO2 e/kg

R-21 | HCFC-21 | Dichlorofluoromethane (CHCl2F)

148

kgCO2 e/kg

R-22 | HCFC-22 | Chlorodifluoromethane (CHClF2)

1760

kgCO2 e/kg

R-225ca | HCFC-225ca | 3.3-dichloro-1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (C3HCl2F5)

127

kgCO2 e/kg

R-225cb | HCFC-225cb | 1,3-Dichloro-1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane (C3HCl2F5)

525

kgCO2 e/kg

R-227ea | HFC-227ea |

3350

kgCO2 e/kg

R-23 | HFC-23 |

12400

kgCO2 e/kg

R-236cb | HFC-236cb |

1210

kgCO2 e/kg

R-236ea | HFC-236ea |

1330

kgCO2 e/kg

R-236fa | HFC-236fa |

8060

kgCO2 e/kg

R-245ca | HFC-245ca |

716

kgCO2 e/kg

R-245fa | HFC-245fa |

858

kgCO2 e/kg

R-32 | HFC-32 |

677

kgCO2 e/kg

R-365mfc | HFC-365mfc |

804

kgCO2 e/kg

R-41 | HFC-41 |

116

kgCO2 e/kg

R-43-10mee | HFC-43-10mee |

1650

kgCO2 e/kg

R13 B1 | Halon-1301 | Bromotrifluoromethane (CBrF3)

6290

kgCO2 e/kg

Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)

23500

kgCO2 e/kg