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.
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.
District heating
All emission factors are in kgCO2 e/kWh.
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 |