Emission factor

An emission factors is a coefficient representing the amount of emissions per unit of activity, eg 0.354kgCO₂/USD.

The source property describes what database the emission factor has been ingested from.

Endpoints

GET

 /emission-factors

GET

 /emission-factors/regions

The Emission factor object

idstringrequired

The emission factor unique identifier

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namestringrequired

The emission factor name

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sourceenumrequired

Enum:

• epa
• exiobase
• ecoinvent
• beis
• lune
• glec
• emsa

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source_versionstringrequired

Source version of the emission factor.

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publication_yearnumberrequired

Publication year of the emission factor

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numerator_unitenumrequired

Unit, t for tonne, kg for kilogram, g for gram

Enum:

• g
• kg
• t

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One of

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created_atstringdate-timerequired

Date of creation of the emission factor

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regionstringrequired

The name of the region that the emission factor covers.

EmissionFactor

{
  "id": "ljmkOq7vXd238gAE9WALWQ8ZGVD5ExNz",
  "name": "Steel Pipe",
  "source": "exiobase",
  "source_version": "1.0",
  "publication_year": 2021,
  "numerator_unit": "t",
  "denominator_unit": "GBP",
  "created_at": "2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "region": "region"
}