{"id":24836,"date":"2024-02-20T07:46:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T06:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/?p=24836"},"modified":"2024-02-20T07:46:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T06:46:55","slug":"understanding-emission-factors-for-carbon-footprint-calculations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/2024\/02\/20\/understanding-emission-factors-for-carbon-footprint-calculations\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding emission factors for carbon footprint calculations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emission factors form the core of carbon footprint calculations. Multiplying these by the activity variable \u2013 any emission-generating activity \u2013 results in a carbon footprint. But where can you find suitable emission factors? And why are there so many choices for the same products? Let&#039;s dive deeper into it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Heading   h5\"><span>What is an emission factor?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The emission factor is the amount of selected emissions in proportion to the determined amount. The chosen emission is often the unit of measurement for all greenhouse gases, the equivalent of carbon dioxide, where the quantity represents the amount of product or service used. The emission factor thus indicates the amount of emissions released into the atmosphere during a specific activity. Its unit can be e.g.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Food: kg CO2e\/kg<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Electricity: g CO2e\/kWh<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Financial transactions: kg CO2e\/eur<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Fuels: t CO2e\/TJ<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(<em>Emma Valliov\u00e1, more at <a href=\"https:\/\/biocode.io\/emission-factors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">biocode.io<\/span><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emission factors form the core of carbon footprint calculations. Multiplying them by an activity variable \u2013 any activity that generates emissions \u2013 results in a carbon footprint. But where can you find suitable emission factors? And why are there so many options for choosing the same products? Let\u2019s dive deeper. What is an emission factor? An emission factor is the amount of selected emissions relative to [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uhlikova-stopa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}