pledge4future / co2calculator

Python package to calculate work related CO2 emissions from heating and electricity consumption as well as business trips and commuting.
https://pledge4future.github.io/co2calculator/
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Compare heating emission factors of the different data providers for the categories below #150

Closed veitu closed 1 year ago

veitu commented 1 year ago

Gaseous fuels - Natural gas (with/without a share of biogas?) → git issue #149 Gaseous fuels - LPG Biomass Fuels - Wood Biomass Fuels - Biogas Coal (domestic) Heating oil (kerosene) District heating (table or each district heating network?) → git issue #148

data providers: Favorite so far: UK conversion factors USA conversion factors GHG protocol conversion factors

Emission factors of UK conversion factors and USA conversion factors are similar for the fossil fuels. But BIG DIFFERENCES for the biomass fuels!!! The USA conversion factors only take the combustion into account, while the UK conversion factors also take into account that the biomass sequestered carbon while it was growing and is basically carbon neutral (only N2O and CH4 emissions remain). Therefore we will use UK Conversion factors for heating!

Find the comparison of the heating emission factors here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KH82gWBSwIp8lzr_bTzuVIQqD_JC6medgEReYvGpQp8/edit#gid=0