Germany

Global

Carbon dioxide (CO2)

R-134a / HFC-134a (1.1.1.2-tetrafluoroethane)

R-32 / HFC-32 (difluoromethane)

R-404A / HFC-404A

Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas covered by the Kyoto Protocol and included within scope of an inventory prepared under GHG Protocol. This should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or other release to the atmosphere. Retrieved from the 2024 GHG Emission Factors Hub (xlsx) file published by the US EPA at the source URL.

Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas covered by the Kyoto Protocol and included within scope of an inventory prepared under GHG Protocol. This should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or other release to the atmosphere. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2021: flat file published by the UK Government at the source URL.

Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas covered by the Kyoto Protocol and included within scope of an inventory prepared under GHG Protocol. This should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or other release to the atmosphere. Retrieved from the Global Logistics Emissions Council Framework for Logistics Emissions Accounting and Reporting (2019).

Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas covered by the Kyoto Protocol and included within scope of an inventory prepared under GHG Protocol. This should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or other release to the atmosphere. Retrieved from the excel file CO2 Emissiefactoren 2024 providing a Dutch standard list of CO2 emission factors. For additional information on this emission factor please see: https://co2emissiefactoren.nl/factoren/2024/23/47/koudemiddelen-overige-koudemiddelen-r744-co2/

Emission intensity of carbon dioxide (R744). Includes emissions from LCA module D. This emission factor is valid until 2026. Retrieved from the CSV file OEKOBAUDAT 2024-I in the source URL. For additional information on the application and interpretation of this emission factor please refer to the link: https://www.oekobaudat.de/OEKOBAU.DAT/resource/processes/a3763da5-91b7-4dc9-b150-be14df009c83?version=20.24.070

Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas covered by the Kyoto Protocol and included within scope of an inventory prepared under GHG Protocol. This should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or other release to the atmosphere. Retrieved from the IPCC Global Warming Potential Values (pdf) file published by GHG Protocol at the source URL.

Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas covered by the Kyoto Protocol and included within scope of an inventory prepared under GHG Protocol. This should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or other release to the atmosphere. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2023: flat file published by the UK Government at the source URL.

Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas covered by the Kyoto Protocol and included within scope of an inventory prepared under GHG Protocol. This should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or other release to the atmosphere. Retrieved from the EPA's GHG Emission Factors Hub (xlsx).

Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas covered by the Kyoto Protocol and included within scope of an inventory prepared under GHG Protocol. This should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or other release to the atmosphere. Retrieved from Singapore Emission Factors Registry (SEFR) database. The primary data source is National Environment Agency (NEA) Singapore.

Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas covered by the Kyoto Protocol and included within scope of an inventory prepared under GHG Protocol. This should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or other release to the atmosphere. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2022: flat file published by the UK Government at the source URL.

Includes emissions from LCA module B1 - this is not the same as the GWP of the gas for fugitive gas releases. This emission factor is valid until 2026. Retrieved from the CSV file OEKOBAUDAT 2024-I in the source URL. For details see: https://www.oekobaudat.de/OEKOBAU.DAT/resource/processes/a3763da5-91b7-4dc9-b150-be14df009c83?version=20.24.070

Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas covered by the Kyoto Protocol and included within scope of an inventory prepared under GHG Protocol. This should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or other release to the atmosphere.  Data quality flag: methodology - This dataset has been deprecated by the source

Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas covered by the Kyoto Protocol and included within scope of an inventory prepared under GHG Protocol. This should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or other release to the atmosphere. Retrieved from the 2025 GHG Emission Factors Hub (xlsx) file published by the US EPA at the source URL.

Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas covered by the Kyoto Protocol and included within scope of an inventory prepared under GHG Protocol. This should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or other release to the atmosphere. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2024: flat file published by the UK Government at the source URL.

Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas covered by the Kyoto Protocol and included within scope of an inventory prepared under GHG Protocol. This should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or other release to the atmosphere. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2025: flat file published by the UK Government at the source URL.

Global Warming Potential (GWP) of a greenhouse gas covered by the Kyoto Protocol and included within scope of an inventory prepared under GHG Protocol. This should be used to report leakage from air-conditioning refrigeration units or other release to the atmosphere. Retrieved from the file Informationsblatt CO2-Faktoren v3.3 in the source URL. Data quality flag: methodology - The source does not specify the IPCC AR version of GWPs used to calculate CO2e.

Emission intensity of carbon dioxide (R744). Includes emissions from LCA module A1-A3. This emission factor is valid until 2026. Retrieved from the CSV file OEKOBAUDAT 2024-I in the source URL. For additional information on the application and interpretation of this emission factor please refer to the link: https://www.oekobaudat.de/OEKOBAU.DAT/resource/processes/a3763da5-91b7-4dc9-b150-be14df009c83?version=20.24.070

Property	Value
Name	Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Sector	Refrigerants and Fugitive Gases
Category	Refrigerants and Fugitive Gases
Source	Bafa, BEIS, CO2 Emissiefactoren, EPA, GHG Protocol, GLEC, OEKOBAUDAT, SEFR
Region	Germany (DE), Global (GLOBAL)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	2007 2014 2021
LCA Activity	fugitive_release, production, recycling, use_phase

Carbon dioxide (CO2)

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Refrigerants and Fugitive Gases Emission Factors

R-134a / HFC-134a (1.1.1.2-tetrafluoroethane)

R-32 / HFC-32 (difluoromethane)

R-404A / HFC-404A

Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	EPA	2014	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	BEIS	2007	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	GLEC	2007	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	CO2 Emissiefactoren	2014	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Germany	OEKOBAUDAT	2014	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	GHG Protocol	2021	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	BEIS	2014	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	EPA	2007	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	SEFR	2014	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	BEIS	2007	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	EPA	2007	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Germany	OEKOBAUDAT	2014	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	GHG Protocol	2007	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	EPA	2007	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	EPA	2014	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	BEIS	2014	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	BEIS	2014	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Global	Bafa	2007	Weight
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	Germany	OEKOBAUDAT	2014	Weight