Global

Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)

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Carbon dioxide (CO2)

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

R-32 / HFC-32 (difluoromethane)

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. CAS number: 2551-62-4. 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. CAS number: 2551-62-4. 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. CAS number: 2551-62-4. 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. CAS number: 2551-62-4. 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. CAS number: 2551-62-4. 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. CAS number: 2551-62-4. 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. CAS number: 2551-62-4. 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. CAS number: 2551-62-4. 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/2024/17/29/overige-emissies-zwavel-hexafluoride-sf6/

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. CAS number: 2551-62-4. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2022: 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. CAS number: 2551-62-4. 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. CAS number: 2551-62-4.  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. CAS number: 2551-62-4. Retrieved from the IPCC Global Warming Potential Values (pdf) file published by GHG Protocol at the source URL.

Property	Value
Name	Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)
Sector	Refrigerants and Fugitive Gases
Category	Refrigerants and Fugitive Gases
Source	BEIS, CO2 Emissiefactoren, EPA, GHG Protocol, SEFR
Region	Global (GLOBAL)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	2007 2014 2021
LCA Activity	fugitive_release

Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)

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Refrigerants and Fugitive Gases Emission Factors

Carbon dioxide (CO2)

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

R-32 / HFC-32 (difluoromethane)

Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	BEIS	2007	Weight
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	EPA	2014	Weight
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	EPA	2007	Weight
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	EPA	2007	Weight
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	EPA	2014	Weight
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	SEFR	2014	Weight
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	BEIS	2014	Weight
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	BEIS	2014	Weight
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	CO2 Emissiefactoren	2014	Weight
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	BEIS	2007	Weight
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	BEIS	2014	Weight
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	EPA	2007	Weight
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	GHG Protocol	2007	Weight
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	Global	GHG Protocol	2021	Weight