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Emission Factor

Working from home

2.1
kgCO2e/employee-day

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of working from home. The emission factor takes into account electricity and heating requirements for a home office. Electricity is used for a laptop, monitor, router, lighting, and data transmission. Heating is provided via a fossil fuel-based district heating mix. Retrieved from the sheet: '08_Dienstreisen_Arbeitswege_m.V' of the Excel file 'Emissionsfaktoren zur THG-Bilanzierung (xlsx-Format) 2.1' published by UBA at the source URL.

PropertyValue
NameWorking from home
SectorOrganizational Activities
CategoryHomeworking
SourceUBA
Source DatasetListe mit Emissionsfaktoren für die Treibhausgasbilanzierung von Organisationen V2.1
Region
Germany (DE)
Unit Type
Number Over Time
Year
2024
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e2.1kg/employee-day
Scopes3.7
LCA Activity
upstream-use_phase
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR5
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
homeworking-type_na
UUID
0b01bc5b-7b4c-8ed8-9bbd-f3a5f240de1c
Code Snippet
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