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Emission Factor
Road freight medium and heavy duty truck
0.2028kgCO2e/ton-mile
Emission factor summary
Emission intensity of medium- and heavy-duty truckC. The primary source is EPA Emission Factors for Greenhouse Gas Inventories - Table 8 Business Travel and Employee Commuting - March 9 2018. NOTE: GHG protocol reports as source table Table 8 but the emission factors for CO2 CH4 and N2O are actually reported in Table 9 Upstream Transportation and Distribution and Downstream Transportation and Distribution. NOTE: This dataset has been deprecated by the source and will be removed soon.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Road freight medium and heavy duty truck |
| Sector | Transport |
| Category | Road Freight |
| Source | GHG Protocol |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 2021 |
| Year Released | 2021 |
| Emission Factor |
|
LCA Activity | fuel_combustion |
CO2e Calculation Origin | Source |
CO2e Calculation Method | AR5 |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR4, AR5, AR6 |
API Reference
Activity ID
freight_vehicle-vehicle_type_truck_medium_or_heavy-fuel_source_na-vehicle_weight_na-percentage_load_na
UUID
2a30bf24-6762-4207-8a17-6b809995a5bb
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