Emission Factor

Heat - central or small-scale - other than natural gas (heat production - hardwood chips from forest - at furnace 50kW)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is heat production, hardwood chips from forest, at furnace 50kW. The Reference Product is heat, central or small-scale, other than natural gas. This product represents heat measured in MJ. The heat is produced through various other means than natural gas. This includes burning of biomethane in gas turbine; biogas in co-gen gas engine; anthracite, coal, lignite briquettes and coke in stove; hardwood, logs, softwood, wood chips, wood pellets in furnaces and wood heaters; light fuel oil in boilers. Also contributing are heat from heat pumps and solar collectors. The dataset is targeted for central or small-scale heating. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/8347/documentation

PropertyValue
NameHeat - central or small-scale - other than natural gas (heat production - hardwood chips from forest - at furnace 50kW)
SectorEnergy
CategoryHeat and Steam
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2000
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/MJ
Scopes2, 3.3
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
heat_and_steam-type_heat_central_or_small_scale_other_than_natural_gas_heat_production_hardwood_chips_from_forest_at_furnace_50kw
UUID
3450a866-522e-421e-997e-4b66ec11d071
Code Snippet
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