Is there any open-access source where I can find the emission factors for the Scope 3 components of an educational institution?
The components include:
chemical,
glassware,
capital goods,
computer accessories,
electronics and electrical products,
commuting and business travels,
refrigerants,
consumed water
transport
wastes
Rather than carbon footprint which would not account for human emissions of the highly potent greenhouse gases without carbon, perhaps they could consider Ecological Footprint to be comprehensive and to cover all pollution prevention:
1. https://www.footprintnetwork.org/our-work/ecological-footprint
2. https://www.footprintcalculator.org
3. https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=WVNEAQAAQBAJ
4. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X15005269
5. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800908003376
For examples, please see my institution, UCL Sustainability https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable
US Environmental Protection Agency has guidelines on this: https://www.epa.gov/climateleadership/scope-3-inventory-guidance
Can't point to the exact place but US Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration: https://www.eia.gov/ May also have some information.
Lots of detailed accounting to do a good job. Good luck!
Hi professor Ilan Kelman ,
Thanks for providing a new perspective to my work.
As of now, it would be a great help for me if I could find the internationally accepted emission factors (or GHG conversion coefficients) of the stated scope 3 components.
Regards
Arkaprava Roy - see if IPCC AR6 WG1 Tables 7.15 and AIII.4f have what you need. Free to download from ipcc.ch
Thank you very much Mr Arkaprava Roy
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an agency under the United Nations (UN) that specifically reviews science related to climate change.
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