Resources for GHG emission factors
Last Updated: 2025-04-06 : Provided and monitored by Subject Matter Expert Mr Tim Lee
Product Category Rules (PCR) & Life Cycle Reporting
1. 📘 Environmental Product Declarations – PCR Library (Environdec)
– Searchable database of PCRs for LCA reporting and CFP development.
National GHG Emission Factor Databases
2. 📊 UK Greenhouse Gas Conversion Factors
– Yearly GHG reporting factors for fuel, transport, electricity, etc.
3. 📊 US EPA GHG Emission Factors Resource
– Official EPA emission factors, calculators, and datasets.
4. 📊 China Products Carbon Footprint Factors Database (2022)
– Carbon footprint database by product category (CNCDP).
5. 📊 CAEP – China Carbon Emission Factor Platform
– Open-access dataset of GHG emission factors used in China.
6. 📊 China National Electricity Emission Factor (MEE)
– Annual electricity-based emission factors by region.
7. 📊 China National Greenhouse Gas Emission Factor Database
– Centralized official GHG database for China (NCSC).
IPCC Core Guidance & Global Warming Potential (GWP) Resources
8. 📘 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
– Base methodology for carbon emission calculation.
– Most emission factors are derived from this.
9. 📘 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines
– Updates and expands on the 2006 methodology with refined factors.
10. 📘 IPCC Sixth Assessment Report – 2023
– Contains updated GWP values and emission-related insights.
Category Icons: 📘 Informative/Methodological | 📊 Emission Factors/Data Source