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In order for an assessment to be accurate, emission factors need to be specific to the time and location of your data.

The flexible search engine at EmissionFactors.com allows you to instantly filter factors from our extensive database to show only those relevant to the time and location you choose, ultimately saving you hours of work.

Emission factors are also specific to activity type and EmissionFactors.com makes it easy to find what you’re looking for by offering a broad selection of activities in logical categories.

EmissionFactors.com uses only factors and assumptions published from reputable sources, so you can be confident in the accuracy of your results. Factors entered into the database by our expert analysts undergo a rigorous quality assurance process and are constantly being updated, meaning you can trust the numbers.

No need to convert your data - calculate emissions from your cost or square footage data using our selection of intensity and conversion factors.

While conducting your greenhouse gas assessment, you might realize that you don’t have consumption data – not a problem. Built into EmissionFactors.com are conversion factors, published by trusted institutions, which make it easy to use other types of data. These include the use of square footage or price data to estimate electricity or natural gas consumption, amount spent on fuel to estimate fuel consumption in vehicles, and the number of journeys made to estimate air travel mileage. Eliminate the chance of error in your calculations by leaving the conversions up to EmissionFactors.com.

Searching for factors to fit your data, or conversion factors to make your data fit, can be time-consuming and frustrating. With EmissionFactors.com, we’ve searched so that you don’t have to.

EmissionFactors.com provides you with a comprehensive list of units, meaning you can find the factor that fits your data in no time at all. Non-standard conversions may also require additional assumptions, which are often tricky to locate, and these are included in EmissionFactors.com. For example, converting cubic metres to kilowatt-hours of natural gas consumption requires the application of an assumption regarding energy content.

An accurate and complete assessment accounts for all six Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gases. Get factors for gases relevant to an activity at the click of a button.

EmissionFactors.com supplies you with all gas-specific factors relevant to the activity you choose, making it easy to comply with greenhouse gas reporting protocols. In addition, EmissionFactors.com provides you with the global warming potential applied to derive carbon dioxide equivalent factors, and sources both the 2nd and 4th IPCC assessment reports.

Greenhouse gas assessment results are used in countless initiatives, from informing reduction strategies to CSR reporting, so statements you make need to be reliable. EmissionFactors.com provides you with a full audit trail.

EmissionFactors.com provides a complete list of references for each factor and assumption used, ensuring that your assessments are 100% traceable and will pass external auditing. Publish your results with confidence.

EmissionFactors.com is easy to navigate, and lets you choose the criteria that fit your data.

EmissionFactors.com is intelligently designed to work the way that you do. The system is set up to make it easy for you to research all the factors you need for a specific location, and then switch locations when you’re ready to change sites. Go ahead, explore!