Other regional road transport by Greenhouse Gas Protocol
[edit / update model]Summary
This methodology represents greenhouse gas emissions associated with the road transport in regions other than the US and UK. The data and calculation methodology is based on those provided in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol worksheet GHG emissions from transport or mobile sources (version 2.2), published in June 2011.
The methodology
Emissions model
The emissions methodology is based upon emissions factors which describe the rate at which greenhouse gas emissions are produced during road-based travel in relation to distance travelled. These emissions factors represent emissions associated with entire vehicles (e.g. car, motorcycle), which can be contrasted with similar transport-related emissions factors which describe emissions on the basis of pssengers or freight. Emissions for individual passengers can nevertheless be derived by 'sharing' vehicular emissions across all vehicle occupants, if the occupancy of the vehicle is known.
Since the CO2 produced during the burning of biofuels in not a net contributor to atmospheric warming (see here), fossil- and biofuel-associated CO2 are explicitly defined.
Emissions - expressed in terms of mass (e.g. kg) - are calculated by multiplying these rates (mass emitted per distance; e.g. kg CO2 per mile) by a distance (e.g mile) travelled.
Model data
The rate at which road transportation produces greenhouse gas emissions varies with the type of vehicle, depending on factors such as the type of fuel used (e.g. gasoline/petrol, diesel), the fuel efficiency (i.e. the distance achieved per unit of fuel consumed) and the presence and type of emissions control technology employed. Therefore, emissions factors for a broad range of generalised road transport scenarios are provided.
A total of 75 specific types of road transport are represented and are differentiated by vehicle type (i.e. bus, car, light and heavy goods vehicles, motorcycles), fuel type (gasoline/petrol, diesel, ethanol, LNG, LPG) and emissions standard. In the case of car, and light and heavy goods vehicles, the emissions standard is represented by the year of production. For motorcycles, the emissions standard depends on the explicit type of technology employed (e.g. non-catalyst control).
Both fossil- and biogenic-CO2 emissions factors are provided although the latter is applicable only to those scenarios using representing the use of ethanol as fuel.
Activity data required
According to this methodology, greenhouse gas emissions are directly proportional to the distance travelled, which therefore must be specified in order to make an emissions calculation.
If multiple passengers are under consideration, this number can be specified, in which case vehicle emissions are shared amongst all passengers.
Calculation and result
The returned quantities for this methodology represent CO2, and biogenic CO2 emissions associated with the activity data (distance) specified. In most cases CO2 emissions are entirely represented by fossil CO2 as only biofuels (in this case, ethanol) or biofuel blends contain biogenic carbon.
Similar methodologies
Other Greenhouse Gas Protocol transport methodologies are available representing general transport fuel consumption, fuels consumed in specific transport contexts, freight transport, passenger/public transport, and road transportation in the UK (with heavy goods), and US.
| UID | Label |
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| 7PLLC1XCFP8G | bus, diesel |