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T-1A1c-A-8 - Diesel paratransit buses

Definition

This emission source is defined by the IPCC in TBD.

Sustainability Category: Red

Red

This activity significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and undermines climate mitigation efforts. The activity should be phased out or fundamentally transformed, with financing directed toward decommissioning, replacement with sustainable alternatives, or radical decarbonization where elimination is not immediately feasible.

Transition Elements

This activity has the following mitigation options modelled as transition elements:

Activity Model

This emission source is modelled with Combustion as:

WORK:
combustion
(kwh)
OPERATIONS:
(kwh)
energy_intensity_paratransit_buses_diesel
(kwh/vehicle_km)
stock_paratransit_buses_diesel
emission_factor_biodiesel_kwh_to_co2e (g_co2e/kwh)
1
(kwh/kwh)
resource_proportion_biodiesel_paratransit_buses
RESOURCE:
hvo_biodiesel
(kwh)
EMISSIONS
STOCK
RESOURCE:
diesel
(kwh)
1
(kwh/kwh)
emission_factor_diesel_kwh_to_co2e (g_co2e/kwh)
resource_proportion_diesel_paratransit_buses

Parameters

Parameter Unit Description
emission_factor_biodiesel_kwh_to_co2e g_co2e_kwh Emission factor biodiesel WTW
emission_factor_diesel_kwh_to_co2e g_co2e_kwh Emission factor fossil diesel WTW
energy_intensity_paratransit_buses_diesel kwh_vehicle_km Energy intensity diesel paratransit buses
resource_proportion_biodiesel_paratransit_buses percent Fuel proportion biodiesel for paratransit buses
resource_proportion_diesel_paratransit_buses percent Fuel proportion diesel for paratransit buses
stock_growth_paratransit_buses_diesel vehicle_km_percapita Growth of diesel paratransit bus operations
stock_paratransit_buses_diesel vehicle_km Stock of diesel paratransit bus operations

YAML Specification

version: 2.1.0
sustainability: red
operation:
  growthType: true
  variable: stock_paratransit_buses_diesel
  growthFactor:
    unitOfMeasure: per_capita
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - stock_growth_paratransit_buses_diesel
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/vehicle_km
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_paratransit_buses_diesel
  input:
  - resource: diesel
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceProportion: resource_proportion_diesel_paratransit_buses
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_diesel_kwh_to_co2e
  - resource: hvo_biodiesel
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceProportion: resource_proportion_biodiesel_paratransit_buses
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_biodiesel_kwh_to_co2e