T-4B1a-A-8 - Commercial buildings heated with liquefied petrol gas (LPG)

Definition

This emission source is defined by the IPCC in TBD.

Sustainability Category: 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:

• T-4B1a-TE-1 - Shift to district heating in commercial buildings
• T-4B1a-TE-3 - Shift to heat pumps in commerical buildings
• T-4B1a-TE-4 - Shift to biofuel in commercial buildings
• T-4B1a-TE-5 - Shift to solar thermal in commercial buildings
• T-4B1a-TE-6 - Retrofitting commerical buildings for efficient heating

Activity Model

This emission source is modelled with Combustion as:

Parameters

Parameter	Unit	Description
emission_factor_liquefied_petroleum_gas	g_co2e_kwh	Emission factor LPG
energy_intensity_heating_non_residential_commercial_lpg	kwh_m2	Energy intensity commercial building LPG
stock_heating_commercial_lpg	m2	Stock commercial buildings heated with LPG

YAML Specification

sustainability: red
version: 2.1.0
operation:
  growthType: false
  variable: stock_heating_commercial_lpg
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/m2
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_heating_non_residential_commercial_lpg
  input:
  - resource: liquefied_petroleum_gas
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_liquefied_petroleum_gas

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