T-4B1b-A-1 - Public buildings heated with coal

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-4B1b-TE-1 - Shift to district heating in public buildings
• T-4B1b-TE-3 - Shift to heat pumps in public buildings
• T-4B1b-TE-4 - Shift to biofuel in public buildings
• T-4B1b-TE-5 - Shift to solar thermal in public buildings
• T-4B1b-TE-6 - Retrofitting public buildings for efficient heating

Activity Model

This emission source is modelled with Combustion as:

Parameters

Parameter	Unit	Description
emission_factor_coal_kwh_to_co2e	g_co2e_kwh	Emission factor coal
energy_intensity_heating_non_residential_public_coal	kwh_m2	Energy intensity public building coal
stock_heating_public_buildings_coal	m2	Stock public buildings heated with coal

YAML Specification

sustainability: red
version: 2.1.0
operation:
  growthType: false
  variable: stock_heating_public_buildings_coal
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/m2
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_heating_non_residential_public_coal
  input:
  - resource: coal
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_coal_kwh_to_co2e

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