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T-4B1c-A-1 - Industrial buildings heated with coal

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_heating_non_residential_industrial_coal
(kwh/m2)
stock_heating_industrial_coal
EMISSIONS
STOCK
RESOURCE:
coal
(kwh)
1
(kwh/kwh)
emission_factor_coal_kwh_to_co2e (g_co2e/kwh)

Parameters

Parameter Unit Description
emission_factor_coal_kwh_to_co2e g_co2e_kwh Emission factor coal
energy_intensity_heating_non_residential_industrial_coal kwh_m2 Energy intensity coal industrial
stock_heating_industrial_coal m2 Stock coal (non-residential, industrial)

YAML Specification

sustainability: red
version: 2.1.0
operation:
  growthType: false
  variable: stock_heating_industrial_coal
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/m2
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_heating_non_residential_industrial_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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