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Transport
a) Transport: carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions 2002 data sets Petrol, company car 0.182kg CO₂/km (assumes emissions based on Euro III standard) (Vehicle Certification Agency [VCA], 2000) Petrol, employee car 0.20kg CO₂/km (Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions [DETR] Guidelines for Company Reporting on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 2001) Petrol, van 0.309kg CO₂/km (Environmental Technology Support Unit [ETSU], 1996) Diesel, company car 0.12kg CO₂/km (assumes small 2.0 litre) (DETR, 2001) Diesel, employee car 0.12kg CO₂/km (assumes small 2.0 litre) (DETR, 2001) Diesel, FAP (fitted with particulate filter) 307 0.138kg CO₂/km (Peugeot, 2001) Diesel, FAP 406 0.168kg CO₂/km (Peugeot, 2001) Diesel, FAP 607 0.178kg CO₂/km (Peugeot, 2002) Diesel, FAP 806 0.184kg CO₂/km (Peugeot, 2001) Diesel, van 0.267kg CO₂/km (ETSU, 1996) Hire Car - calculated according to actual emissions of vehicles hired Air 0.145kg CO₂/km (assumes average for short haul and long haul conversion factors) (DETR Guidelines, 2001) Rail 0.06kg CO₂/km (DETR Guidelines, 2001) Freight Mail 31.35kg CO₂/km per 1000 items of mail (Real Unit Environmental Cost [RUEC] Royal Mail, 2001) 2001 data sets Petrol, company car 0.182kg CO₂/km (assumes emissions based on Euro III standard) (Vehicle Certification Agency [VCA], 2000) Petrol, employee car 0.20kg CO₂/km (Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions [DETR] Guidelines for Company Reporting on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 2001) Petrol, hire car 0.20kg CO₂/km (DETR Guidelines, 2001) Petrol, van 0.309kg CO₂/km (Environmental Technology Support Unit [ETSU], 1996) Diesel, company car 0.12kg CO₂/km (assumes small 2.0 litre) (DETR, 2001) Diesel, employee car 0.12kg CO₂/km (assumes small 2.0 litre) (DETR, 2001) Diesel, FAP (fitted with particulate filter) 307 0.138kg CO₂/km (Peugeot, 2001) Diesel, FAP 406 0.168kg CO₂/km (Peugeot, 2001) Diesel, FAP 806 0.184kg CO₂/km (Peugeot, 2001) Diesel, van 0.267kg CO₂/km (ETSU, 1996) Air 0.145kg CO₂/km (assumes average for short haul and long haul conversion factors) (DETR Guidelines, 2001) Rail 0.06kg CO₂/km (DETR Guidelines, 2001) Freight Mail 31.35kg CO₂/km per 1000 items of mail (Real Unit Environmental Cost [RUEC] Consignia, 2001) 2000 data sets Petrol, company car 0.182kg CO₂/km (assumes emissions based on Euro III standard) (VCA, 2000) Petrol, employee car 0.20kg CO₂/km (DETR Guidelines, 1999) Petrol, hire car 0.20kg CO₂/km (DETR Guidelines, 1999) Petrol, van 0.309kg CO₂/km (ETSU, 1996) Diesel, company car 0.12kg CO₂/km (assumes small 2.0 litre) (DETR Guidelines, 1999) Diesel, employee car 0.12kg CO₂/km (assumes small 2.0 litre) (DETR Guidelines, 1999) Diesel, van 0.267kg CO₂/km (ETSU, 1996) Air 0.145kg CO₂/km (assumes average for short haul and long haul conversion factors) (DETR Guidelines, 1999) Rail 0.06kg CO₂/km (DETR Guidelines, 1999) Freight Mail 31.25kg CO₂/km per 1000 items of mail (RUEC, Royal Mail, 2000) 1999 data sets Petrol, company car 0.198kg CO₂/km (Peugeot, 2000) Petrol, employee car 0.20kg CO₂/km (DETR Guidelines, 1999) Diesel, company car 0.12kg CO₂/km (assumes small 2.0 litre) (DETR Guidelines, 1999) Diesel, employee car 0.12kg CO₂/km (assumes small 2.0 litre) (DETR Guidelines, 1999) b) Transport: sulphur dioxide (SO₂) emissions Other emissions to air (cars) 2002 data sets Petrol, company car 0.006g SO2/km (National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory [NAEI] 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, employee car* 0.006g SO2/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, Hire car 0.006g SO2/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, employee car 0.005g SO2/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, Hire car 0.005g SO2/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, FAP (fitted with particulate filter) 307 0.005g SO2/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, FAP 407 0.005g SO2/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, FAP 607 0.005g SO2/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, FAP 806 0.005g SO2/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) 2001 data sets Petrol, company car 0.006g SO₂/km (National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory [NAEI] 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, employee car* 0.006g SO₂/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, hire car 0.006g SO₂/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, employee car 0.005g SO₂/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, FAP (fitted with particulate filter) 307 0.005g SO₂/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, FAP (fitted with particulate filter) 407 0.005g SO₂/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, FAP (fitted with particulate filter) 806 0.005g SO₂/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) 2000 data sets Petrol, company car 0.013g SO₂/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, employee car 0.013g SO₂/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, hire car 0.013g SO₂/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, company car 0.005g SO₂/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, employee car 0.005g SO₂/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Other emissions to air (rail and air) 2002 / 2001 / 2000 data sets Rail 0.1647g SO₂/km (National Environmental Technology Council [NETCEN], 2002) Air 0.6615g SO₂/km (NETCEN, 2002) c) Transport: nitrogen oxide (NO_x) emissions Other emissions to air (cars) 2002 data sets Petrol, employee car 0.564g NO_x/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, company car weighted average emissions, 0.047g NO_x/km; (VCA, 2001) Petrol, hire car 0.564g NO_x/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, employee car 0.331g NO_x/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, hire car 0.331g NO_x/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, non-FAP company car 0.331g NO_x/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, FAP 307 0.339g NO_x/km (VCA, 2001) Diesel, FAP 406 0.348g NO_x and hydrocarbons/km (VCA, 2001) Diesel, FAP 607 0.403 NO_x and hydrocarbons/km (VCA, 2001) Diesel, FAP 806 0.403g NO_x and hydrocarbons/km (VCA, 2001) 2001 data sets Petrol, employee car 0.564g NO_x/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, company car weighted average emissions, 0.0478g NO_x/km; 0.0475g NO_x/km; 0.0472g NO_x/km; 0.046g NO_x/km (VCA, 2001) Petrol, hire car 0.564g NO_x/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, employee car 0.331g NO_x/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, FAP 307 0.339g NO_x/km (VCA, 2001) Diesel, FAP 406 0.348g NO_x and hydrocarbons/km (VCA, 2001) Diesel, FAP 806 0.403g NO_x and hydrocarbons/km (VCA, 2001) 2000 data sets Petrol, employee car 0.668g NO_x/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, company car 0.668g NO_x/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, hire car 0.668g NO_x/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, employee car 0.358g NO_x/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Other emissions to air (rail and air) 2002 / 2001 / 2000 data sets Rail 0.4842g NO_x/km (NETCEN, 2002) Air 0.58625g NO_x/km (NETCEN, 2002) d) Transport: particulate emissions Other emissions to air (cars) 2002 data sets Petrol, company car 0.0007g particulates/km (assumes emissions based on Euro III standard) (NAEI 2002) Petrol, employee car 0.0125g particulates/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, hire car 0.0007g particulates/km (assumes emissions based on Euro III) (NAEI 2002) Diesel, hire car 0.040g particulates/km (assumes emissions based on Euro III) (NAEI 2002) Diesel, employee car 0.0511g particulates/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, non-FAP company car 0.040g particulates/km (assumes emissions based on Euro III standard) (NAEI 2002) Diesel, FAP 307 0.003g particulates/km (VCA, 2001) Diesel, FAP 406 0.001g particulates/km (VCA, 2001) Diesel, FAP 607 0.006g particulates/km (VCA, 2001) Diesel, FAP 806 0.001g particulates/km (VCA, 2001) 2001 data sets Petrol, company car 0.0007g particulates/km (assumes emissions based on Euro III standard) (NAEI 2002) Petrol, employee car 0.0125g particulates/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, hire car 0.0007g particulates/km (assumes emissions based on Euro III) (NAEI 2002) Diesel, employee car 0.0511g particulates/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, non-FAP company car 0.040g particulates/km (assumes emissions based on Euro III standard) (NAEI 2002) Diesel, FAP 307 0.003g particulates/km (VCA, 2001) Diesel, FAP 406 0.001g particulates/km (VCA, 2001) Diesel, FAP 806 0.001g particulates/km (VCA, 2001) 2000 data sets Petrol, company car 0.0007g particulates/km (assumes emissions based on Euro II standard) (NAEI 2002) Petrol, employee car 0.0131g particulates/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, hire car 0.0007g particulates/km (assumes emissions based on Euro II standard) (NAEI 2002) Diesel, company car 0.057g particulates/km (assumes emissions based on Euro II standard) (NAEI 2002) Diesel, employee car 0.0551g particulates/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Other emissions to air (rail and air) 2002 / 2001 / 2000 data sets Rail 0.0383g particulates/km (NETCEN, 2002) Air particulate conversion factor not available e) Transport: volatile organic (VOC) emissions Other emissions to air (cars) 2002 data sets Petrol, company car weighted average emissions 0.064g VOC/km (VCA, 2001) Petrol, employee car 0.425g VOC/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, hire car 0.425g VOC/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, hire car 0.53g VOC/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, employee car 0.053g VOC/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, non-FAP company car 0.053g VOC/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, FAP 307 0.030g VOC/km (VCA, 2001) 2001 data sets Petrol, company car weighted average emissions 0.0645g VOC/km; 0.0642g VOC/km; 0.0640g VOC/km; 0.063g VOC/km (VCA, 2001) Petrol, employee car 0.425g VOC/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, hire car 0.425g VOC/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, employee car 0.053g VOC/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, FAP 307 0.030g VOC/km (VCA, 2001) 2000 data sets Petrol, company car 0.523g VOC/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, employee car 0.523g VOC/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Petrol, hire car 0.523g VOC/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Diesel, employee car 0.059g VOC/km (NAEI 2002, fleet weighted emissions) Other emissions to air (rail and air) 2002 / 2001 / 2000 data sets Rail 0.0637g VOC/km (NETCEN, 2002) Air 0.03705g VOC/km (NETCEN, 2002) *NAEI factors are obtainable from: Tim Murrells, National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, AEA Technology Environment, 45 Culham, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3ED.
Energy
a) Energy: carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions to air 2002 and 2001 data sets Gas 190g CO₂/kWh, (Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions [DETR], Guidelines for Company Reporting on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 2001) Fossil Fuel Electricity 430g CO₂/kWh, (DETR, 2001) Electricity based on landfill gas, biogas, hydro and wind is considered to have zero net carbon dioxide emissions. 2000 data sets Gas 190g CO₂/kWh, (Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions [DETR], Guidelines for Company Reporting on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 1999) Fossil Fuel Electricity 440g CO₂/kWh, (DETR, 1999) Electricity based on landfill gas, hydro, wind and biogas is considered to have zero net carbon dioxide emissions. 1999 data sets Gas 190g CO₂/kWh, (Building Research Energy Conservation Support Unit, [BRECSU], 2000) Fossil Fuel Electricity 470g CO₂/kWh, (BRECSU, 2000) Electricity based on landfill gas, hydro, wind and biogas is considered to have zero net carbon dioxide emissions. 1998 data sets Gas 191g CO₂/kWh, (BRECSU, 1999) Fossil Fuel Electricity 473g CO₂/kWh, (BRECSU, 1999) Electricity based on biogas is considered to have zero net carbon dioxide emissions. 1997 data sets Gas 191g CO₂/kWh, (BRECSU, 1998) Fossil Fuel Electricity 484g CO₂/kWh, (BRECSU, 1998) b) Energy: sulphur dioxide (SO₂) emissions to air 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1997 data sets Gas 0.011g SO₂/kWh (Clifford Talbot Partnership, 2002) Fossil Fuel Electricity 3.141g SO₂/kWh (Clifford Talbot Partnership, 2002) Landfill gas 0.299g SO₂/kWh (European Commission ATLAS and Ecotricity, 2002) Hydro-electric taken to have zero emissions Wind taken to have zero emissions. Biogas 0.011g SO₂/kWh (European Commission ATLAS and Ecotricity, 2002) c) Energy: nitrogen oxide (NO_x) emissions to air 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1997 data sets Gas 0.202g NO_x/kWh (Clifford Talbot Partnership, 2002) Fossil Fuel Electricity 1.134g NO_x/kWh (Clifford Talbot Partnership, 2002) Landfill gas 2.088g NO_x/kWh (European Commission ATLAS and Ecotricity, 2002) Hydro-electric taken to have zero emissions Wind taken to have zero emissions Biogas 0.18g NO_x /kWh (European Commission ATLAS and Ecotricity, 2002) d) Energy: particulate emissions to air 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1997 data sets Gas taken to have zero particulate emissions Fossil Fuel Electricity 0.061g particulates/kWh (Clifford Talbot Partnership, 2002) Landfill gas 0.101g particulates/kWh (European Commission ATLAS and Ecotricity, 2002) Hydro-electric taken to have zero emissions Wind taken to have zero emissions Biogas 0.011g particulates /kWh (European Commission ATLAS and Ecotricity, 2002) e) Energy: volatile organic (VOC) emissions to air 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1997 data sets Gas 0.018g VOC/kWh (Clifford Talbot Partnership, 2002) Fossil Fuel Electricity 0.025g VOC/kWh (Clifford Talbot Partnership, 2002) Landfill gas 2.088g VOC/kWh (European Commission ATLAS and Ecotricity, 2002) Hydro-electric taken to have zero emissions Wind taken to have zero emissions Biogas taken to have zero emissions
Persistent Bio-Accumulative Chemicals
Global warming potential of organochlorines in use (CO₂ tonnes equivalent) 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 and 1998 data sets CFC R12 8,500 Global Warming Potential (GWP) (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], using a 100 year time scale, relative to a value of 1.0 for CO₂, 1994) Halon 1301 5,600 GWP (IPCC, Third Assessment Report: Climate Change, 2001) HCFC R22 1,700 GWP (IPCC, 1994) HFC R134a 1,300 GWP (IPCC, 1994) HFC R417a 1,950 GWP (IPCC, 1994) HFC R407c 1,610 GWP (IPCC, 1994) Hydrocarbon 3 GWP (World Meteorological Organisation Scientific Assessment on Ozone Depletion, Geneva, 1998) Lithium Bromide 0 GWP (United States Environment Protection Agency [USEPA], 2002) Ammonia 0 GWP (USEPA, 2002)

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