Greenhouse Gas Protocol
| Summary | ||
| Name of source | Greenhouse Gas Protocol | |
| Provider | World Resources Institute / World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WRI/WBCSD) | |
| Summary text | A series of tools for calculating GHG emissions inventories based on 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories | |
| Contact | ghgquestions@wri.org | |
| Licensing | Free with registration | |
| Language(s) | English | |
| Website | www.ghgprotocol.org/calculation-tools/ all-tools |
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| Access – data formats and accessibility | ||
| File type | HTML (web) access to PDF or excel files | |
| Software needs | Adobe Reader, Microsoft Office | |
| Contents – breadth and depth of datasets | ||
| Age | 2003 - 2010 | |
| Geography | Global | |
| Original Data Source(s) | IPCC, US EPA, Defra/DECC, IEA | |
| Other Databases Included | None | |
| Life cycle stages | Various – mainly use | |
| Modeling approach | ||
| Emissions results | GWP, separate GHGs | |
| Number of datasets | +800 | |
| Main topics | Energy carriers and technologies; Transport services | |
| Other topics | ||
| Data transparency – what metadata is provided for each dataset? | ||
| System boundaries | No | |
| Data Types | Process | |
| Allocation Methods | No | |
| Technology | Yes | |
| Data year | Yes | |
| Original source | Yes | |
| Uncertainty | No | |
| Quality – is information provided on data quality? | ||
| Data quality score | No | |
| Quality assurance | Unknown | |
| Standards compliant | GHG Protocol | |