Outcomes · Definition

Carbon intensity

Greenhouse-gas emissions expressed per stated unit of product, energy or service.

Definition

Greenhouse-gas emissions expressed per stated unit of product, energy or service. Follow the related lesson to see how this term changes a system boundary or decision.

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Carbon accounting, boundaries and counterfactuals

Carbon claims depend on what flows are counted, over what time, compared with which alternative and under whose attribution.

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REFERENCES

References & further reading

International Organization for Standardization (2006). ISO 14040:2006 Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Principles and framework.Open source ↗