District heat and steam emission factors

Heat and steam bought from a network. From 10 libraries, filed in one model so one publisher's factor compares with another's.

CategoryHeat and cooling
Factors
939
Libraries
10
With their own page
14
Units with a page
kWh · EUR · kWh HHV
Largest library

839 factors, 89%

What the 14 factor pages say

One chart per unit, since a kilogram and a kWh do not compare. Colour is the boundary, what the factor counts; every row also names it.

GenerationWell-to-useCradle to gate

Per kWh · 12 factor pages

Log scale: each gridline is 10 times the last
From 0.011 (District heating from biomass (solid), ÖKOBAUDAT) to 0.317 (fossiler Fernwärme-Mix - Endenergieverbrauch Wärme & Kälte, UBA (DE)) kgCO₂e per kWh. 2 boundaries appear here, so part of the spread is what each factor counts, not a disagreement between publishers.

Per EUR

EXIOBASE puts Steam and hot water supply services at 1.2 kgCO₂e/EUR (Cradle to gate, 2019), the only factor page in this unit.

Per kWh HHV

EPA Hub puts Steam and heat at 0.227 kgCO₂e/kWh HHV (Generation, 2026), the only factor page in this unit.

Source: the published factor pages, catalogue version 591.

Who publishes these factors

10 libraries publish them. Each name opens the library's page.

ADEME (839) and EXIOBASE (40) hold 94% of them; the other 8 publish the rest (60).

Source: open-climate.ai catalogue, version 591, coverage summed over libraries.

Every factor page

Sorted by library. Each factor is also on its library's page.

ActivityLibraryRegionBoundaryValueYear
District heating network - 58, SAINT-BRISSON, Réseau de chaleur de la Maison du Parc du MorvanADEMENièvreWell-to-use0.027 kgCO₂e/kWh2022
Restwarmte zonder bijstookCO2emissiefactoren.beBelgiumWell-to-use0.0407 kgCO₂e/kWh2025
Steam and heatEPA HubUnited StatesGeneration0.227 kgCO₂e/kWh HHV2026
Steam and hot water supply servicesEXIOBASEIrelandCradle to gate1.2 kgCO₂e/EUR2019
熱 - DHC名古屋株式会社Japan MOEJapanGeneration0.131 kgCO₂e/kWh2024
熱 - 品川エネルギーサービス株式会社 / 品川駅東口地区Japan MOEJapanGeneration0.155 kgCO₂e/kWh2024
熱 - 東京都市サービス株式会社 / 幕張新都心ハイテク・ビジネス地区Japan MOEJapanGeneration0.101 kgCO₂e/kWh2024
熱 - 東京都市サービス株式会社 / 神田駿河台地区Japan MOEJapanGeneration0.16 kgCO₂e/kWh2024
熱 - 東京都市サービス株式会社 / 高崎市中央・城址地区Japan MOEJapanGeneration0.137 kgCO₂e/kWh2024
熱 - 渋谷熱供給株式会社Japan MOEJapanGeneration0.184 kgCO₂e/kWh2024
District heating from biomass (solid)ÖKOBAUDATGermanyWell-to-use0.011 kgCO₂e/kWh2023
District heating from light fuel oilÖKOBAUDATGermanyWell-to-use0.23 kgCO₂e/kWh2023
Fernwärme Erneuerbar - RaumwärmeUBA (AT)AustriaWell-to-use0.041 kgCO₂e/kWh2023
fossiler Fernwärme-Mix - Endenergieverbrauch Wärme & KälteUBA (DE)GermanyWell-to-use0.317 kgCO₂e/kWh2024

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