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Factor

Contains data related to the individual emission contributions of a single physical or financial property of a good or service.

The Factor object:

id string

Unique identifier for the object

rate float

unit string

basis 'SPEND' | 'ACTIVITY'

'SPEND' for Spend-Based Methodology and financial units. 'ACTIVITY' for Activity-Based Methodology and physical units.

name string

The name of the emission factor

code string

Lookup-key for Emission Factor Database

sector string

Sector in Emission Factor Database

category string

Category in Emission Factor Database

releaseYear int

Year in which factor was released

version int

Factor version

source string

Data provider of factor

// Example:
{
  id: "fct_12345678",
  rate: 12,
  unit: "usd",
  basis: "SPEND",
  name: "Mid-sized Freight Ship",
  code: "MID_FREIGHT",
  sector: "transport",
  category: "transport freight by ship",
  releaseYear: 2023,
  version: 0,
  source: 'EXIOBASE',
}
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Emission rate, in units

Physical or financial unit by which to scale emissions, given as

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{unit}/kgCO2e \{unit\}/kgCO_2e{unit}/kgCO2​e
[unit]/kgCO2e[unit]/kgCO_2e[unit]/kgCO2​e