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EMISSION FACTOR [1 record]

Record 1 2017-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
DEF

The relationship between the amount of pollution produced and the amount of raw material processed.

OBS

emission factor: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Black Carbon Inventory.

OBS

emission factor; EF: term and abbreviation standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
DEF

Coefficient empirique qui permet de calculer la quantité d'un polluant donné, par exemple de dioxyde de soufre, émise lorsqu'on brûle une quantité donnée d'un combustible, par exemple d'un charbon.

OBS

facteur d'émission : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'inventaire de carbone noir.

OBS

coefficient d'émission; CE : terme et abréviation normalisés par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
DEF

Cantidad promedio de un contaminante emitido por una industria, en relación con la cantidad definida de material procesado.

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