The emissions of greenhouse gases that occur as a result of the generation of electricity used in homes and buildings. These emissions are called “indirect” because the actual emissions occur at the power plant that generates the electricity, not at the building using the electricity.
- Additionality
- Afforestation
- Alternative Energy
- Anthropogenic
- Atmosphere
- Atmospheric Lifetime
- Biofuels
- Biomass
- Biosphere
- Cap and Trade
- Carbon
- Carbon Capture and Sequestration
- Carbon Credit
- Carbon Cycle
- Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
- Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
- Carbon Finance
- Carbon Footprint
- Carbon Offset
- Carbon Trading
- Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs)
- Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
- Climate
- Climate Change
- Co-Benefit
- CO2e
- Coal Mine Methane
- Coalbed Methane
- Deforestation
- Desertification
- Dryland Farming
- Ecosystem
- Emissions
- Emissions Factor
- Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement (ERPA)
- Emissions Trading
- Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
- Enteric Fermentation
- Fluorinated Gases
- Fluorocarbons
- Fossil Fuel
- Fuel Switching
- Global Warming
- Global Warming Potential (GWP)
- Greenhouse Effect
- Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
- Halocarbons
- Hydrocarbons
- Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
- Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
- Indirect Emissions
- Kyoto Protocol
- Listed
- Methane (CH4)
- Metric Ton (Tonne)
- Natural Gas
- Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)
- Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
- Offsets/Offsetting
- Ozone
- Ozone Depleting Substances (ODSs)
- Ozone Layer
- Ozone Precursors
- Particulate Matter (PM)
- Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
- Project Developer
- Project Protocol/Methodology
- Reduction
- Reforestation
- Registered
- Renewable Energy
- Retired
- Soil Carbon
- Stratosphere
- Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)
- Trader/Broker/Retailer
- Troposphere
- Verification Body
- Verifier
- Vintage
- Voluntary Emissions Reduction (VER)