SR217 House fire GHG emissions estimation tool - a preliminary framework (2018)

This report provides a summary of the description of a tool developed to provide an estimate of the GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions impact of house fires. The GHG emissions considered in this study are only associated with the gaseous yield of CO₂ during a house fire where estimated house structure and contents are based on an exemplar house. The metric used for reporting the results of the house fire GHG emissions estimation tool is CO₂ equivalent.

The framework developed for this estimation tool is designed to be easily expanded to incorporate future work and development as more information and data becomes available. A summary of the results of a selection of scenarios are presented as a demonstration of concept.