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Lesson 3 - What are Emissions Estimates and What are They Used For?

This section describes what emissions estimates are, how they are calculated and what they are used for.

Learning objectives for this session:

  • Describe what is meant by emissions inventory data.

  • Describe what an emissions estimate is.

  • Know the basic equation for calculating emissions estimates

  • Define emission factor and activity data

  • List and define 3 different types of emissions estimates

  • List at least 3 ways that tribes use EI data

TEISS Exercise TEISS exercise: Exploring and using TEISS emissions calculators

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