The quality of an emission inventory depends on its use.

And the emissions inventory does not capture information about the efficiency of the source.

An emission inventory is generally characterized by the following aspects:

It was constructed using existing emissions inventories created for various recent rulemaking activities.

These outputs are used to develop the emissions inventories.

Similarly, national emission inventories provide total emissions in a specific year, based on national statistics.

According to a 2000 greenhouse gas emissions inventory, transportation is responsible for 30 percent of Chicago's emissions.

To compile an emission inventory, all sources of the pollutants must be identified and quantified.

An emission inventory is an accounting of the amount of pollutants discharged into the atmosphere.

The official Danish emissions inventory includes a correction for electricity trade and thus applies the consumer responsibility principle.