NPI Industry reporting

Emission Estimation Technique Manual
for
Aggregated Emissions from Architectural Surface Coatings

Version 1.1

About this Manual

The aggregated emissions manuals complement the NPI Industry handbooks, and are intended to enable State and Territory Governments to estimate emissions from non-industrial activities (e.g. transportation, domestic and commercial activities) and emissions from industry which are not reported because the relevant thresholds are not exceeded.

The manual provides guidance on estimating aggregate emissions from architectural surface coatings. Architectural surface coatings protect the substrates to which they are applied from corrosion, abrasion, decay, ultra-violet light damage and water damage. Architectural surface coatings may also be applied to increase the aesthetic value of structures by changing the colour and texture of surfaces.

The predominant emissions from architectural surface coatings are volatile organic compounds (VOCs) contained in the architectural coatings themselves (i.e. paint, paint primer, varnish or lacquer) and in the solvents used as thinners and for clean up purposes.

First published in November 1999
Version 1.1 - 24 March 2003
National Pollutant Inventory
Environment Australia

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Application of the Manual

Each of the aggregated emissions manuals provides details of:

• the NPI substances that are expected to be emitted from the relevant aggregated source type;
• the origins or sources of the emissions, and the processes that may generate them;
• the impacts of any control equipment or procedures on those emissions;
• the broad approaches that may be employed in the estimation and spatial allocation of emissions;
• details of emission factors to be used in the estimation of emissions; and
• a series of illustrative sample calculations for each estimation technique.