How do I calculate the carbon footprint of an induction cooktop?
Add the glass top, copper coil, circuit board, fan and plastic body per cooktop with supplier figures. Add assembly and testing electricity, divide the unit's energy by cooktops passed, and report by power rating.
Bought-in parts
- Ceramic glass top plate.
- Copper induction coil and ferrite bars.
- Control board, fan and plastic housing.
Making
- Coil winding if made in-house.
- Assembly and soldering.
- Load and safety testing, then packing.
Per unit
Report per cooktop with its wattage. The board and glass top usually carry most of the bought-in footprint.
Worked example: induction cooktop unit per unit (one month)
- Electricity: 15,000 kWh x 0.710 = 10,650 kg CO2
- Units produced: 30,000
- Plant total: 10,650 / 30,000 = 0.355 kg CO2 per unit
- Add glass, coil, board and housing for the full figure
Inputs are illustrative; use your own bills and production records.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads the plant's electricity bills (CEA grid factor 0.710 kg CO2 per kWh, CO2 Baseline Database version 21.0) and fuel invoices (IPCC 2006 defaults) into a fingerprinted Scope 1 and 2 record, the plant-level input to a per-unit figure. Bought-in materials go to the supplier evidence trail; product reports are self-declared drafts.
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Sources: GHG Protocol Product Standard, ISO 14067:2018, Carbon footprint of products (iso.org), IPCC 2006 Guidelines, Volume 2 Energy (fuel defaults), CEA CO2 Baseline Database, version 21.0
Last reviewed 2026-10-20.