The Consumer Product Emissions Database (CPED)
A comprehensive database for exploring volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions, toxicity metrics, and peer-reviewed literature (v1.0.0 | Released October 2026).
Unique Products Catalogued
VOC Compounds Tracked
Research References
How to Cite CPED
Yeoman, A. et al. (2026). The Consumer Product Emissions Database (CPED), Version v1.0.0 [October 2026]. Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, University of York.
Please reference this version tag when citing data extracted from this repository.
Browse Products by Category
Click any category title to view all records in that category, or click an individual product hyperlink to jump directly to its details:
Acknowledgements & Support
We gratefully acknowledge the funding bodies and student researchers whose work and support have made CPED possible.
This research is supported by the
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS)
and an
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Impact Acceleration Award fund / Grant No.
EP/X525856/1
.
CPED is hosted and maintained by the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL), Department of Chemistry, University of York.
We extend thanks to the WACL Undergraduate Summer Placement students Isabel Evans and Abi Warren who contributed significantly to the initial literature review and data extraction fundamental to this database. Funding for their placements was provided by the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories
Methodology & Calculation Protocols
This page details the methods used to report emission rates from the literature, convert units, and aggregate emission statistics.
All emission rates are presented in units of µg s -1 g [product] -1 . In cases where the literature is not in these units, but there is adequate metadata, emission rates have been converted to µg s -1 g [product] -1 . Some examples of how this may be undertaken are described below:
- Dividing the value given by the amount of product used (or product thickness/density where appropriate) to gain units of g [product] -1
- Multiplying by room/test chamber size to remove the units of volume
- Dividing by the experiment/emission time to gain units of s -1
- Simple unit conversions, such as ppb/kg to µg or hr to s
Where multiple values for the same product are reported in the literature, minimum, maximum, and average emissions rates have been reported in the database, along with the standard deviation.
- Minimum – the lowest reported value
- Maximum – the highest reported value
- Average – the average of all the reported values
The toggle function that converts values from µg s -1 g [product] -1 to molecules cm -3 g [product] -1 uses the following calculation: