Managing Source Data

You have learned to calculate corporate carbon footprints for scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, using manual business activity generalized form in the beginner learning journey.

In this intermediate learning journey, we show you a more advanced calculation using the energy flow model.

In this lesson, you'll learn to set up organizational boundaries and configure calculation variants to calculate GHG emissions for scope 1, scope 2, and scope 3.3 with energy flow models.

For calculating GHG emissions for scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3.3 with energy flow model, you begin the process with uploading the necessary master data to define the organizational boundaries of the companies and plants involved. The purpose of the step is to establish a clear and structured organization of the entities whose emissions will be tracked.

Next, you define the scope of the analysis by setting organizational boundaries and selecting the relevant steps in the value chain, focusing specifically on direct emissions and energy consumption. By doing so, you can clarify which emission sources are to be included, ensuring that all relevant direct emissions and energy consumption activities are covered. We'll see the detailed system steps for footprint inventory scope later in the lesson.

After defining the footprint inventory scope, you manage the emission factors to calculate the GHG emissions. You can either upload new packages or reuse existing ones, such as the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emission factor package.

Then, create energy carriers, energy sources, meters, and facilities for the respective plant to model the energy flow for the plants. Connect the energy sources to facility via meters and release the energy flow model of the plant.

After that, initiate the periodic inventory calculation based on the defined scope, and select the energy flow for the plants in scope.

Then record the energy bills consumed quantity by energy source. Also, record the previous and current meter readings of the energy carrier.

Before proceeding with calculations, perform a data readiness check to ensure all required input data is available. Once confirmed, start the periodic inventory calculation.

Finally, review the results of the calculation in CO2 equivalents.

This process enables comprehensive tracking and evaluation of your company's greenhouse gas emissions if meter data is available and manual input of energy consumption is feasible.

In this lesson, you will focus on the first two steps of the overall process flow.

The footprint inventory scope defines the scope of the footprint calculation for the reporting organization.

When setting the footprint inventory scope, our model company, AlmikaSoft, focuses on Product Acquisition and Direct Emissions and Energy Consumption. Additionally, GHG forms are used to track waste generated in operations. Since AlmikaSoft is a service company without production, other value steps are not relevant in this context.

Let's look at the system steps to define the scope for footprint calculation.

1. Select Manage Footprint Inventory Scopes application to change the Footprint Inventory Scope.
2. Select the details by selecting '>'.
3. Select the Edit button.
4. Select the Value Chain Steps: Product Acquisition and Direct Emissions and Energy Consumption.
5. Click Save. Ensure that "Waste Generated in Operations" is not activated.

You've defined the footprint inventory scope.

A calculation variant determines how the footprint inventory is calculated. It's formed by combining two or more calculation methods.

The video shows the detailed steps to create calculation variants.