Energy Expert:Configure an corporate carbon accounting template

The corporate carbon accounting tool in Energy Expert follows the ISO 14064-1: 2018 classification method, which divides greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into six categories:

Category 1: Direct GHG emissions and removals

Category 2: Indirect GHG emissions from imported energy

Category 3: Indirect GHG emissions from transportation

Category 4: Indirect GHG emissions from products used by an organization

Category 5: Indirect GHG emissions associated with the use of products from the organization

Category 6: Indirect GHG emissions from other sources

ISO 14064-1: 2006 divides GHG emissions into three scopes. Scope 1 covers direct emissions from sources that an enterprise directly controls or owns within the scope of its control. Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from purchased energy, including electricity, steam, heating, and cooling. Scope 3 covers all other indirect emissions that may be generated in the upstream and downstream of the supply chain or value chain, such as raw material extraction, production, transportation, and consumer use of products and services. Scope 1 corresponds to Category 1, Scope 2 corresponds to Category 2, and Scope 3 corresponds to Categories 3 to 6.

• After you determine the accounting boundary and identify emission sources, you can customize a carbon accounting template based on the accounting boundary in the Carbon Accounting module of Energy Expert.

• Configure templates by year: Carbon accounting templates may vary from year to year as the accounting boundary or emission sources change. You can configure templates by year in Energy Expert by switching between years in the upper-right corner of the Corporate Carbon Accounting page.

• Energy Expert further divides the six emission categories into sub-categories based on ISO 14064-1: 2018. Select a sub-category and configure the specific emission source facilities or activities within that sub-category.