Creating custom regions

Create a custom region, update locations to use this region, and update a factor set to reference the region.

About this task

You can create custom regions when you want to use the same data type, time period, and region for two or more factors. You might need to create additional regions when you capture supplier or contract electricity factors to use in market-based reporting. After you create the custom region, you assign the region to the location and to the emissions factors.

Note:

For US states, you must select an eGrid region in the state field instead of a geographical state for electricity emissions to calculate correctly using eGrid factors.
IBM® ESG Suite uses zip codes. Custom regions should only be required if you have 2 locations in the same zip code that require different emission factors for the same data type and period.

Table 1 describes the region fields.

Table 1. Region fields
Field	Description
Country	Defaults to the primary country as defined by your organization.
State	Mandatory. Populates a list of states based on the country field.
Name	Mandatory. If you manage more than 1 organization in Envizi, ensure that you do not use the same name across multiple organizations.
Latitude	Optional. Note that entering values triggers a drop down list to appear. Select the entered value from the drop down list as this is required to auto populate the weather station list.
Longitude	Optional. Same as latitude.
Weather Station	Optional
Time Zone	Optional

Procedure

Create a custom region.
1. As a system administrator, from the main menu, click Admin > Custom Regions.
2. Set the country.
  The value defaults to the primary country that is defined for your organization.
3. Select a state from the list of states defined for the country you selected.
4. Assign a name to the region.
  If you manage more than one organization in Envizi ESG Suite, do not reuse the same name for the region across the organizations.
5. Optional: Assign latitude and longitude coordinates to the region.
6. Optional: Select a weather station. The list of available weather stations is based on the geographical coordinates you selected.
7. Optional: Assign a timezone to the region.
8. Click Save.
Update locations to use the new custom region. Repeat the following step for all locations in the region.
1. As a system administrator, from the main menu, click Manage > Locations to open the Locations grid.
2. Update the region field for the location and click Save.
Create or update a custom factor set for the region to include the new region.
For more information, refer to Adding custom factors.