Emissions inventory page
The Emissions Inventory page shows consumption and renewables across counties, states, locations, accounts, and months of data.
In the dashboard, subtotal columns show the distribution of voluntary or unbundled certificates before the next level is appropriated. After all voluntary certificates are appropriated, you see the total remaining electricity. Market-based emission factors are applied to the total electricity after the certificates are accounted for. Any over allocation of certificates are displayed. The end result of the calculation is a market-based emissions value and a location-based emissions value.
The data can be displayed at the region level or the group level.
Simplified view
- FY Reporting Year
- Presents the organization hierarchy. You can drill down from the international market, to country, to state, to location, to account, and finally to the monthly data. Alternatively, click Group to change the hierarchy to your grouping structure.
- Total Consumption kWh
- Total electricity consumption from both grid and on-site renewable sources.
- Renewables kWh
- Sum of on-site renewables, compliance & jurisdiction certificates, green power and voluntary certificates.
- Remaining Electricity kWh
- Grand total electricity after country certificates are applied. Market-based emissions are calculated by using this value.
- Renewables Exported tCO2e
- The emissions credit that is received from exporting renewable electricity to the grid.
- Market-based Emissions tCO2e
- Grand total market-based emissions value. It is calculated by subtracting the Renewables Exported kWh from the Subtotal - Market-based Emissions tCO2e column.
- Location-based Emissions tCO2e
- Grand total location-based emissions value. It is calculated by multiplying the Location-based Factor kgCO2e/kWh column by the Grid kWh field.
- Renewables %
- Renewables percentage is derived by dividing the total grid consumption and on-site renewable electricity consumption by all of the renewables, including on-site renewables electricity consumption.
Detailed view
Grid kwH
column in the detailed view if a location is found to have a total negative consumption for a
12-month reporting period. Expand the rows to find the location with the negative value. In this case, the total consumption is set to zero. The report is unable to handle certificate allocation when the sum of all consumption across all accounts in a location is a negative value.
- FY Reporting Year
- Presents the organization hierarchy. You can drill down from the international market, to country, to state, to location, to account, and finally to the monthly data. Alternatively, click Group to change the hierarchy to your grouping structure.
- Total Consumption kWh
- Total electricity consumption from both grid and on-site renewable sources..
- On-site Renewables kWh
- Total renewables that are generated and consumed on-site. For this category of electricity consumption to appear in the report, renewables must be correctly categorized in IBM® ESG Suite. Contact the IBM Envizi support team if your renewables are not displaying as expected.
- Grid kWh
- Total electricity purchased from the grid. This value is used to calculate location-based emissions.
- Certificates - Compliance & Jurisdiction kWh
- The amount of renewable electricity on the grid that has resulted from regional or national renewable energy programs. Compliance and Jurisdiction kWh was formerly known as the National Renewable Energy Quota.
- Certificates - Green Power kWh
- This field represents bundled renewable electricity purchased by the organization from an
electricity retailer. Values are taken from grid electricity accounts that also contain green
electricity consumption. Note: This category only tracks bundled certificates. If certificates are purchased using the
Electricity - Green [kWh]
data type but in a separate account from grid electricity, they are not included in the report. - Subtotal - Bundled Certificates
- Subtotal after compliance and bundled certificates are applied to grid consumption. The
calculation is:
Subtotal - Bundled Certificates kWh
=Grid kWh
-Compliance & Jurisdiction kWh
-Green Power kWh
- Location Certificates kWh
- Represents unbundled certificates purchased separately from electricity but attributed to a single location. Values captured in an account for location certificates allocate certificates proportionally across all electricity accounts at the site after the Compliance & Jurisdiction and Green Power quantities are removed from consumption.
- Subtotal - Location
- The calculation is:
Subtotal - Location kWh
=Subtotal - Bundled Certificates kWh
-Certificates - Location kWh
Note: Envizi ESG Suite applies special handling of negative values. For more information, see Allocating certificates. - Level 3 Group Certificates kWh
- Certificates that are captured in a location that is a member of a level 3 group. The are proportionally allocated to all accounts and locations within the group.
- Subtotal - Level 3 Group kWh
- Subtotal after Level 3 Group Certificates are applied.
- Level 2 Group Certificates kWh
- Certificates that are captured in a location that is a member of a level 2 group. The are proportionally allocated to all accounts and locations within the group.
- Subtotal - Level 2 Group kWh
- Subtotal after Level 2 Group Certificates are applied.
- Level 1 Group Certificates kWh
- Certificates that are captured in a location that is a member of a level 1 group. They are proportionally allocated to all accounts and locations within the group.
- Subtotal - Level 1 Group kWh
- Subtotal after Level 1 Group Certificates are applied.
- State Certificates
- Certificates that are captured in a location that is within a state or province.
- Subtotal - State
- Subtotal after State Certificates are applied.
- Subtotal - Country
- Subtotal after Country Certificates are applied.
- Organization Certificates
- Certificates that are captured in a location that is within an international business region of AMER, EMEA or APAC. They are proportionally allocated to all accounts and locations within the business region.
- Remaining Electricity kWh
- Grand total after Country Certificates are applied. Market-based emissions are calculated using this value.
- Certificates Over Allocation kWh
- This value represents any over allocation of certificates where the amount of certificates
exceed a subtotal (electricity kWh that are uncovered by certificates). Note: In Envizi ESG Suite, the over allocated certificates are not reallocated.
- Custom Factor kgCO2e/kWh
- Refers to the custom factors that are collected by an organization. The factors are assigned to a region for a specific time period. They supersede residual mix and location-based factors if they are available when market-based emissions are calculated.
- Residual Mix Factor kgCO2e/kWh
- Residual mix factors are used in market-based emission calculations if a supplier or contract factor doesn't exist. They are managed byEnvizi ESG Suite and are updated each year.
- Location-based Factor kgCO2e/kWh
- Refers to grid-average emission factors. These factors are used in market-based emissions calculations only if the custom factor and residual mix factors columns are empty. This factor is also used in location-based emissions reporting.
- Subtotal - Market-based Emissions tCO2e
- The output of Remaining Electricity kWh multiplied by the most precise available market-based factor, beginning with a custom factor, follow by the residual mix factor, and finally if neither of those factors are available, then the location-based factor.
- Renewables Exported kWh
- Captures renewable electricity generated on-site and exported to the grid and that is not associated with certificates. For this category of electricity to appear in the report the data type under which your exported electricity is captured must be correctly categorized in Envizi ESG Suite. Contact the Envizi support team if renewables are not displaying as expected.
- Renewables Exported tCO2e
- Calculates the emissions credit received from exporting renewable electricity to the grid. The
emission factor used for this is the negative grid-average emission factor. Note: if your organization is generating certificates from the renewables generation and export, then the environmental attribute of the electricity export is conveyed through the handling of the certificate and should not be recorded here if:
- The certificates are generated, retained, and retired, they should be applied to the organization using the voluntary allocation method.
- The certificates are sold, the exported kWh should not be included in this report.
- Market-based Emissions tCO2e
- Grand total market-based emissions value. It is calculated by subtracting the Renewables Exported kWh from the Subtotal - Market-based Emissions tCO2e column.
- Location-based Emissions tCO2e
- Grand total location-based emissions value. It is calculated by multiplying the Location-based Factor kgCO2e/kWh column by the Grid kWh column.
- MB Emissions Variance tCO2e
- The difference between the market-based and location-based emissions. Negative values indicate lower market-based emissions.
- Renewables %
- Renewables percentage is derived by dividing the total grid consumption and on-site renewable electricity consumption by all of the renewables, including on-site renewables electricity consumption.