Application settings record
The Application Settings record contains constants that are used for environmental calculations by IBM® Maximo® Real Estate and Facilities Real Estate Environmental Sustainability Manager and IBM Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Real Estate Environmental Sustainability Impact Manager .
Locating the applications settings
You can find the applications settings on the General tab by selecting .Environmental Settings section
- Energy Reporting UOM
- The default unit of measure for energy reporting.
- Travel Reporting UOM
- The default unit of measure for travel reporting.
- Emissions Reporting UOM
- The default unit of measure for emissions reporting.
- Water Reporting UOM
- The default unit of measure for reporting water usage in water logs.
- Waste Reporting UOM
- The default unit of measure for reporting waste levels in waste logs.
- Carbon Reporting UOM
- The default unit of measure for reporting carbon levels.
- Carbon Credit UOM
- The default unit of measure for carbon credits.
- Energy (Scope 1) Carbon Calculation UOM
- The default unit of measure for calculating Scope-1 carbon footprint for energy logs such as electricity, and gas.
- Energy (Scope 2) Carbon Calculation UOM
- The default unit of measure for calculating Scope-2 carbon footprint for energy logs such as electricity, and gas.
- Travel Carbon Calculation UOM
- The default unit of measure for carbon footprint calculations for all travel logs.
- Waste Carbon Calculation UOM
- The default unit of measure for carbon footprint calculations for all waste logs.
- N2O GWP Conversion
- The global warming potential (GWP) conversion factor for nitrous oxide (N2O).
- CH4 GWP Conversion
- The global warming potential (GWP) conversion factor for methane (CH4).
Opportunity Analysis section
- Analysis Term (Years)
- The default term for opportunity analysis. Used to calculate the Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return for opportunities included in the opportunity analysis.
- Discount Rate
- The default discount rate for opportunity analysis. Used to calculate the Net Present Value of opportunities included in the opportunity analysis.
- Capitalization Rate
- The default capitalization rate for opportunity analysis.
- Blended Energy Cost per kWh
- The global blended energy cost per kWh. Used in opportunity analysis to estimate the carbon footprint reduction amount. Represents a firm’s estimate of the cost per kWh to operate all energy sources.
- Blended Energy Emissions Conversion Factor (grams/kWh)
- The global blended energy conversion factor used in opportunity analysis to estimate carbon footprint reduction amount. Represents a firm’s estimate for converting kWh to carbon default UOM (for instance, US Tons CO2).
Reporting Base Period Settings section
- Reporting Base Year
- The environmental reporting defaults for base year reporting.
- Reporting Base Month
- The environmental reporting defaults for base year reporting.
Facility Assessment Analysis Defaults section
- Current Scenario Year
- The start year of the analysis.
- Construction Cost Inflation Rate
- The inflation rate for facility analysis.
- Target FCI
- The target facility condition index (FCI) percent reduction used for Option 3 of the Facility Assessment Analysis Crystal Report.
- Backlog Deterioration Rate
- The rate at which defined projects degrade.
- Target Reduction Period (years)
- The target number of years associated with the target FCI.
- Funding Percent Increase
- The estimated funding percent annual increase.
- Facility Growth Rate
- The estimate of the facility growth rate during the term of the analysis.
- Number of Years in Analysis
- The number of years included in the facility assessment analysis.