Transcript National Pollutant Inventory

Environmental Indicator
Accounting
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Environmental Indicator
Accounting
• Model supports pollutant and greenhouse gas
inventories, offset certification, license
compliance and performance indicators.
• Use processes from financial accounting for
environmental reporting.
• Three components: Proactive client, Industry
expertise, and Data management systems.
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Project Roles
Signed Return
Raw Data
CLIENT
Responsible for
providing data
and approval
Verified Return
Verified Data
Industry Consultant
Responsible for
site profile, data
compilation,
verification, and
interpretation
Raw Return
GREENBASE
Responsible for standards,
data management, calculations,
and reporting
Regulator
Greenbase
• Has been in the environmental consulting,
data management, and scientific
programming business since 1990.
• Has developed many environmental and
engineering applications for government
agencies, utilities, and the mining industry.
• Has been preparing pollutant inventory
reports using relational database technology
since 1998.
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Greenbase Approach…
• An indefeasible copy of all data shall be kept.
• Use a relational database to hold all original
and derived data.
• All emission estimates to be related back to:
– the original data;
– the calculation method;
– an emission point.
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Greenbase Approach…
• Maintain an up-to-date library of calculation
methods
• Keep all previous calculation methods used including obsolete methods and source
documents.
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Greenbase Approach
• Use stand-alone calculation modules external
to the database.
• Maintain one calculation module per method
source.
• Be able to reproduce a past environmental
report at any time.
• The whole system must be auditable.
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Process Components
Profile each
Facility
Site
Tree
Store Copy
of Raw Data
Indefeasible
Copy
Determine
Reporting
Requirements
Methods
Config
Enter data in
Data Base
Database
Records
Run
Calculations
Emission
Estimates
Produce
Indicator
Report
Published
Report
Determine
Data Collection
Requirements
Data
Sheets
Collect
Required
Data
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System
Components
Published
PublishedNPI
PublishedNPI Manual
Manual
Methods
One Calculation Module
for each
published method source
Client data values
sent to
Calculation Module
Linked
Linked
GreenBase
Index of
Methods
(GIMS)
Linked
Each
Calculation Method
in each Module
is described
in GIMS
Calculation
Modules
Input
Values
Original
Data File
From Client
Emission
Estimates
Data
Imported
Emission values
stored in
Relational Database
Original
File
Stored
All
Emission values
referenced to
the Original Data File
Relational
Database
Linked
Raw Data
Archive
All
Client data values
referenced to
the Original Data File
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Each
Manual is
referenced
in GIMS
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Hardcopy
Reports
Online
Reports
Various screens
and reports
available via the
internet
Environmental Report
& Audit Reports
drawn from
Relational Database
Greenbase Index of Methods
(GIMS)
• Each GIMS method is numbered, has a
standard format and is available on-line.
• GIMS number is referenced in all reports
against each result.
• GIMS entry includes:
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input and output variables,
data sources, assumptions, and formulae,
factor tables
glossary and links to supporting info.
regulator rulings
links to alternative methods
locatable by keyword search engine
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Online Screens - Emissions
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Online Screens - Emissions Breakdown
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Input Variables & Results
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GIMS Example
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Main Points
• Allows client to focus on business not on reporting.
• Industry consultant can focus on helping client and
not number crunching.
• All calculated results are easily auditable.
• Method descriptions are informative, consistent,
and current.
• Data and results stored in a secure and accessible
format.
• Online tools allow collaboration between all
parties.
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