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Learn how to use the Emissions app
Understand the basics behind our emission factor assignment logic and calculation methodologies
To access Emissions, go to Apps on the left side menu, then Emissions.
Building Emissions
This page displays total emissions and emissions factors for all buildings.
Filter to select the emission scope, point type, building, or group of buildings for which you want to view emissions or assign factors.
Change the period to reflect the time range over which these factors should apply.
The year period shown corresponds to your Reporting year
Saved report periods represent a snapshot of your totals and factor assignments a point in time.
Change the calendarization method. Learn more about calendarization
Change the unit you wish to display the data. The dropdown allows you to select from different greenhouse gases to display in the stacked breakdown chart, and the unit of each gas is applied to the entire table.
Click on a building name, to expand the table to see a list of points within that building.
Select one or more buildings or points using the checkboxes on the left of the table. To select all buildings in this paginated view, use the first checkbox at the top of the table.
Use the toggle menu to switch between 'Totals' and 'Factors'.
Scope 1, 2, & 3 Emissions
Aggregate Scope 1, 2, 3, and Total Emissions for your building or portfolio to view in Emissions and Dashboards.
Standard factors are assigned a default Scope and Reporting category that can be used to group and visualize data for emissions reporting. These categories are derived from GHGP guidance and correspond to the Carbon Disclosure Project's reporting categories. Scope and Reporting category can be adjusted for each building or point by editing the assigned factor.
Assign or edit an emission factor
Many data points will have default emission factors assigned.
Click the drop-down arrow to the right of a building or point to edit or assign an individual factor. To edit, add, or remove emission factors:
With your building(s) or point(s) selected, an Actions menu will appear. Go to Actions, then select
Edit factor overwrites existing assignments and assigns the selected factor, scope, and reporting category configuration to all selected points or buildings
Add factor adds the the selected factor, scope, and reporting category configuration to all selected points or buildings, and does not overwrite existing assignments.
Remove factor removes the the selected factor, scope, and reporting category configuration from all selected points or buildings.
In the dialog window, select an emission factor from the list. The list includes standard emissions factors from EPA, UK DEFRA, GHGP and any custom factors you had previously created.
Assign custom scope and reporting category configurations to each emission factor to group your data for your report.
Batch actions
Select multiple buildings or points of the same point type to perform batch actions.
Select > Actions >
Edit factors: Edit all factors for the selected buildings/points. The factor(s) selected in the modal will replace any existing factors.
Add factors: Add a factor(s) to a set of existing factors. Select the factor, scope, and reporting category in the modal that you would like added in addition to a building or point's existing factors.
Remove factors: Remove a factor(s) from a set of existing factors. Ensure the factor, scope, and reporting category selected are an exact match to the factor you wish to remove.
🚧 Important
By editing a building or point's emissions factor, you will initiate the recalculation of its emissions data. This action cannot be undone.
If fiscal year is defined in Organization Settings, then fiscal year period options will display along with calendar year periods.
Add to emissions total
Use the ‘Add to emissions total’ setting to calculate portfolio emissions. All active points and buildings can be assigned emission factors in Emissions but only points with Add to emissions total enabled will be included in emissions totals shown in Dashboards.
In Emissions, use the filters to include or exclude points that are disabled from Add to emissions total. Be careful to exclude these points before doing any exports.
This setting can be enabled on the Point Profile. If Add to emissions total is set to:
Yes - Emissions for the selected point are included in the totals displayed in Dashboards (filters and card fields still apply).
No - The selected point will not be included in Dashboard emissions totals. Emissions for these points can be viewed by selecting the individual point to display on a card.
Setting defaults:
New buildings:
The first Whole building point or bill point of a given point type that is added to the building will be set to Yes.
Any subsequent Whole building point or bill point of the same point type will be set to No.
Sub-bills and sub-points will be set to No.
Saved reports
Create audit-ready snapshots including resource totals, emission factor assignments and emissions totals at a point in time.
A copy of the data will be saved with the timestamp, and can be selected from the period dropdown at any time. Any portfolio changes including new buildings points, and data, or updates to emission factors will not alter this report.
Reference data from saved reports in the emissions app and on dashboards and cards to share with auditors or save for reference.
Save a report
Select the year you'd like to save.
Click Actions at the top right of the table, and select Save report.
View a saved report
Click the time period dropdown and scroll to the bottom of the list to view and select any saved reports.
Saved reports can also be displayed in Dashboards, by selecting the saved report under the card's Period field.
Delete a saved report
Click Actions at the top right of the table, and select Delete report.
Verify that the correct report is listed for deletion, and click Delete.
Download building emissions data
Click Actions at the top right of the table. A CSV file will be exported with the contents of the respective Totals and Factors tables.
Download building totals: Exports total emissions by building
Download point totals: Exports total emissions by point, including all points that have been added to emissions total
Download building default factors: Exports factors assigned as the building default. These factors are automatically assigned to points within the building, unless specific point-level factors have been assigned.
Download point factors: Exports all points and the emission factor used to calculate total emissions. If no point-level factor has been assigned, the building default factor will be displayed.
Download all factors and totals: Export combined point totals and factors.
Audit Trail
View audit entries for settings and assignment changes related to Emissions. Entries are created for the following updates:
Organization Settings emissions settings
Custom factors edits
Emission factor assignments
System-wide changes
Troubleshooting
Problem | Solution |
Total emissions are not displaying for certain point types, even though they have data and an assigned factor for the selected period. | If you see "Troubleshoot" displayed for a point type in the table, then you need to change the points' Source unit on the Point Profile or Bill Point Profile to a unit that can be converted to therms. For help, please contact Customer Support. |