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3. can be gathered and used for the estimation of the energy consumption 2 f your region is supporting the construction of heating pumps financially the related request should also ask for the information of the planned power and operating factor of the plant ECORegion Short Instruction Seite 9 12 ECO SPEED 4 3 1 8 Solar collector The solar heat normally has to be estimated Most important for this estimation is the number of square meters of the existing solar collectors These data can be gathered in different ways 1 If someone wants to implement a solar collector in his building he needs to get the permission from the government for that In this permission the planned square meters has to be declared This information can be gathered and used for the estimation of the energy consumption 2 If your region is supporting the construction of solar collectors financially the related request should also ask for the information of the planned square me ters of the collectors 4 3 1 9 Biogas The share of biogas normally plays a role in the power generation and the fuel con sumption in the transportation sector Biogas normally is not used for direct use for heating buildings The electricity company and the fuel company have the data for the use of biogas Normally these data can be gathered from the annual reports of these companies 4 3 1 10 Waste In this category the waste in counted which is burned directly e g
4. a IN RUPIRUICEEEREMURE UR EHERRTIESI NDASUISRREPARUT EVA EEOURA IU X eHIS UR ROOKIE SEIN S NEU 5 2 ORDERING CH Kr A WEE 5 3 START BALANCE ISTER 3 icanensuscus een inneren se rare hen errang n 6 Ss BASIC INFOR NATION mcm 6 3 2 EE 6 3 3 ER Ferrum een oe ee 6 SW PUNO E T O ean N ENE E T EET N EENE A TE EETA 6 33 2 LOIN ee 6 333 San POOL ONS eC O ee TNE ET ONE TOEA E ee eee err 6 DiS Eeer 7 4 FINALBALANCE STEP A essen ae ee ee 8 421 EE s wo ree E 8 H 2 XOPHONALINPOT eier EE 8 2 BOTOM UP DA ym ee re ee ee 8 43 1 Energy carriers for all faciliti TEE 8 4 3 2 Split of energy consumption into household and economy sechor 10 4 3 3 Energy consumption for governmental facilities eise eee annes 10 ES EP DIM Uo mc 11 1353 Sect amo aste EE Eeer 11 Pe 11 c 11 5 REPORTING STEPS H c gar 12 ECORegion Short Instruction Seite 3 12 ECO SPEED Five steps Registration You register on www ecospeed ch for ECORegion The registration is free of costs Ordering You order ECORegion online after the first login The prices are different depending on the bought license and on the numbers of inhabitants of the region Start Balance After the ordering you can directly start with entering data In this first phase ECORe
5. cences calculations szenario etc Training courses online and pdf help support hotline Verkehr Bus Linienverkehr Schienenpersonenfernverk ECOSPEED Ltd Gerechtigkeitsgasse 20 CH 8002 Z rich T 41 44 493 93 00 F 41 44 493 93 09 ECO SPEED Stapel D rm ager D i GER gt Szenario until 2030 Ecospeed Windows Internet Explorer Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras pdf Search 0 PDF we dr Ecospeed ECO SPEED EE ECO2Region Regionale Energie und Treibhausgasbilanzierung Einf hrung Idee Voraussetzungen Lizenzen Demoversion Weitere Informationen ECO2Region eine Online Plattform zur Bilanzierung und Simulation f r Energie undco Emissionen von Regi ionen Als Region rstehen Sich Kommunen Zeene I cea a Ka mem pem ch breng nt richtet sich a n Per in Institutionen die sich mit energie und klimapolitischen Eu agen cian rer Aigen etwa mit CO Bilan oder mit Energie und CO Progno Bilanziert werden Verbr uche bzw Emissionen nach Privathaushalten Wirtschaft und Verkehr Durch Anlegen pads GE Sichen verschiedener Szenarien k nnen Entwicklungen des Menge ng sts Bes ftigung Bev Ene jebezu a sta chen und Fahrleistungen im sektor Bau Sani ung orgie ungst tigke ya et n Bezug auf den technischen Fortschritt Energieeffizienz in Wirtscha i Haushalt Was Ist ECO2Region ECO2 Regio ECORegion rai
6. ction of electricity and also district heat are calculated with an emission factor per kWh for the use of electricity With this view the electricity also for the end user is getting emissions A common but wrong mix Some institutions use a mix between the IPCC and the LCA methodology All energy carriers are handled with the IPCC methodology with two exceptions electricity and district heat Electricity and district heat are handled with the LCA methodology and therefore get emissions This definition is not consis tent with the official definition and it is not allowed to treat some energy carriers different than the others ECORegion balancing methodology page 5 8 ECO SPEED 2 IPCC methodology Introduction The IPCC methodology is used by the UNFCCC as standard for the national greenhouse gas inventories of all countries that have ratified the Kyoto pro tocol Methodology Balances according to the IPCC methodology can be characterised as fol lows 6 greenhouse gases are taken into account CO2 CHa N20 SFe PFC HFC All greenhouse gases energetic and non energetic which are emitted in the area of the specific region are taken into account territory prin ciple The IPCC categories for energetic emissions are o LAT Energy production o 1A2 Industry and construction o 1A3 Transport o 1A4a Commercial o 1A4b Residential o 1A4c Agriculture Forestry o 1A5 Offroad o 1B Volatile emissions fr
7. d think about the fact that the deleted energy con sumption probably should be added on another energy carrier See also Oil Gas Switch Oil Gas Switch If your change the oil or gas consumption in the building sector you are changing the overall energy consumption of your buildings The energy consumption for the buildings is not completely different from region to region Therefore the sum of oil and gas should stay more or less the same e g if you do not use gas in your buildings you put these data to zero At the same time you should increase the oil consumption with the same amount of energy consumption nter Extrapolation You can inter or extrapolate missing data directly in ECORegion ECORegion Short Instruction Seite 11 12 ECO SPEED 5 Reporting step 5 If you want to communicate the resultants of your balance in public you should have a look to the following points You should think about a communication strategy for your region To you want to communicate final energy primary energy CO2 or all greenhouse gases You al so should think about your short mid long term targets To avoid inconsistent data the gathering of these data should look the same from year to year Therefore you should define the responsible people for the data ga thering If you communicate absolute consumption or emissions you probably get the problem that your results are increasing instead of decreasing The rea
8. e LCA CO Balance IPCC CO Balance LCA Monitoring 1990 2007 sg Economic Sector Private Household Sector Transportation Sector Public Facilities ECORegion balancing methodology Final Industrial Processes pro Energy Balance IPCC Energy Balance LCA GHG Balance IPCC GHG Balance LCA Monitoring 1990 2007 sg Economic Sector Private Household Sector Transportation Sector Public Facilities Big Industry Non Energetic Emissions IPCC Standard Solvents Agriculture LULUCF Waste premium Energy Balance IPCC Energy Balance LCA GHG Balance IPCC GHG Balance LCA Monitoring 1990 2007 Economic Sector Private Household Sector Transportation Sector Public Facilities Big Industry Non Energetic Emissions IPCC Standard Scenarios 2007 2030 Measures page 4 8 ECO ZSPEED 1 3 Special cases electricity and district heat The following picture shows the two different views on the usage of electric ity district heat is the same World LCA Territory IPCC Electricity Electricity IPCC Only the emissions from the production of electricity and also district heat within the own territory are taken into account These emissions are pro duced by the energy industry For the end user electricity and also district heat is always free of emissions LCA The emissions from the produ
9. e input of energy consumption and driven kilometers The rest LCA balance emissions air pollutants ecobalance etc is delivered by mouse Click 4 2 Optional input of own data Energy consumption per energy carrier for all facilities Split of this energy consumption into household sector and the three different economy sectors Energy consumption for the governmental facilities Driven kilometers per vehicle type Number of vehicles Electricity mix and district heat mix Emission factors electricity products district heat products rest of energy car riers With these data ECORegion will calculate the all related output tables and charts 4 3 Bottom up data 4 3 1 Energy carriers for all facilities 4 3 1 1 Electricity consumption The electricity consumption in your region normally is known The data are delivered by the own electricity company or the one which delivers the electricity to the region These data normally are also available seperately for the household and economy sector The data security normally is no problem on the level ECORegion needs these data If the electricity company does not deliver these data it is possible to implement this point when the contract with this company is renewed 4 3 1 2 Natural gas The consumption of natural gas in your region normally is known The data are deli vered by the own gas company or the one with which delivers the gas to the region These data normall
10. er sa Otherwise you would over or underestimate these consumptions 4 3 1 5 Wood The consumption of wood in your region normally is not known If you want to get own bottom up data you have to calculate them over the available data of the chimney sweeper They normally have data for the power for all plants which are burning crude oil wood or gas You just have to estimate the operating hours for these plants and then calculate the related energy consumption for these plants If the calculated consumption of crude oil differs a lot from the one of the starting bal ance you have to compensate the difference in that way that the overall energy con sumption for the facilities is not changing too much compared to the energy consump tion of the starting balance 4 3 1 6 Coal Coal normally is used above all for industrial processes or in the energy production sector You get these data by asking the main companies in these fields about their coal consumption 4 3 1 7 Geothermal energy The geothermal energy normally has to be estimated The most important information for this estimation is the number of installed geothermal heating pumps and their power These data can be gathered in different ways 1 If someone wants to implement a heating pump in his building he needs to get the permission from the government for that In this permission the planned power and the operating factor of this plant has to be declared This informa tion
11. gion needs the number of inhabitants and number of employees of your region After entering the basic data you can calculate per mouse click the first complete starting balance Final Balance The starting balance finally can be calibrated with own data where they are available The detailed process can be read in the manual You find tips and tricks in this document chapter 5 Reporting After finishing the balance the results normally have to be reported to different audits politicians experts media etc We give you tips what have to be considered for a good and consis tent reporting within this document ECORegion Short Instruction Seite 4 12 ECO SPEED 1 Registration step 1 First you have to register for ECORegion on www ecospeed ch You get username and password immediately per Mail and therefore already get access to the cockpit of ECORegion with the following options Administration own logo defining new user etc All documents tutorial FAQ User Manual etc You get a first impression of the tool without paying anything 2 Ordering step 2 ECORegion needs the following information during the process of ordering Country Name and Adress Number of inhabitants Choice of the needed license Membership in a predefined network could give discount Number of years You have to accept the conditions to finalize the ordering process In a few second you get a confirmati
12. industrial processes like the production of cement The use of waste in waste incinerations is not taken into account because these in formation is part of the electricity mix and district heat mix The data for the use of waste in the related processes are normally published by the industrial companies in their annual reports 4 3 2 Split of energy consumption into household and economy sector To produce results for energy consumption and CO emissions on the level of house holds or economy sectors it s necessary to define the shares of all sectors compared to the overall energy consumption for all facilities It s possible to define two shares 1 Share per energy carrier of the household sector compared to the overall energy consumption for all facilities 2 Share per energy carrier of the three economy sectors compared to the ener gy consumption for all facilities minus the energy consumption of the house hold sector 4 3 3 Energy consumption for governmental facilities It is possible to implement bottom up data for the governmental facilities for four dif ferent sub sectors ECORegion Short Instruction Seite 10 12 ECO SPEED 4 3 4 Driven kilometers The driven kilometers in the transportation sector are separated into four categories People transportation for short distances People transportation for long distances Goods transportation on the road Goods transportation on railways Besides the d
13. nsumption icq Energy consumption pcc LCA factor For this formula the choice of the LCA factor is important The central ques tion is how the energy consumption during the whole production chain is al located There are two possibilities 1 Allocation on energy carrier Fossil fuels that are used for the production and distribution of an energy carrier are allocated to this energy carrier In other words o For the energy industry only the energy consumption and emissions for own use is calculated The energy consumption for the produc tion and distribution of the energy carriers are not part of the bal ance of the energy industry o Electricity and district heat get grey emissions To the fossil fuels the fossil energy consumption for the production and distribution are allocated 2 Territorial allocation place of production Fossil fuel for the production and distribution of an energy carrier are al located where the emissions are produced In other words o The energy industry gets all emissions from the fuel combustions transportation and distribution o Electricity and district heat stay free of emission Fossil fuels are not getting emissions out of the production and distribution In general it is possible to use both methodologies in ECORegion Because of the view from the energy policy of a region ECORegion uses version 1 allo cation on energy carrier ECORegion balancing methodology page 7 8 ECO SPEED Sou
14. nt economic structures into account The calculated energy consumption afterword is aggregated to the main three econ omy sector agriculture industry services 3 3 3 Transportation sector ECORegion is calculating the number of driven kilometers per vehicle type out of the number of inhabitants and the number of employees and the national per capita kilo meter per vehicle type ECORegion at the moment has per capita data on country level It is planned to implement these data also for different types of regions like ur ban or rural areas ECORegion automatically delivers the fuel mix and the specific energy consumption per vehicle type ECORegion Short Instruction Seite 6 12 ECO SPEED 3 3 4 Factors The following factors are delivered automatically and are always updated in ECORe gion for every country Emission factors for greenhouse gas emissions per energy carrier on the level of final and primary energy consumption Emission factors for air pollutants per energy carrier Factors for ecobalance points per energy carrier Factors for the calculation of primary energy consumption per energy carrier ECORegion Short Instruction Seite 7 12 ECO SPEED 4 Final Balance step 4 4 1 Basic Information The final balance is a bottom up approach based on own data of the region The final balance can be characterized over the following points Time needed for the final balance 2 10 days Focus lays on th
15. om fuels The IPCC categories for non energetic emissions are O 2 Industrial processes o 3 Solvents o 4 Agriculture o 5 Landuse landuse change and forestry o 6 Waste Attention has to be paid to the following points O Emissions from the production of electricity and district heat are calculated within the IPCC category 1A1 if the production takes place in the area of the region O Theuse of electricity and district heat within all other cate gories is free of emissions The same is also valid for the use of electricity and district heat that is imported from outside the region ECORegion balancing methodology page 6 8 ECO SPEED 3 LCA methodology Introduction In addition to the IPCC methodology the LCA methodology also takes the emissions during the whole production chain of an energy carrier into ac count ECORegion only calculates the energetic LCA balance LCA balances of material flows and services are not part of ECORegion The emissions in the production chain are based on losses during the pro duction and the distribution of an energy carrier These losses are calculated with LCA factors which cover the whole produc tion chain of an energy carrier It is common that only the fossil shares are taken into account by these LCA factors This makes sense in the view of greenhouse gas accounting Methodology The energy consumption according to the LCA methodology is calculated as follows Energy co
16. on of your registration per mail After that you can immediately start with the data implementation see chapter 3 ECORegion Short Instruction Seite 5 12 ECO SPEED 3 Start Balance step 3 3 1 Basic Information The start balance is a top down approach based on national per capita key factors The starting balance can be characterized over the following points Time needed for the start balance 2 6 hours Difference to bottom up approach lt 10 Possibility to calibrate with own bottom up data 3 2 Needed Data You start with the implementation of the basic data Number of inhabitants Number of employees With these data ECORegion will calculate based on national per capita key data a first balance see chapter 3 3 3 3 Calculation 3 3 1 Household sector ECORegion is calculating the energy consumption for the household sector out of the number of inhabitants of the region and the national per capita energy consumption per energy carrier These per capita key data are coming from the national dataset which is updated every year by Ecospeed 3 3 2 Economy sector ECORegion is calculating the energy consumption for the economy sector out of the number of employees after 17 different economy sectors and the related national per Capita energy consumption per energy carrier The per capita key data are coming from the national dataset which is updated every year by Ecospeed This method al lows to takes differe
17. rces for LCA factors In general the user is free which LCA factors to use Because of the compa rability and transparency ECORegion promotes to use the same LCA factors for all regions ECORegion actually uses the LCA factors of the ecoinvent database as the methodology for the calculations of these factors is consistent in timescale and also between the different energy carriers The ecoinvent database of fers LCA factors for all European countries But it is also possible to implement other LCA factors in ECORegion e g ifeu ISPRA Gemis if needed ECORegion balancing methodology page 8 8
18. riven kilometers for some categories it is also possible to implement the number of cars in the region Out of this information the driven kilometers for the re lated category is calculated 4 3 5 Electricity mix and district heat mix The electricity mix and district heat mix are normally known These data are needed for the calculation of the LCA balance The data are normally available over the re gional energy provider 4 4 Tips For the final balance of the regional energy consumption which own data the follow ing points have to be taken into account Back up Before you change data in the tables it is useful to export these data into Excel because of the following reasons 1 If you are saving the data in an Excel file on your computer you have a Back up of these data 2 Please be aware that data fields on Excel for which you don t want to im port data have to be empty If you put a real O ECORegion will import a real O Putting categories to zero The start balance produces data for all categories which have data on a national level top down approach You have to check these data for your region If you don t have some of the so produced data you have to put them to zero e g energy carriers driven kilometers etc Pay attention that the total energy consumption in the building sector should not change too much by entering your own data Above all when you are deleting some of the data you shoul
19. rovinces counties that are using ECORegion as their standard ECORegion balancing methodology page 2 8 ECO SPEED Content EE AS TE 4 EN GENER AMIDES CRIP TION rv T 4 1 2 IVIETHODOLOGIES IN ECOREGION nase ae 4 1 9 SPECIALCASES ELECTRICITY AND DISTRICT HEAT nee 5 2 JIPCCHMEIHODOLDGY aussen sans aan VER add UR ae ae ae aan CER FIXE GE UTR EE anna 6 3 LA NETH OD OLOGY E 7 ECORegion balancing methodology page 3 8 ECO SPEED 1 Overview 1 1 General Description of the methodologies 1 PCC methodology The core for all balancing is the final energy con sumption of a region which is calculated according to the IPCC methodology In addition to the energetic emissions also the non energetic emissions from industrial processes solvents agriculture land use change forestry and waste are part of the IPCC methodology 2 LCA methodology The inventories according to the LCA methodology are based on the final energy consumption from the IPCC methodology but also take the losses during the production and distribution of the energy carriers outside of the region into account 1 2 Methodologies in ECORegion The following chart gives an overview on the balancing methodologies and on the different versions of ECORegion ECORegionFP e premium Energy IPCC Methodology ei Gi Ke o iz ka a Versions of ECORegion smart Energy Balance IPCC Energy Balanc
20. ses The image and reporting possibilities The quality of evaluations of measures and investments The transparency of political decisions Knowhow saving if people leave The data security daily backup ECORegion saves Time because all calculations factors methods are already implemented Costs because the balances are faster transparent and have more possibilities for the reporting ECORegion is available as Version smart o Monitoring o Endund Primary energy consumption o CQOs Emissions as Version pro premium o Monitoring und Szenario o End und Primary energy consumption O All greenhouse gases also non energetical emissions ECORegion is growing Through permanent implementation of new features Through permanent adaption of benchmarks Through new languages Through our expanding team ECOSPEED Ltd Gerechtigkeitsgasse 20 CH 8002 Zurich T 41 44 493 93 00 F 41 44 493 93 09 www ecospeed ch info ecospeed ch ECO SPEED ECORegion Short Instruction Zurich October 1 2009 Perches end DIS pech a ef WU e TTT POTETE Lal Jrppesirmen Hi I merecen T ig ny Fl Tae hun D egoanales EMITE Die Edd few Gu Bookmarks Toila Wa H 2 d E CA 6 I kein Harz e RU gendum i i N nn erate arme fected helero Zub 1 Enger Energlebezugsfl che Ar TT a branches Le ET ILTI KIT pigain gear DO peg pre Feta RI Ka e in
21. son can be that the numbers of inhabitants or employees are increasing That s why it could be better to communicate per capita consumption or emissions In your communication strategy you should focus on your strength and weak nesses With a transparent communication you can produce goodwill in the popu lation Its important to have a transparent communication and a crystal clear strategy for what you want to do in the following years to reach your goals ECORegion Short Instruction Seite 12 12 ECO SPEED ECORegion Balancing Methodology Zurich September 30 2009 ECO SPEED Overview Documents ECORegion ECORegion Flyer Contents Examples Methodology Features Costs ECOPSPEED ECORegion First steps data gathering reporting Vorgehenshilfen und Ratschl ge bei Methodik Datenerhebung und Reporting e C e n ra S e p S Version Schweiz 1 0 Registration and ordering on www ecospeed ch Set up of the starting balance Set up of the final balance Tips for the reporting Ecospeed SA Gerechtigkeilsgasse 20 CH S002 Z rich T 41 44 405 50 00 F 41 4 403 05 06 Www eccspeed ch infotecospeed ch erem ECORegion Methodologies ECO2Region ee Balances after IPCC methodology Z rich 25 August 2003 Balances after LCA methodology ECOPSPEED ECORegion Manual ECO2Region pdf version of the online help erem ECORegion Communities ECO2Region Case studies of city networks p
22. y are also available separately for the household and economy sector The data security normally is no problem on the level ECORegion needs these data If the gas company does not deliver these data it is possible to implement this point when the contract with this company is renewed ECORegion Short Instruction Seite 8 12 ECO SPEED 4 3 1 3 District heat The consumption of district heat in your region normally is known The data are deli vered by the own district heat company or the one which delivers the district heat to the region These data normally are also available separately for the household and economy sector The data security normally is no problem on the level ECORegion needs these data If the district heat company does not deliver these data it is possible to implement this point when the contract with this company is renewed 4 3 1 4 Crude oil The consumption of crude oil in your region normally is not known If you want to get own bottom up data you have to calculate them over the available data of the chim ney sweeper They normally have data for the power for all plants which are burning crude oil wood or gas You just have to estimate the operating hours for these plants and then calculate the related energy consumption for these plants If the calculated consumption of crude oil differs a lot from the one of the starting bal ance you have to compensate the difference on the use of natural gas and vice v
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