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Agenda
1. Background and software design
Simon Eggleston

2. Demonstration of Software
Nalin Srivastava

3. Spreadsheets available from 2006 Guidelines–––Landfill Emissions
Harvested Wood Products
Fluorinated Gases (Refrigeration, Foams, Fire Protection)

4. Other support for inventories – EFDB and primer
Kiyoko Tanabe

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Background&Software Design
Simon Eggleston

Background• The mandate of the National Greenhouse
Gas Inventory Programme (NGGIP)
includes:“to develop and refine an internationally-agreed
methodology and software for the calculation andreporting of national GHG emissions and removals”• Software for the 1996 Guidelines was developed– Development of this has been continued by the UNFCCC
for non-Annex I parties• Following completion of 2006 Guidelines we aredeveloping similar companion software2

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Aims of Software Project•

To produce software that automates the Tier 1(and most 2 methodologies) in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for
National Greenhouse Gas Inventories– A phased approach has been adopted• Demonstration version (Energy Sector) this year
• Complete version next year
• While future phases are anticipated they will require a decision by theIPCC plenary and so cannot be guaranteed•The software will not impose any additional requirements onto
users beyond those specified in the 2006 Guidelines to ensure
a good practice inventory– QA/QC software items– Documentation items

Specific Software objectives• Facilitate preparation of national GHG
inventories according to 2006 Guidelines– either for complete inventories or for separate
categories or groups of categories– assist in training and inventory review– harmonise reporting of greenhouse gas
inventories– archive data and complete inventories (whichmay consist of estimates for a number of years)

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Users of Inventory Software•

The primary target groups of users are:– Inventory compilers in all Parties to the UNFCCC with limited
resources without their own inventory systems and who wish to
apply default methods– Trainers and trainees on national GHG inventory compilation•

In additional a range of other potential users has been
identified– Reviewers of national inventories– Academics/Researchers– UNFCCC Secretariat– Project developers•

Many of the primary target users may have both limited
resources and limited internet access but have someknowledge of 2006 Guidelines and to be computer literate andbe familiar with spreadsheets

Timeline•

Meeting in Doha, Qatar (January 2007)– Agreed on development of new software– Agreed on specification of software•Agreement by Task Force Bureau (TFB) (January 2007)– Decided to develop in stages so as to minimise risk and ensure
software meets our needs••

Software development tendered by TSU (April – July 2007)
Contract awarded to SPIRIT a.s. (October 2007)•Software development continues with “beta” versions available.
(ongoing)– For demonstration version covering Energy sector– 2nd version distributed (April 2008)•Work on 2nd phase contracting is now starting aiming forcompletion in 20094

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General Specification•

Minimum hardware specification– reliable internet connections cannot be assumed– Hardware: Pentium CPU and 256 MB RAM– Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista•Software - freely distributable– The system should be freely distributable and should avoid anyfinancial burden on users– The system should be a standalone system. It should not depend
on web access.

•Help– A help system should be available in each module that has
information both on the operation of the software and technicalhelp on the methodologies based on text of the 2006 Guidelines.

•Languages– system should be capable on running independently of thelanguage version of the operating system.
– While it would be desirable for the interface to work in the various
UN Languages this is not mandatory at phase 1, however thesystem should be language-enabled for the future– User manuals will ultimately need to be in all UN languages
though not as part of phase 1.

Inputs•Numerical Data:––•

Additional Information–––••

A numberA notation key (limit input to those specified in the 2006GL
Uncertainties are expressed as +/- 95 percentiles. (Typically users write this as +/-x,+x and - y. Data may be expressed in absolute terms or as percentages and users
should have flexibility on how to express inputs.)

The system should have a data version control. This will record the user nameof who made changes to the database and the date of the change.
It is expected that, in phase 1, users will input data in standard units.
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Choice of Tier
Data Reference (source of data)
Comments

Numerical input data can be:–––•

Activity Data and its uncertainties.
Emission Factors and other parameters as described in the printed worksheets in the2006 Guidelines and the uncertainty of each.

At a later stage this may be adapted to allow alternative units to be used with
software unit conversions, proposals should allow for this in their design.

Some input modules may have text references to external databases but nodirect hyperlinks.

5•The system should output data according to the reporting
requirements & tables of the 2006 Guidelines.
– To form these reporting tables data are aggregated from the individual
calculation sheets.
– The structure of the reporting table is hierarchical with each sector being
the sum of all of its sub-sectors.
– Time series of individual data items (activity data or Emission factors).
– A facility to report using the Revised 1996 Guidelines Reporting Tables
should be included.

•The outputs should be:– Printable– For import into MS Excel®
– As XML files in the CRF Data XML Format.

•In later phases more output options and formats may be required.
Future phases may also ask for graphs of outputs.

Gases in1996
Guidelines

Greenhouse gases

Additional Gases in2006 Guidelines

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Outputs

carbon dioxide (CO2)hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)

methane (CH4)

perfluorocarbons (PFCs)

nitrous oxide (N2O)

sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) trifluoromethyl sulphur
pentafluoride (SF5CF3)
halogenated ethers (e.g., C4F9OC2H5,
CHF2OCF2OC2F4OCHF2, CHF2OCF2OCHF2 )CF3I, CH2Br2 CHCl3, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2
C3F7C(O)C2F5, C7F16, C4F6, C5F8 and c-C4F8O.

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Phase 2ModularStructure

Data Import

QA/QC Sheet –Non-Energy Use

QA/QC Sheet –Referenceapproach

IPPU Worksheets

Phase 2IPPU
Spreadsheets

AFOLUWorksheets

KCADataManagement

HWP
Spreadsheets

Uncertainty

QA/QC Checks

Waste
Worksheets

Phase 2SWDS
Spreadsheets

Precursor Gases
Emission Input

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EnergyWorksheets

Annual orTime series

Number of
Calculation
pages

Outputs

Shaded areas are Phase 2,
Phase 1 is the unshaded area

Notes

Worksheets
Annual11(4 additional for
Reference
approach
QA/QC)

Fluorinated Gases –Foams (2F2)Time Series

1

Fluorinated Gases –Refrigeration andAir Conditioning(2F1)

Time Series

1

Fluorinated Gases –Fire Protection(2F3)Time Series

1

AnnualFor 2F4, 2F5,2F6, 2G2 and
2G3, users needto input data for
two differentyears.

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QA/QC checks
on Non-Energy
Use of Fuels)

Time Series

1Time series default activity data from FAO entered by user.

Annual and timeseries66

Provide annual total land areas as sum of individual land types as a QA/QC check
Provide annual total numbers of livestock as QA/QC check
Time series is needed for lands converted.

EnergyIPPU other thanfluorinated gases
above

HWP

AFOLU other thanHWPSWDSProvide Annual Total Fuel Use from sum of fuel consumption data input by fuel type for QA/QC.
Energy Balance Data can be entered into the Reference approach QA/QC sheet for comparison by users.
“abandoned underground coal mines” should allow time series data entry
For CCS use Reporting Table 1.4b as there is no worksheet in the 2006 Guidelines

Default data from global database to be provided

Note spreadsheet to check Non-Energy Use of Fuels for QA/QC checks
For “2B5 Carbide Production” and “2B7 Soda Ash Production”, users should choose one from two calculation pages.
(Users should not use both of those two pages.)
For “2G1 Electrical Equipment” and “2G2c Other”, users should be able to duplicate the tables to calculate emissions ofdifferent gases using the same calculation procedure as needed.
There are no worksheets in the 2006 guidelines pages for the following source/sink categories: 2A5, 2B10, 2C7, 2D3,2D4, 2E5, 2G4, 2H so the calculation page will be for data input only.

Time Series

1Spreadsheet contain default data

Waste other thanSWDSAnnual18

Provide annual total waste and waste per capita (including SWDS) as QA/QC check

Import Precursor
Gases

Time SeriesThis facility is to enter data from other inventory estimates for these gases for reporting - not to do any calculations. The gases
are: SO2, NOx, NH3, NMVOC and CO.

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A Worksheet

Worksheet Modules• For those modules based on the worksheets:– modules will open with a screen to select the sub-category(i.e. the calculation page)– the calculation page will open and users input theappropriate data. Help will refer to the appropriate chapter
or section in the 2006 guidelines.
– the calculation page should look like the worksheets in the2006 Guidelines as much as possible.
– users be able to enter data, a reference for the data and anoptional comment– users will then save the data and can select another subcategory (calculation page)– each module will contain sectoral QA/QC checks on thedata.

8• Some spreadsheets are included in the 2006Guidelines– Solid Waste Disposal Sites (landfills)– Harvested Wood Products– Some Fluorinated Gases (e.g. refrigeration)• These will be included in the same format
with an interface to them from the software• It will be also be possible to use them asstand-alone programmes

Initialising a new year’s inventory

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PollutantYear d copied to form basis of year e

Existing years
copiedto formbasis of new
inventory

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QA/QC functions• At the data input level there should be some checks.
– For numerical input these will flag numbers outside a“reasonable” value or a notation key.
– For emission factors and other parameters, if the input data
is outside the range defined by the default value and its
uncertainty this should be flagged to the user. Such values
should be allowed by the software.
– Checks do not limits users – merely indicate possible
issues– Reference Approach– Non-Energy Use of Fuels

Flexibility• Within each sub-category the user shouldhave the flexibility to both to:– Duplicate the calculation page to stratify inputs• e.g. so the same calculations can be made for regionsof the country with different parameters used in theestimate– Add additional sub-categories• In these cases the data management part of thesoftware should ensure that these changes are appliedconsistently to all years in the same time series

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ENERGY

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Multiple Users

Way forward• A second phase will be contracted toproduce:– Complete software for all sectors– Minimal quality control– Time series handling• There may be further development to include
additional items such as:– More quality control– Improved input/output– Improved help
– Language options

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The way forward• Timing depends on contracts etc.
• Aim to have working complete software in 2009
• Decision on 3rd phase taken after review meetingSummary• Inventory Software is being written for the 2006
Guidelines• It is aimed at– Users with limited resources– As a training tool

• The software will be free to users• A modular structure will make the software moreflexible – it can be used as a whole, in part or in a
distributed fashion• The software will display all the calculations – it isnot a “black box”

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