Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory

Conducting a GHG emissions inventory establishes baseline emissions to generate an inventory. Using registry protocols and GHG inventory calculations, a comprehensive audit is performed to identify energy-consumption patterns and reduction opportunities and recommendations.

What is involved?

Education - Establishing GHG baseline emissions is an important first step in the future of reduction requirements. M+NLB will clarify the types of information needed to properly generate the inventory. The measured gas-types and the reporting boundaries will be coordinated with the organization. M+NLB will aid in this process by evaluating considerations and making recommendations intended to provide maximum benefits.

Auditing - Once the report parameters are established, M+NLB will work with the organization to collect all the data required to perform the inventory. Using the registry protocols, the GHG inventory is calculated from the collected data. A comprehensive audit of energy-consumption patterns enables us to calculate the full impact of facility operations on GHG emissions. To identify specific GHG emission reduction opportunities, M+NLB will fully analyze data collected from the designated facilities and individual emission sources.

Reporting - Upon completing the GHG inventory calculations, the data is submitted to the reporting entity. CCAR and The Climate Registry (TCR) offer online reporting tools to aid organizations with data reporting.

Verification - Once the report is submitted to the climate registries, M+NLB will help select an approved verifier, often one with previous experience in GHG emissions report validation for healthcare facilities. M+NLB will work with the verifier to answer questions on behalf of the organization and also to facilitate the collection of additional materials needed for report validation.

Past Work
Saint Joseph Health System GHG Inventory
Faced with the challenges of eminent greenhouse gas regulations, and due to its vision to “promote health improvement and create healthy communities,” St. Joseph Health System (SJHS) hired M+NLB in 2007 to provide a reliable assessment of its GHG emissions. With fifteen campuses and 232 buildings spread across 5.5 million square feet, the facility directors at SJHS seized the opportunity to reduce its carbon footprint and finance continued energy demand reduction programs by reducing operational costs through the sale of carbon offsets. M+NLB recommended SJHS streamline its record-keeping structure and data-management process, thereby making it easier to generate an inventory for reporting in future years. By voluntarily addressing GHGs, SJHS became one of the first healthcare systems to report its GHG inventory to the CCAR; the organization’s early action places it in a position to influence future policy and better understand the most cost-effective means of managing and reducing emissions.



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