BSEN40810

This module introduces the principles, methods and application of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) inventory methods for assessing organisations in line with International Standards (ISO 14064 family).
ISO 14064-1:2018(E): Greenhouse gases — Part 1: Specification with guidance at the organisation level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals
ISO 14064-2:2019(E): Greenhouse gases — Part 2: Specification with guidance at the project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal enhancements
ISO 14064-3:2019(E): Greenhouse gases — Part 3: Specification with guidance for the verification and validation of greenhouse gas statements
The module will be based on the standard requirements and guidelines for quantification of the GHG inventory for organisations, including goal and scope setting, GHG inventory analysis, deterministic and probabilistic model development, generating results and interpretation, reporting and review. The standard accounting methods used will be further developed to include probabilistic analysis when calculating the GHG emissions from an organisation. This will involve understanding the use of different distributions, fitting distribution to discrete and continuous datasets, probabilistic modelling, and Monte Carlo simulation to predict robust estimates of outputs and uncertainty. In addition, all students will complete an industry-standard GHG inventory project for a small-scale organisation or sub-section of a larger organisation (i.e., max ca. 15 people employed or throughput of <€0.5M), which will be completed throughout the module.