System and method for use in connection with pollutant emissions
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1. A method for incentivizing management or reduction of emission of one or more pollutants in connection with operation of a pollutant-emitting device, said method comprises the following steps performed automatically when the pollutant-emitting device is in operation:
- detecting operation of the device,checking whether the detected device under operation is the pollutant-emitting device associated with a subscriber'"'"'s account that has been previously registered by a subscriber for subscribing to a pollutant offset program for offsetting in a certified or certifiable manner at least part of the quantity of pollutant(s) emitted by the device,when the result of the checking step is positive, generating an offset or non-offset status electronic signal, said signal including;
identification information identifying the detected device under operation,pollutant offset information regarding a selected operation mode for operating the device either under a pollutant offset mode or a pollutant non-offset mode of the pollutant offset program, the selected operation mode for operating the device under a pollutant offset mode being representative of a pollution-offset procedure that has been implemented in the pollutant offset program,time information representing time at which the device has been detected as operated,transmitting said generated offset or non-offset status electronic signal to at least one information system via a wireless communication network,activating the at least one information system from information contained in the transmitted generated offset or non-offset status electronic signal so that said system transmits offset incentivization information in real time during operation of the device, said transmitted offset incentivization information indicating whether a pollution-offset procedure has been implemented or not in the pollutant offset program for offsetting in a certified or certifiable manner at least part of the quantity of pollutant(s) currently emitted by the device under operation.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method for incentivizing management or reduction of emission of one or more pollutants in connection with operation of a pollutant-emitting device, characterized in that the method comprises:
- transmitting an offset status information signal to at least one information system during operation of a pollutant-emitting device, and
- causing said at least one information system to indicate, in response to receiving said offset status information signal, whether a pollution-offset procedure has been implemented in a pollutant offset program for offsetting in a certified or certifiable manner at least part of the quantity of pollutant(s) emitted by the device.
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1. A method for incentivizing management or reduction of emission of one or more pollutants in connection with operation of a pollutant-emitting device, said method comprises the following steps performed automatically when the pollutant-emitting device is in operation:
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detecting operation of the device, checking whether the detected device under operation is the pollutant-emitting device associated with a subscriber'"'"'s account that has been previously registered by a subscriber for subscribing to a pollutant offset program for offsetting in a certified or certifiable manner at least part of the quantity of pollutant(s) emitted by the device, when the result of the checking step is positive, generating an offset or non-offset status electronic signal, said signal including; identification information identifying the detected device under operation, pollutant offset information regarding a selected operation mode for operating the device either under a pollutant offset mode or a pollutant non-offset mode of the pollutant offset program, the selected operation mode for operating the device under a pollutant offset mode being representative of a pollution-offset procedure that has been implemented in the pollutant offset program, time information representing time at which the device has been detected as operated, transmitting said generated offset or non-offset status electronic signal to at least one information system via a wireless communication network, activating the at least one information system from information contained in the transmitted generated offset or non-offset status electronic signal so that said system transmits offset incentivization information in real time during operation of the device, said transmitted offset incentivization information indicating whether a pollution-offset procedure has been implemented or not in the pollutant offset program for offsetting in a certified or certifiable manner at least part of the quantity of pollutant(s) currently emitted by the device under operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for incentivizing management or reduction of emission of one or more pollutants in connection with operation of a pollutant-emitting device, said system comprises:
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a signal generation module for generating an offset or non-offset status electronic signal, said signal including; identification information identifying the device under operation, pollutant offset information regarding a selected operation mode for operating the device either under a pollutant offset mode or a pollutant non-offset mode of a pollutant offset program for offsetting in a certified or certifiable manner at least part of the quantity of pollutant(s) emitted by the device, the selected operation mode for operating the device under a pollutant offset mode being representative of a pollution-offset procedure that has been implemented in the pollutant offset program, time information representing time at which the device has been detected as operated, a transmission module for transmitting said generated offset or non-offset status electronic signal via a wireless communication network, at least one information system that is configured both to receive said transmitted generated offset or non-offset status electronic signal and transmit offset incentivization information in real time during operation of the device from information contained in the received signal, said transmitted offset incentivization information indicating whether a pollution-offset procedure has been implemented or not in the pollutant offset program for offsetting in a certified or certifiable manner at least part of the quantity of pollutant(s) currently emitted by the device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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