METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND REPORTING EMISSIONS

• US 20100138190A1
• Filed: 11/23/2009
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verisae (Fortive Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Verisae (Fortive Corp.)
• Inventors: McConnell, Robert S., Hepperla, Paul, Johnson, Daniel T.
• Application Number:
  US12/624,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20100138190A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/188
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/84 Greenhouse gas [GHG] management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/845 Inventory and reporting systems for greenhouse gases [GHG]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/90 Financial instruments for climate change mitigation, e.g. environmental taxes, subsidies or financing

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods and systems of tracking enterprise gas emissions such as greenhouse gas emissions. The systems and methods relate to collecting or entering data relating to one or more emissions source of an enterprise or an enterprise location, calculating emissions totals, and, according to certain embodiments, generating emissions reports.

Claims

1. A network-based emissions tracking system for tracking emissions of a plurality of assets located at a plurality of locations of an enterprise, the system comprising:

(a) a central processor accessible on a computer network;

(b) an asset database in communication with the central processor, the asset database configured to store;

(i) asset information relating to the plurality of assets located at the plurality of locations, wherein the plurality of assets comprises at least one emissions asset; and

(ii) usage information relating to each of the plurality of assets;

(c) emissions tracking software associated with the central processor, the emissions tracking software configured to calculate and track a calculated greenhouse gas emissions amount relating to at least one of the emissions assets based on the usage information relating to the at least one emissions asset; and

(d) predictive analysis software associated with the central processor, the predictive analysis software configured to calculate an estimated impact of a change in at least one external parameter on emissions of at least one of the emissions assets.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the predictive analysis software is further configured to calculate the estimated impact of the change in the at least one external parameter based on correlative analysis utilizing historical information.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the predictive analysis software is further configured to identify at least one operating adjustment to at least one of the emissions assets in response to the estimated impact of the change.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one emissions asset comprises at least one direct emissions asset and at least one indirect emissions asset powered at least in part by at least one indirect emissions source.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the predictive analysis software is further configured to calculate the estimated impact of the change in the at least one external parameter on emissions of at least one of the plurality of locations.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the predictive analysis software is further configured to calculate the estimated impact of the change in the at least one external parameter on emissions of the enterprise.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one external parameter comprises a weather event.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the predictive analysis software is further configured to identify at least one of the plurality of locations that may be affected by the change in the at least one external parameter using GIS capabilities.

9. A network-based emissions tracking system for tracking emissions of a plurality of assets located at a plurality of locations of an enterprise, the system comprising:

(a) a central processor accessible on a computer network;

(b) an asset database in communication with the central processor, the asset database configured to store;

(i) asset information relating to the plurality of assets located at the plurality of locations, wherein the plurality of assets comprises at least one emissions asset; and

(ii) usage information relating to each of the plurality of assets;

(c) emissions tracking software associated with the central processor, the emissions tracking software configured to calculate and track a calculated greenhouse gas emissions amount relating to at least one of the emissions assets based on the usage information relating to the at least one emissions asset;

(d) an asset interface associated with at least one of the emissions assets, wherein the asset interface is in communication with the central processor, wherein the asset interface is configured to control at least a portion of the at least one of the emissions assets; and

(e) operating software associated with the central processor, the operating software configured to adjust operation of the at least one of the emissions assets through the asset interface associated with the at least one of the emissions assets.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising predictive analysis software associated with the central processor, the predictive analysis software configured to calculate an estimated impact of a change in at least one external parameter on emissions of at least one of the emissions assets.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the predictive analysis software is further configured to identify at least one operating adjustment to at least one of the emissions assets in response to the estimate impact of the change.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the operating software is further configured to adjust operation of the at least one of the emissions assets through the asset interface associated with the at least one of the emissions assets based on the at least one operating adjustment.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the operating software is further configured to adjust operation of the at least one emissions assets at one of the plurality of locations through the asset interface associated with the at least one of the emissions assets.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the operating software is further configured to adjust operation of the at least one emissions assets of the enterprise through the asset interface associated with the at least one of the emissions assets.

15. A network-based emissions tracking system for tracking emissions of a plurality of assets located at a plurality of locations of an enterprise, the system comprising:

(a) a central processor accessible on a computer network;

(b) an asset database in communication with the central processor, the asset database configured to store;

(i) asset information relating to the plurality of assets located at the plurality of locations, wherein the plurality of assets comprises at least one emissions asset; and

(ii) usage information relating to each of the plurality of assets;

(c) emissions tracking software associated with the central processor, the emissions tracking software configured to calculate and track a calculated greenhouse gas emissions amount relating to at least one of the emissions assets based on the usage information relating to the at least one emissions asset;

(d) an asset interface associated with at least one of the emissions assets, wherein the asset interface is in communication with the central processor, wherein the asset interface is configured to control at least a portion of the at least one of the emissions assets;

(e) predictive analysis software associated with the central processor, the predictive analysis software configured to

(i) calculate an estimated impact of a change in at least one external parameter on emissions of at least one of the emissions assets; and

(ii) identify at least one operating adjustment to at least one of the emissions assets in response to the estimated impact of the change; and

(f) operating software associated with the central processor, the operating software configured to adjust operation of the at least one of the emissions assets through the asset interface associated with the at least one of the emissions assets based on the at least one operating adjustment.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the predictive analysis software is further configured to calculate the estimated impact of the change in the at least one external parameter based on correlative analysis utilizing historical information.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the predictive analysis software is further configured to calculate the estimated impact of the change in the at least one external parameter on emissions of at least one of the plurality of locations.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the predictive analysis software is further configured to calculate the estimated impact of the change in the at least one external parameter on emissions of the enterprise.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the operating software is further configured to adjust operation of the at least one emissions assets at one of the plurality of locations through the asset interface associated with the at least one of the emissions assets.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the operating software is further configured to adjust operation of the at least one emissions assets of the enterprise through the asset interface associated with the at least one of the emissions assets.