Greenhouse Reporting Database
The Greenhouse Reporting Database records information about your company's production, energy use and action items.
Some information (such as your contact details) will be automatically entered from EPA's records.
Some items, such as greenhouse gases emitted by a particular fuel, and "category" under the Protocol for Environmental Management (PEM), will be automatically calculated by the database.
The database also has space for you to include your report on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and your company's commitment to increasing energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gases. You can also add supporting documentation including environmental policies, greenhouse challenge documents and details of previous actions. You can attach these documents as electronic files or send paper copies to EPA.
Before you get started, make sure you have the following information on hand:
- Your user ID and password. If you currently use the EPA WasteCert system, your user ID and password are the same. If you do not have them, contact your EPA client manager or the EPA Greenhouse Team via email.
- Your audit: details of author and company, whether the audit was conducted (internally or externally) and a copy of the audit in electronic format (if you only have the audit in hard copy, mail a copy to EPA Greenhouse Team, GPO Box 4395 , Melbourne Victoria 3001).
- Name, position and contact details for the person from your company who is authorised to commit your organisation to the actions in your plan.
- Details of energy use for your site, by fuel type (for example electricity, gas, diesel) and the associated greenhouse gas emissions.
- Details of any 'process' related (non-energy) greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide from fermentation, limestone processing or methane from water treatment.
- Details of your total annual production in units (for example 3000 tonnes of roasted nuts, 40,000 square metres of printed packaging, 50,000 cars), so that energy efficiency per unit of production can be measured.
- Details of all actions identified in your audit that have a payback period of three years or less.
- Details of which action items from your audit that your company is committed to implementing, and timing for that implementation.
- Where there are items that your site is not implementing, such as those with a payback period of greater than three years, the action items and the reasons for not implementing should be documented in the "Report" section of the database.
If you have queries, contact your EPA client manager or email the Greenhouse Team.