Real-Time Emissions Dashboard Introduced

Oct., 2024

A groundbreaking feature was launched, providing a real-time emissions dashboard. This dashboard integrates live data feeds from connected sources like energy meters and fleet management systems, offering organizations up-to-the-minute insights into their carbon emissions. The dashboard includes customizable visualizations and performance metrics, enabling users to monitor emissions in real-time and make proactive decisions.

This real-time capability is a significant innovation for clients aiming to track and reduce their emissions footprint dynamically.

Performance Optimization for Large Datasets

July, 2024

Optimized the emissions calculation engine, improving the processing speed for large datasets by up to 15%. This enhancement is especially valuable for organizations managing extensive global operations, reducing the time required to generate reports and analyze data.

Enhanced Data Import Performance

June, 2024

Major improvements were made to the CSV/XLS data import functionality, with significant enhancements to error handling and large dataset processing. These updates reduce the likelihood of import failures and improve the overall speed of large data uploads, making it easier for clients to handle bulk emissions data.

The import feature now better handles data from external systems, ensuring smoother integration across various software platforms.

Automated Proxy Handling for Missing Data

May, 2024

A major efficiency upgrade was implemented with the introduction of automated proxy handling for missing data entries. Proxies are now automatically applied to missing fields in categories such as electricity, waste, and water. Users still retain control, with the option to override proxies by submitting actual data. This feature helps fill gaps when real data is unavailable, ensuring that reports are complete and compliant with minimum data requirements. [IM-1092]

This proxy mechanism was designed to be flexible enough to accommodate variations in data across industries and regions, making it a valuable tool for global reporting.

Data Anomaly Alerts Introduced

April, 2024

To assist organizations in managing their data integrity, new alerts were developed to flag data anomalies. This feature allows users to monitor activity-level data for categories such as electricity, fuels, and waste. When data falls outside expected ranges, the system triggers an alert, guiding users to potential errors early in the reporting process.

This feature adds a new layer of quality assurance to data entry, reducing manual error-checking time and increasing confidence in the final reports.

Emission Factors for Vehicles

Nov and Dec, 2023

Applied the updated 2023 emission factors across all company vehicle categories, improving the accuracy of emissions reporting for corporate fleets. These updates align with the latest UNDP and IPCC methodologies.

Vehicle types such as light trucks, heavy-duty trucks, and passenger vehicles now have more accurate emission profiles, helping organizations better track and manage their transportation emissions.

Introduced recalibrations for regional variations in fuel types, ensuring organizations can capture data specific to the countries in which they operate.

Updates included recalculating emissions for different car categories such as hybrids and electric vehicles, providing clients with more accurate data for 2023 year-end reports.

File Attachment Feature Enhanced

Sept., 2023

Introduced a prominent visual indicator for attached files within records, significantly improving user experience. Users can now easily spot and manage attached documents linked to emissions records, reducing the time spent searching for key files.

This feature was particularly important for large organizations managing complex datasets with multiple documents, helping them stay organized and efficient in their recordkeeping.

Steam Emission Factor Update

July 2023

Collaborated with UN agencies to update the emission factors for steam in Kyrgyzstan and Moldova. This ensured the platform reflected the most up-to-date values for these regions, allowing users in these countries to submit more accurate GHG inventories.

This update is part of the platform’s ongoing efforts to tailor emissions calculations to region-specific needs, making it an indispensable tool for organizations operating internationally.

Revised Ground Transport Categories in Business Travel

May, 2023

Updated the business travel ground transport categories, adding more vehicle and fuel types to better reflect modern transportation modes. Organizations now have more granular control when reporting emissions from business travel, covering newer technologies like hybrid and electric cars and motorcycles.

New Feature: Waste & Water Time Series and Data Anomaly Columns

April 9, 2023

New graphs under the Waste and Water dashboards to observe the yearly change.

In the Raw Data Summary table, we added the following columns:

• % variance = raw data change from previous year

• Consumption/personnel = raw data per staff

• Intensity and Intensity unit = depending on the source, raw data per office size, or per passenger, or per vehicle

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Update in Entity Status and Business travel - air

April 9, 2023

For the selected reporting year status, additional steps were added: "Pending Updates" and "Pending Final Review". Pending updates allows the general user to go back and provide further information if requested and pending final review allows the master user to make any changes before finalizing.

In air travel, an additional field was added to distinguish between "Non-staff" and "Staff" travel. Currently, organizations need to contact us and request this feature to be enabled.

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New Feature: Data Quality

March 16, 2023

Master user has the ability to set data quality options, resulting in a field for each data entry in the Provide Data section. The selected data quality can then be found in the Raw Data Summary table for every data record. This feature can be made required or optional for the user.

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Update in the design for reporting year status

February 20, 2023

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New Feature: View only role in Team Builder

February 10, 2023

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Goal tracking status improved

January 11, 2023

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New Feature: Application now available in French

January 10, 2023

Updates in offset screen & user experience

January 9, 2023

The Offset screen was located between Defining Boundaries and Provide Data sections when adding information for a reporting year. The screen was moved to the dashboard as one of the options under the plus sign labeled "Add emissions offsets" or by clicking the pencil icon in the "Emissions offset/removed" card.

The last entity that the user views before exiting will be saved for the next time they log back in.

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Additional Waste treatment options added

January 5, 2023

For "General waste", "On-site storage" was added ad an additional treatment type and "Unknown" treatment was changed to "Other/Unknown".

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Updates in Entity control & Team Builder

January 4, 2023

There is a better control on how data is added to an entity by applying a restriction when an entity is inactive or active. Also, user can display and edit the status of an entity in Team Builder based on the year selected.

Updates to the Team Builder design and structure to better organize entities.

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New Feature: Air travel emissions between airports

December 28, 2022

For Business travel - air, users have the additional option to add air travel data by flight routes.

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New Feature: Google SSO Capabilities & Scenario building

December 21, 2022

Our log-in screen was redesigned to incorporate the ability for users to log in with Google SSO.

Users can build scenarios using future years.

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Updates in Dashboard & Data Tables

November 11, 2022

The dashboard's user interface was redesigned.

Data Tables have the function of filtering and sorting.

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Multiple updates

November 1, 2022

The software has an improved page load time.

User can switch between alternate pie graphs for waste and water. Waste has the option for Waste by Type and Waste by Treatment. Water has the option for Water by Source and Water by Treatment.

Years with data now have an indication with a circle icon.

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New Feature: Aggregate data using team tree

October 20, 2022

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New Feature: Progress Dashboard & Selection Bar

October 13, 2022

Goal setting and progress features are implemented in the Progress dashboard.

Function of selecting which emission sources to show in the trend graph under the Progress dashboard.

The entity and year selected is moved to the app bar at the top of the page.

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Updates in Provide Data

September 19, 2022

kWh unit was added for natural gas in On-site energy generation, Facility Fuels.

Values with decimal points are accepted in the Amount fields.

In office information, field is added for users to indicate number of vehicles by entity.

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New Feature: Electricity (Facilities) dashboard

July 29, 2022

Graphics show the total electricity and share of renewable electricity.

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Emissions breakdown: added vehicle intensity

July 26, 2022

The emission intensity for company vehicles is added to the "Emissions breakdown" table with unit of tCO2/vehicles.

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New Feature: Grouping entity in Team Builder

June 29, 2022

New function of adding a grouping entity in Team Builder. This is a separate entity type called "grouping" that will not have data attached. This will allow for more than one entity to be grouped together.

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New Feature: Selected reporting year status

June 28, 2022

The available statuses are Not Started, In Progress, Submitted For Review, Pending, and Approved.

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Update in Entity Tracking table

June 23, 2022

Column for percent change in emissions from previous year is added to the Entity Tracking table. This will allow users to spot data anomalies.

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New Feature: Pop-up warning for missing units

June 19, 2022

Created a pop-up warning if the user enters any consumption data without a corresponding unit.

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Update in Emission dashboard

May 17, 2022

In Overview dashboard, allow users to choose pie chart to show Emissions by Scope.

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New Feature: Team tree now available for CARBON

May 17, 2022

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Updates in Office information & Team tree

May 10, 2022

Office information from previous year will default when starting a new year.

Office information is now tied to inventory period.

Users added to an entity can now cascade down the team tree.

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Updates in Edit Entity in Team Builder

April 6, 2022

User is automatically given same rights when creating a sub-entity in Team Builder.

Users can now be searched by username or email when added to an entity.

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New Feature: Online checkout functionality

March 9, 2022

For subscription, new user is able to create an account from the checkout page.

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Updates in dashboard & data tables

January 10, 2022

Improved UI/UX for more responsive screen sizes.

Ability to sort columns in the data tables.

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New Feature: Search entities on Team Builder

January 4, 2022

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New Feature: Telework added to the dashboard

November 23, 2021

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New Feature: Waste and Water reporting

August 3, 2021

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