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Design Principles Guidance
The Design Principles Guidance includes overall guidance on defining inventory boundaries, identifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emission sources, and defining and adjusting a base year.
Download the complete Design Principles Guidance (PDF) (99 pp, 3.1 MB, About PDF), or click on the links below to view each section individually.
- Table of Contents (PDF) (4 pp, 95K)
- Abbreviations and Acronyms (PDF) (1 pg, 50K)
- Introduction (PDF) (4 pp, 75K)
- Chapter 1: GHG Accounting and Reporting Principles (PDF) (4 pp, 67K)
- Chapter 2: Business Goals and Inventory Design (PDF) (1 pg, 31K)
- Chapter 3: Setting Organizational Boundaries (PDF) (9 pp, 149K)
- Chapter 4: Setting Operational Boundaries (PDF) (8 pp, 203K)
- Chapter 5: Tracking Emissions Over Time (PDF) (7 pp, 290K)
- Chapter 6: Identifying and Calculating GHG Emissions (PDF) (6 pp, 126K)
- Chapter 7: Managing Inventory Quality (PDF) (8 pp, 114K)
- Chapter 8: Tracking Progress Towards the GHG Reduction Goal (PDF) (2 pp, 51K)
- Chapter 9: Reporting GHG Emissions (PDF) (9 pp, 307K)
- Chapter 10: Verification of GHG Emissions (PDF) (3 pp, 50K)
- Chapter 11: Guidance on Setting a GHG Reduction Goal (PDF) (6 pp, 178K)
- Appendix 1: GHG Emissions Sources by Sector (PDF) (4 pp, 133K)
- Appendix 2: Unit Conversions (PDF) (3 pp, 96K)
- Appendix 3: IMP Checklist (PDF) (6 pp, 156K)
- Appendix 4: Annual GHG Inventory Summary and Goal Tracking Form (PDF) (4 pp, 854K)
- Glossary of Terms (PDF) (6 pp, 77K)