The intent of this question is for facilities to demonstrate that they have identified and tracked energy/fuel consumption for all energy sources used for company-owned and controlled vehicles.
If you have selected a source, you will be asked to complete a table with the following questions to provide details on your facility’s energy/fuel use for each applicable energy source:
- Does your facility track its energy/fuel use from this source?
- What quantity of energy/fuel is used by this source during this reporting period?
- Unit of Measure
- Which method was used to track this energy/fuel source?
- Provide any additional comments.
Note: If your facility uses fuels for vehicles onsite, you should not report the energy use in this question unless it has been subtracted from the facility’s overall energy use for the respective energy source reported in the overall facility energy consumption data in the question(s) above.
Suggested Uploads
- Documentation that demonstrates the facility has identified and is tracking energy/fuel consumption energy sources used for company-owned and controlled vehicles. (e.g., an inventory and/or tracking records for energy/fuel use, samples of energy purchase invoices or metering records, etc.)
Documentation Required:
- Documentation that supports the reported energy/fuel use data which may include:
- Energy consumption records (e.g., energy/fuel purchase invoices, metering records, etc)
- Note: consumption records compiled in a spreadsheet (e.g., Excel) is ok if detailed consumption records are available for review.
- Documented estimation methodologies if applicable.
Vehicle Sources
For sources below that relate to charging or fuelling of vehicles onsite, you should select the energy source below only if this energy consumption is tracked separately and is NOT already included in the facility’s overall energy reporting for the source(s) selected in the previous question so as to avoid double counting the use of this energy source. For example, if your facility has electric vehicles and charges them onsite using purchased electricity and the electricity consumption of these vehicles is not tracked separately (i.e., subtracted from overall facility electricity consumption), you should not select this source for this question. Similarly, if the facility has natural gas or propane fueled vehicles that are refueled onsite and this is not tracked separately from overall facility usage, you should not select these as sources for this question.
Purchased Energy
- Purchased Electricity
Renewable Energy
- Biodiesel
- Biogas
- Ethanol
- Hydrogen – Renewable Source (i.e., Produced from renewable energy (green hydrogen))
- Purchased Renewables (electricity)
- Solar Photovoltaic (electricity)
- Wind (electricity)
Non-Renewable Energy
- CNG – Compressed Natural Gas
- Diesel
- Hydrogen -Non- Renewable Source(i.e., Produced from non-renewable energy (grey hydrogen))
- LNG – Liquid Natural Gas
- LPG – Liquid Petroleum Gas
- Petrol/Gasoline
- Propane
Note: If Diesel, Biodiesel, Ethanol and/or Petrol/Gasoline are selected as sources, you will be asked the following sub questions to provide details on the fuel blend of these fuels. For example, if the petrol/gasoline used at your facility is 90% petrol/gasoline and 10% Ethanol, the numeric value of 10 should be input for the question “What is the percentage of Ethanol within your Petrol/Gasoline source?” :
- Is the Diesel used for the vehicles a mixture of both Biodiesel and Diesel? (Ref ID: envehicleheader)
- If Yes, What is the percentage of Biodiesel within your diesel source? (ie. B10, B15, B20 etc)
- Is the Biodiesel used for the vehicles a mixture of both Biodiesel and Diesel? (Ref ID: enbiodieselvehicle)
- If Yes, What is the percentage of Biodiesel within your biodiesel source? (ie. B100, B90, B75 etc)
- Is the Petrol/Gasoline used for the vehicles a mixture of both Ethanol and Petrol/Gasoline? (Ref ID: enpetrolvehicle)
- If Yes, What is the percentage of Ethanol within your Petrol/Gasoline source? (ie. E10, E15, E20 etc)
- Is the Ethanol used for the vehicles a mixture of both Ethanol and Petrol/Gasoline? (Ref ID: enethanolvehicle)
- If Yes, What is the percentage of Ethanol within your Ethanol source? (ie. E100, E85, E50 etc)
Suggested Uploads
- Energy tracking records that show all of the facility’s energy sources of energy/fuel for company owned and controlled vehicles.
Reporting Fuel Blends in the Higg FEM for Diesel, Biodiesel, Ethanol and Petrol/Gasoline
Commercially available fuels are often blended and may be available in different concentrations. For example, B10 (10% Biodiesel and 90% traditional diesel fuel), or E85 (up to 85% Ethanol and 15% traditional petrol/gasoline). In the FEM, facilities are asked to report details on the proportions of the fuel blends used to allow for accurate accounting of GHG emissions. This information should be obtained from fuel providers.