In order to successfully import your Facility Data Manager (FDM) data into your Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM) 2024, there are a few items to check beforehand. FDM can include up to 100% of your FEM quantitative level 1 data.
Checklist -
If you can answer "Yes" to the following questions you are ready to import!
- Do I have 12 months of FDM submissions?
- Do all of the sections I want to import have 12 submissions?
- Do all of the sources I want to import have values for all 12 submissions?
- If I want to import Validated data only, do I have all 12 submissions validated?
If you cannot answer "Yes" to the above, check the following:
- Complete FDM submissions for all 12 months for 2024 (January - December)- The Higg FEM represents annual data so you must complete 12 months of FDM data to successfully import.
- Determine the sections you want to import and check for completeness - Sections available: Site Info & Permits, Production Volume, Energy, Water, and Wastewater, Waste, and/or Air Emissions. You do not have to complete every section in FDM in order to import data into FEM; but for each section you want to import, you must have 12 months of data for that section.
- Within each section, complete source usage values for all sources - Examples of Energy Sources are Purchased Electricity, Purchased Steam, etc. examples of Water sources are Municipal Blue Water, Recycled Water, etc. If you did not use a source one month, you can report 0 in the value field. Double check that all sources you want to import are reported in each submission.
- Review data for mixtures, mixture percentages, mixture usage, and temperatures - To ensure that the most accurate yearly FEM value is submitted, if the values for these fields vary within the 12 months reported, the field will not be imported into FEM. If the fields have the same value for all 12 months, the value will be imported into FEM as a yearly value. You are not being penalized if the field is not imported. The values for these fields can change month over month. More information below.
- Validated data will import if you have 12 months validated - If some submissions within the reporting period are not validated, you can import self-reported data.
- If updates are made to your FDM data you may re-import - For example if you imported self-reported data and later your FDM submissions are Validated, you may re-import the validated data. Or if you noticed a mistake in your FDM submission and made an update, you can re-import the most recent values.
Example Scenarios:
Example 1:
A facility reports Site info, Energy, and Production volume in FDM. The facility has reported 12 months of data for these sections, so the data will be available for import into their FEM for those sections.
Example 2:
A facility reports Site info, and Energy for 12 months in FDM, but only entered 7 months of data for Production volume. Site info and Energy will be available for import into FEM, Production Volume will not import unless the submissions are edited to add the missing 5 months of data.
Example 3:
A facility reports Site info, Energy, and Production Volume data in FDM. The facility was closed for a month during the reporting period. The facility reports 12 months of data, for the month they were closed the facility inputs 0 for Production Volume and reduced values for Energy usage. The Site Info, Energy, and Production Volume data will be available for import into FEM.
Example 4:
A facility reports Site info and Energy data in FDM for 12 months. The facility uses energy generated from onsite solar panels as well as purchased electricity. In the summer months solar provides all of the energy necessary for operations, but in the winter the facility uses both sources. In FDM they report both sources in their monthly submissions. For the months that purchased electricity is not used, the facility enters a 0 value. Both sources will successfully import into FEM.
Note on Mixtures, Mixture Percentages, Mixture Usage, and Temperatures:
These rules can apply to production, domestic, and/or vehicle areas. The majority of these questions are within the Site section of the FDM.
- EAC Energy sources, mixture percentages, MWh purchased and retired
Carbon offsets purchased and retired (in Metric Tons CO2e) - Purchased steam energy sources, mixture percentages, pressure, and temperatures
- Purchased district heating temperatures
- Renewable energy mix and mixture percentages
- Custom emission factors for renewable energy, purchased electricity, chilled water, and district heating
- Capacity of the onsite Solar Photovoltaic (electricity generating) system (in kWp)
- Onsite Solar or wind power generation percentage of carbon or renewable energy credits sold/allocated to an external party
- Percentage of diesel used for an onsite generator
- Percentage of diesel used
- Percentage of biodiesel used
- Biodiesel mixture