UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) will shortly be seeking expressions of interest from potentially new partners to “develop a more user-friendly version of the carbon accounting workbook”, which provides the water sector with a robust framework for calculating emissions.
Each year, water companies in England and Wales must report their greenhouse gas emissions to Ofwat, the industry regulator. Working with experts across the water sector, UKWIR, in 2007, developed the Carbon Accounting Workbook (CAW) as a standardised basis for estimating operational GHG emissions. It is updated annually to reflect the needs of the industry, and changes in carbon accounting practices.
UKWIR is seeking partners to:
update the workbook to cover all sector-specific emissions sources;
update the emission factors to reflect 2024 UK government conversion factor values;
facilitate a review to ensure core functionality of the workbook is retained, including reporting;
liaise with the project steering group to confirm any additional significant amended functionality, including additional emission factors and estimating methodology;
incorporate outputs of other sector research;
undertake quality assurance testing of the tool;
facilitate water company user testing of the tool by providing workbooks already populated with companies’ most recent data; and
provide comprehensive user guidance and a helpline for companies to use.
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