For over 10 years, we have led the way in developing strategies and technologies in carbon footprint analysis and greenhouse gas emissions management.
At PAEHolmes we can provide comprehensive carbon management and greenhouse gas assessment and reporting services to ensure compliance with the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007, as well as to support participation in emissions trading schemes. We can assist in evaluating risks and maximising opportunities presented by carbon constrained economies, and help businesses develop robust carbon-management strategies underpinned by verifiable emissions data.
Services include:
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measurement, Equipment and Advice
Emissions trading schemes place a monetary value on greenhouse emissions, so ensuring effective measurement and reporting of greenhouse emissions is imperative to realising value and controlling carbon compliance risk. PAE can provide advice in the selection of measurement equipment and the development of reporting procedures and methodologies for greenhouse emission management.
Opportunity Identification and Technology Review
We can identify and evaluate technologies to lower greenhouse emissions. Our team of chemical and environmental engineers can evaluate potential projects and strategies to determine key asset financial performance measures (such as NPV and IRR).
We incorporate key variables such as carbon cost and fuel cost to underpin decision making and project evaluation. And because no two projects are ever the same, we can tailor models of investment performance to individual projects taking account of specific sensitivities. This would enable investors and operators to identify and evaluate opportunities and manage risks for each project.
Life Cycle Assessment
Life cycle assessment (LCA) describes the systematic evaluation of the environmental impact of a product or project though all stages of its life cycle, from its manufacture to disposal and recycling. Emerging regulations are increasingly demanding life cycle assessments which will increasingly be an integral qualifier for the procurement of goods and services to major companies. Life cycle assessment is a particularly useful tool for determining secondary exposure to carbon constraints. If a component or a stage in the product life cycle is particularly carbon intensive (for example, in its transportation) it can have ramifications to the production cost and the economics of its markets.
Data Collection and Management Systems
We excel at dealing with complex data, a core discipline since the company’s inception. We can develop customised data management solutions that allow key decision makers to realise opportunities and control risks associated with emissions.
Emission Inventory Development and Verification Services
We have the skills to develop greenhouse emissions inventories on all scales from single installations to national spatially allocated regulatory tools. Our experience in this area is extensive as can be seen by the scale of the inventory projects we have undertaken to date. Our emissions inventories can be developed to satisfy any required compliance and reporting regime.
Methodology Development
With extensive experience in developing emissions estimation methodologies for regulatory bodies and complex industrial processes, we are able to develop process-specific methodologies for carbon offsets and credits generated by emerging technologies and techniques not yet accepted by carbon markets. We can develop these methodologies to a standard that would allow international acceptance and commoditisation of generated emission credits.