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How can I view my results in SIMAP?
1. Results Tab
- Footprints: Select the carbon and/or nitrogen boxes to indicate which graph(s) you would like to view.
- Report type: Your institution's footprint results can be shown as the following:
- Gross Footprint*
- Net Footprint*
- By scope
- By category
- By source
- By gas/pollutant
* Includes the option to view the biogenic carbon footprint
- Campus Selection: Tier 2 users with multiple campuses can select which campuses to view
- Scope 2 Method: Select which method by which to view the resulst (usually the same method as what is entered on the Data Mgmt tab)
- Graph type: You can view a line or bar graph and a pie chart (a single year of data selected)
- Normalization: The options selected above can then be normalized by a variety of metrics. Note that you will have needed to enter your institution's relevant information under the "1. Account" tab to use normalizations.
- Year range: Make sure the selected year range matches up with the data sets you entered.
After selecting the above options, click "Calculate" to view your results. You will then see a carbon and/or nitrogen graph. The detailed results will be presented in tables below the graphs, organized by the report type you selected.
2. Reports Tab
- Report types: Your institution's footprint results can be shown as the following:
- Annual Report - view the carbon or nitrogen results for a single year
- Food Report
- Commuting Report
- Second Nature Report
- GRITS Report
- Biogenic Report
- Campus Comparison Report
3. Export Data
You can export your inventory, emissions factors, and results under the Data Mgmt tab on the Export Data page. Once you download the data and results, you can save them and create any type of report of graphs for your institutional reporting.
What units are the results provided in?
Greenhouse gas emissions are given in both the absolute weight of each of the gases, and in the internationally standard units of “Carbon Dioxide Equivalents, or eCO2, according to their Global Warming Potential (GWP), a measure of each gas’ contribution to climate change relative to that of carbon dioxide (colloquially referred to as “carbon”). For example, one molecule of methane (CH4) is 25 times more potent than one molecule of CO2 (whose GWP = 1) over the same timeframe. Metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent or MT eCO2 is usually the most useful unit SIMAP provides for reporting your institutions emissions.