What methods are required for Second Nature reporting?
Second Nature requires that you use the Market-Based Scope 2 Method and the recommended EF version (2019). You will need to make these selections to view your data on the Second Nature Report AND to export your data to Second Nature's Reporting Platform with the API. To change to the recommended scope 2 and EF version, please visit the calculation sources and methods form.
How does my data get from SIMAP to the Second Nature reporting system?
SIMAP generates a report specific to Second Nature reporting under the Reports tab. After you use SIMAP to calculate your emissions data, you can go to the Second Nature reporting system and pull your data in from SIMAP. We call this the Second Nature API. See this document for detailed instructions on how to use the Second Nature API.
A complete of the data points transferred via the API can be found in these instructions and on the reports tab when 'Second Nature' is selected from the reports drop-down. The data points transferred with the API include:
- Scope 1 emissions (stationary combustion, mobile combustion, fugitive emissions)
- Scope 2 emissions (purchased electricity, cooling, and steam)
- Some scope 3 emissions (commuting, air travel [including both directly financed and study abroad air travel])
- Total purchased electricity consumption and thermal energy consumption
- Renewable energy purchases and whether those credits were retained
- Gross square feet of building space
- Total student enrollment (FTE)
Please note that several data points that are entered into SIMAP and can also be entered in the Second Nature reporting system are not transferred via the API. Those data points include:
- Biogenic footprint
- Purchased and sold offsets
- Carbon sequestration
- Some demographic information (e.g., detailed populations, gross square footage)
- Purchased goods (scope 3, such as paper, food)
- T&D losses from electricity (scope 3)
If you would like to report these data points in your Annual Progress Evaluation, then you will need to enter them again in Second Nature's reporting system.
For more information on reporting to Second Nature, please visit the Second Nature Reporting page.