IEC TR 62726 , which is a technical report (hereinafter referred to as “report”) describes principles and guidance on quantifying greenhouse gas emission (CO ₂e) reductions compared to a baseline (which includes “ business as usual”) for electrical and electronic products and systems (hereinafter referred as EE products).

This report addresses GHG reduction through an EE product-related GHG project, not just the difference between GHG emissions of two EE products.

This report is applicable to any type of EE product-related GHG projects which are introducing low-carbon technologies or highly energy-efficient products, etc., including both final products and intermediate products.

This report is based on the result of a comparative study on existing methodologies published or under discussion in international organizations.

This report is intended to be used by those involved in design, development and use of EE products, and their supply chains regardless of industry sectors, regions, types, activities and sizes of organizations.

Table 1 illustrates an example of an EE product-related GHG project and its relation with an EE product (also see Figure 2):

Table 1

An example of EE product-related GHG projects

In this report, ISO 14064‑2 , ITU‑T L.1410 [2] and GHG Protocol for Project Accounting, are studied and compared since these documents and initiatives are regarded as the most influential ones worldwide at the moment.

This report refers to requirements relevant to EE product-related GHG projects in the existing documents, e.g. ISO 14064‑2 and GHG Protocol for Project Accounting and quotes them with boxes. The boxes are followed by guidance applicable to EE product-related GHG projects. It is to be noted that these boxes do not capture the full text of the referred standards therefore readers are encouraged to read the standards to fully understand their requirements.

This report is programme-neutral. If an organization applies for a specific programme (e.g. a greenhouse gas programme, such as certification and recognition of GHG reduction units under clean development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or another climate change mitigation programme) some requirements of that programme may apply in addition to the descriptions given in this report.

NOTE 1

Under the Kyoto Protocol’s CDM, a key provision is that CDM projects contribute to local sustainable development goals in addition to generating greenhouse gas emissions reduction. Sustainable development criteria may also be important to other climate change mitigation programmes. Because sustainability is not directly related to greenhouse gas emissions quantification, this report does not address such provisions or criteria.

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4	CONTENTS
6	FOREWORD
8	INTRODUCTION
10	1 Scope Tables Table 1 – An example of EE product-related GHG projects
11	2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions
15	4 Principles 4.1 Provisions in existing standards
16	4.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance 5 Comparative study on the existing relevant documents 6 Quantification framework 6.1 General
17	6.2 Basic steps of GHG reduction study 6.2.1 Provisions in existing standards 6.2.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance
18	6.3 Defining the goal and scope Figures Figure 1 – Basic steps of GHG reduction study
19	6.4 Defining the EE product-related GHG project 6.4.1 Electrotechnical industry guidance
20	6.4.2 Additional guidance for intermediate products 6.5 Determining the baseline scenario 6.5.1 Provisions in existing standards Figure 2 – Illustrated overview of GHG reductions relative to baseline scenario
21	6.5.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance
23	6.5.3 Additional guidance for intermediate products 6.6 Selecting relevant GHG sources, sinks and reservoirs (SSRs) 6.6.1 Identifying primary effects and significant secondary effects
25	6.6.2 Choosing the options to select relevant GHG SSRs
27	6.6.3 Additional guidance for intermediate products 6.7 Trial estimation and decision on relevant GHG SSRs 6.8 Estimating baseline emissions 6.8.1 Baseline procedures
28	6.8.2 Performance standard procedure
29	6.8.3 Project-specific procedure
31	6.8.4 Additionality
32	6.9 Data collection and quality assessment 6.9.1 Data collection
33	6.9.2 Data quality
34	6.10 Estimating GHG reduction 6.10.1 Provisions in existing standards 6.10.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance
35	6.10.3 Accumulation method
36	7 Documentation 7.1 Provisions in existing standards 7.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance Figure 3 – Two options for accumulation
37	8 Validation, verification and monitoring 8.1 Validation and/or verification 8.1.1 Provisions in existing standards 8.1.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance 8.2 Monitoring 8.2.1 Provisions in existing standards
38	8.2.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance
40	9 Communication 9.1 Provisions in existing standards
41	9.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance
42	Annex A (informative) Study results of comparison analysis on selected existing relevant documents including International Standards
45	Annex B (informative) Examples of GHG reduction study B.1 General B.2 Example – GHG reduction of EE products calculated based on carbonfootprint (Korea low carbon footprint labelling)
46	Figure B.1 – Criteria of average carbon emission Figure B.2 – Criteria of carbon reduction ratio Table B.1 – Korea low carbon footprint labelling
47	Figure B.3 – Low carbon footprint labelling
48	Table B.2 – Relationship of a low carbon footprint product and an EE product-related GHG project
49	Annex C (informative) Example of monitoring based on systematic sampling approach
51	Bibliography

Status	Definitive
Pages	54
Publication Date	2014-08-12
ISBN	978 0 580 85647 1
Standard Number	PD IEC/TR 62726:2014
Introduction of 500 000 units of high-performance (energy-efficient) UPS in city A	High-performance (energy-efficient) UPS
Title	Guidance on quantifying greenhouse gas emission reductions from the baseline for electrical and electronic products and systems
Identical National Standard Of	IEC TR 62726:2014
Descriptors	Environmental engineering, Carbon dioxide, Climate, Air pollution, Greenhouse gases, Pollutant gases, Emission, Gases, Climatology, Quality management, Measurement, Pollution control, Atmosphere, Reports
Publisher	BSI
Committee	GEL/111
ICS Codes	13.020.30 - Environmental impact assessment


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