Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHG)
Developing a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions inventory is becoming an important part of the corporate landscape. With this inventory, a company can:
Manage GHG risks
Identify reduction opportunities
Participate in voluntary and mandatory GHG programs
Guide investment and procurement decisions
Improve corporate reputation and accountability
To accurately report GHG emissions, a company must first define its organizational & operational boundaries. This helps to determine the types of GHG emissions within the organizational boundary that should be reported. These include:
Scope 1: Direct GHG emissions that occur from sources that are controlled or owned by an organization, such as fuel combustion in boilers, furnaces, vehicles, generators, etc.
Scope 2: Indirect GHG emissions associated with energy that is generated offsite and transported to the site, including the purchase of electricity, steam, heat, or cooling for organizational use.
Scope 3: Indirect GHG emissions resulting from value chain emissions, including upstream and downstream services.
Climate Risk & Resiliency
Mitigating the physical and transitional risks linked to climate change.
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Our environmental and climate experts have developed advanced climate modeling to provide assessments for asset-level resilience to climate change-related events. This service protects our client's assets with the knowledge and solutions to adapt to and mitigate climate-related risks.
Physical Climate Risk Data
This service comes with a report from our physical climate risk data provider. However, if you already work directly with software providers to get model results, this data does not provide additional information.
Physical Climate Risk Screening (CRS)
CRS is a basic assessment of a property's potential climate-related risks. It uses physical climate risk data reporting and information from public sources. Climate modeling usually looks at risks for a specific piece of land.
Nova's specialists review the data, location, building type, and construction materials. Based on this, they suggest if further investigation is needed to fully understand the property's climate risks.
Physical Climate Resilience Assessment Report (CRA)
The DCRR is a detailed assessment of a specific property's climate resilience. It includes:
A report from our climate risk data provider
A review of the property's condition assessment report
A questionnaire filled out by the property owner or manager
A virtual inspection with onsite staff (if needed)
After gathering all this information, Nova will:
Assess the property's current condition related to various climate risks
Discuss and recommend ways to reduce these risks, including estimated costs
The report will consider the property's existing systems and their operating conditions when evaluating and prioritizing further investigation and analysis.
Physical Climate Resilience Assessment with Site Visit (CRA+)
Sometimes, there isn't enough information available for the Nova team to complete the Desktop Physical Climate Resilience Report (DCRR). In these cases, we will conduct a site visit to gather the necessary data. This is called the Physical Climate Resiliency Report with a Site Visit (CRR).
During the site visit, our team will collect the missing information needed to finish the DCRR. Once we have all the data, we can complete the DCRR.
Climate Resilience Field Verification & Analysis
We will assimilate the previously gathered data, verify the existing site conditions and equipment, conduct any field measurements, and field testing/analyses in preparation for the mitigation design.
Our team of engineers, architects, and trade professionals will visit the property to:
Review and verify the building's systems and parts
Take any necessary measurements
Perform tests and analysis
This on-site work helps to gather the information needed to create a plan for reducing the property's climate-related risks.
Design and Bid Document Preparation
Our team will compile the collected data to develop comprehensive design specifications for the proposed mitigation measures. We will also prepare the necessary Bid Documents for the Request for Quote (RFQ) process, which is used to solicit bids from potential contractors.
Furthermore, we provide additional services:
Contract administration:
Facilitating the RFQ process by soliciting bids from contractors
Evaluating the qualifications of the responding contractors
Providing recommendations for contractor selection based on their assessment
Design-Build contracting:
Offering a comprehensive, turnkey solution that includes managing both the design and construction phases of the project
Streamlining the process by consolidating design and construction responsibilities under a single entity
Commitment to Climate:
As part of our strategy to combat climate change, Nova Group has committed to a Net-Zero Carbon 2030 Plan.
Decade of Action to Deliver on UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
Decade of Action to Deliver on UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Contact
Erik Eichenlaub, CEM, WELL AP, LEED GA
Climate Services Director
