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IEC TR 62726 ®
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for electrical and electronic products and systems

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 9
3 Terms and definitions . 9
4 Principles . 13
4.1 Provisions in existing standards . 13
4.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance . 14
5 Comparative study on the existing relevant documents . 14
6 Quantification framework . 14
6.1 General . 14
6.2 Basic steps of GHG reduction study . 15
6.2.1 Provisions in existing standards . 15
6.2.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance . 15
6.3 Defining the goal and scope . 16
6.4 Defining the EE product-related GHG project . 17
6.4.1 Electrotechnical industry guidance . 17
6.4.2 Additional guidance for intermediate products . 18
6.5 Determining the baseline scenario . 18
6.5.1 Provisions in existing standards . 18
6.5.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance . 19
6.5.3 Additional guidance for intermediate products . 21
6.6 Selecting relevant GHG sources, sinks and reservoirs (SSRs) . 21
6.6.1 Identifying primary effects and significant secondary effects . 21
6.6.2 Choosing the options to select relevant GHG SSRs . 23
6.6.3 Additional guidance for intermediate products . 25
6.7 Trial estimation and decision on relevant GHG SSRs . 25
6.8 Estimating baseline emissions . 25
6.8.1 Baseline procedures . 25
6.8.2 Performance standard procedure . 26
6.8.3 Project-specific procedure . 27
6.8.4 Additionality . 29
6.9 Data collection and quality assessment . 30
6.9.1 Data collection . 30
6.9.2 Data quality . 31
6.10 Estimating GHG reduction . 32
6.10.1 Provisions in existing standards . 32
6.10.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance . 32
6.10.3 Accumulation method . 33
7 Documentation . 34
7.1 Provisions in existing standards . 34
7.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance . 34
8 Validation, verification and monitoring . 35
8.1 Validation and/or verification . 35
8.1.1 Provisions in existing standards . 35

8.1.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance . 35
8.2 Monitoring . 35
8.2.1 Provisions in existing standards . 35
8.2.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance . 36
9 Communication . 38
9.1 Provisions in existing standards . 38
9.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance . 39
Annex A (informative) Study results of comparison analysis on selected existing
relevant documents including International Standards . 40
Annex B (informative) Examples of GHG reduction study . 43
B.1 General . 43
B.2 Example – GHG reduction of EE products calculated based on carbon
footprint (Korea low carbon footprint labelling) . 43
Annex C (informative) Example of monitoring based on systematic sampling approach. 47
Bibliography . 49

Figure 1 – Basic steps of GHG reduction study . 16
Figure 2 – Illustrated overview of GHG reductions relative to baseline scenario . 18
Figure 3 – Two options for accumulation . 34
Figure B.1 – Criteria of average carbon emission . 44
Figure B.2 – Criteria of carbon reduction ratio . 44
Figure B.3 – Low carbon footprint labelling . 45

Table 1 – An example of EE product-related GHG projects . 8
Table B.1 – Korea low carbon footprint labelling . 44
Table B.2 – Relationship of a low carbon footprint product and an EE product-related
GHG project . 46

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GUIDANCE ON QUANTIFYING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
REDUCTIONS FROM THE BASELINE FOR ELECTRICAL AND
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS

FOREWORD
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INTRODUCTION
Electrical and electronic products and systems (hereinafter referred to as EE products) are
widely used in our society, hence raising awareness of their environmental impacts.
Consequently customers in the market and other stakeholders are requiring, or requesting
that the electronics sector takes action to address the quantification and reduction of
environmental impacts through environmental conscious design during the product
development phase.
Among those environmental impacts, climate change is an important issue. A number of
initiatives at local, national, regional, and international levels are being developed and
implemented, aiming to curb the concentration of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions which is
understood to be a major causative factor.
All industry sectors are trying to reduce GHG emissions in order to meet the national, regional
and global reduction targets for the future in order to stabilize atmospheric concentration
below the level of triggering catastrophic climate change. For the EE sector, developing and
supplying new products that achieve GHG reductions in society compared to other products
offers significant opportunities for achieving large scale GHG reductions.
Among methodologies to quantify products’ impacts on climate change is carbon footprint of
products (CFP), which only covers GHG emissions that occur during the life cycle of the
product. Although EE products consume energy, the EE industry is enabling other sectors to
reduce large amounts of GHG emission. There are different opportunities for GHG reduction
when the EE industry provides the same or similar function as existing products in the
marketplace but with significantly less GHG emissions. For example, a manufacturer of
renewable energy technologies can be interested not only in tracking the emissions and
reductions that occur during the life cycle of its products, but also in assessing the reduction
in society’s GHG emissions as a result of using renewable energy technologies compared to
generating electricity by combusting fossil fuels.
Examples of such products and solutions include:
• wind turbines or solar panels, compared to fossil fuel power plants;
• LED bulbs, compared to incandescent bulbs;
• online meeting (including software), compared to business travel.
For assessing this enabling effect, two scenarios are compared: the situation “with the
technology” and “without or with old technology”. Because the enabling effect is not included
in CFP, quantification of such reductions requires a different methodology. Actually many
companies are already quantifying or communicating future environmental contribution by this
enabling effect through their businesses with numeric target values, such as “help society to
reduce XX million tons by 2025 through our high energy-efficient products”. Currently, various
quantifications and claims for such GHG reduction are carried out mainly on a voluntary basis.
However, there is no internationally recognized methodology to validate such numerical
targets specifically for EE products. There is a business value in establishing an
internationally recognized methodology at this time.
A basic generic and relevant methodology is provided by ISO 14064-2 . This ISO standard
also incorporates the idea of “product-related GHG projects” and allows GHG projects to be
performed as a result of product development.
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Numbers in square brackets refer to the Bibliography

The idea is related to EE products contributing to GHG emissions reduction such as high
energy efficient EE equipment. The necessity of a sector-specific guidance applicable to the
EE sector is recognized by considering specific characteristics of EE. These include their
complex and dynamic supply chain, their varying lifespan, sometimes extending over many
years, and associated energy consumption. Such characteristics underline the significance of
the use stage of many EE products.
In accordance with ISO 14064-2, this report addresses “EE product-related GHG projects” as
activity or activities performed as a result of the development and supply of EE products into
the market alter the conditions identified in the baseline scenario which cause greenhouse
gas emissions reduction, as well as the methodology associated with it.
In particular, the objectives of this report are as follows:
• enable organizations in the EE sector to quantify their contribution to society in reducing
GHG emissions through their products and systems;
• allow EE product-related GHG projects to be evaluated in terms of their GHG emission
reductions amount compared to a baseline.
In addition to the above purposes, the additional benefits below are also expected:
• facilitate incorporation of a GHG related target into design and development strategy of
EE products;
• establish consistency and bridging between different product areas in the EE sector;
• help product-specific technical committees (TCs) with limited amount of expertise or
resources to develop their own methodology.
The features of this report are as follows:
• This report contains the study and review of relevant standards, regional initiatives and
practices to clarify and compare the differences and similarities in multiple existing
methodologies for GHG reduction studies.
• This report is based on relevant International Standards, especially ISO 14064-2, and
other forum/industry standards, and therefore gives a comprehensive guidance which
enable readers to carry out GHG reduction study for EE products.
It should be also emphasized that GHG emission reduction addresses the single impact
category of climate change and does not assess other potential social, economic or
environmental impacts arising from the provision of products. Therefore GHG emission
reductions do not provide an indicator of the overall environmental impact of products.
NOTE This report may be used as quantification guidance for GHG emission reductions as a part of the
environmental impact categories in a multi-criteria environmental assessment.
The information in this report is entirely informative in nature, and does not establish or is
intended to imply any normative requirements.

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REDUCTIONS FROM THE BASELINE FOR ELECTRICAL AND
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS

1 Scope
IEC TR 62726, which is a technical report (hereinafter referred to as "report") describes
principles and guidance on quantifying greenhouse gas emission (CO e) 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
EE product-related GHG project Target product Baseline scenario
Introduction of 500 000 units of High-performance 1 million units of conventional
high-performance (energy-efficient) UPS UPS in city A
(energy-efficient) UPS in city A

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.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references. Informative references are noted in the bibliography.
NOTE This clause is included so as to respect IEC clause numbering.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
assessed product
product whose related GHG emissions are assessed for a product-related GHG project
3.2
baseline scenario
hypothetical reference case that best represents the conditions most likely to occur in the
absence of a proposed greenhouse gas project
Note 1 to entry: The baseline scenario concurs with the GHG project timeline.
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-2:2006, 2.19]
3.3
carbon dioxide equivalent
CO equivalent
CO e
unit for comparing the radiative forcing of a greenhouse gas to that of carbon dioxide
Note 1 to entry: The carbon dioxide equivalent is calculated by multiplying the mass of a given greenhouse gas by
its global warming potential.
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-2:2006, 2.21]
3.4
EE product-related greenhouse gas project
EE product-related GHG project
activity or activities performed as a result of the development and supply of electrical and
electronic products into the market that alter the conditions identified in the baseline scenario
which cause greenhouse gas emissions reduction
Note 1 to entry: This definition was created in accordance with ISO 14064-2:2006, 2.12 and A.3.2.4.
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-2:2006, 2.12, modified]
3.5
functional unit
quantified performance of a product system for use as a reference unit
Note 1 to entry: As the CFP treats information on a product, the functional unit can be a product unit, sales unit or
service unit.
[SOURCE: ISO TS 14067:2013, 3.1.4.8] [3]

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3.6
global warming potential
GWP
characterization factor (ISO 14040:2006, 3.37) [4] describing the radiative forcing impact of
one mass unit of a given greenhouse gas relative to that of carbon dioxide over a given period
of time
[SOURCE: ISO TS 14067:2013, 3.1.3.4]
3.7
greenhouse gas
GHG
gaseous constituent of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorbs and
emits radiation at specific wavelengths within the spectrum of infrared radiation emitted by the
earth's surface, the atmosphere, and clouds
Note 1 to entry: Greenhouse gases include, among others, carbon dioxide (CO ), methane (CH ), nitrous oxide
2 4
(N O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF ).
2 6
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-1:2006, 2.1] [5]
3.8
greenhouse gas emission
GHG emission
total mass of a greenhouse gas released to the atmosphere over a specified period of time
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-1:2006, 2.5]
3.9
greenhouse gas project
GHG project
activity or activities that alter the conditions identified in the baseline scenario which cause
greenhouse gas emissions reduction
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-2:2006, 2.12 , modified – omission of " . or greenhouse gas removal
enhancements"]
3.10
greenhouse gas reduction
GHG reduction
calculated decrease of GHG emissions between a baseline scenario and the project
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-2:2006, 2.7, modified – original term is "greenhouse gas emission
reduction"]
3.11
greenhouse gas reduction study
GHG reduction study
study that quantifies the greenhouse gas reduction
3.12
greenhouse gas removal
GHG removal
total mass of a greenhouse gas removed from the atmosphere over a specified period of time
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-1:2006, 2.6]

3.13
greenhouse gas reservoir
physical unit or component of the biosphere, geosphere or hydrosphere with the capability to
store or accumulate a GHG removed from the atmosphere by a greenhouse gas sink or a
GHG captured from a greenhouse gas source
Note 1 to entry: The total mass of carbon contained in a GHG reservoir at a specified point in time could be
referred to as the carbon stock of the reservoir.
Note 2 to entry: A GHG reservoir can transfer greenhouse gases to another GHG reservoir.
Note 3 to entry: The collection of a GHG from a GHG source before it enters the atmosphere and storage of the
collected GHG in a GHG reservoir could be referred to as GHG capture and storage.
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-2:2006, 2.4]
3.14
greenhouse gas sink
physical unit or process that removes a GHG from the atmosphere
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-2:2006, 2.3]
3.15
greenhouse gas source
physical unit or process that releases a GHG into the atmosphere
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-2:2006, 2.2]
3.16
intermediate product
output from a unit process that is input to other unit processes that require further
transformation within the system
[SOURCE: ISO 14040:2006, 3.23]
3.17
life cycle
consecutive and interlinked stages of a product system, from raw material acquisition or
generation from natural resources to the final disposal
[SOURCE: ISO 14040:2006, 3.1]
3.18
monitoring
continuous or periodic assessment of GHG emissions and removals or other GHG-related
data
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-2:2006, 2.25]
3.19
organization
group of people and facilities with an arrangement of responsibilities, authorities and
relationships
[SOURCE: ISO 9000:2005, 3.3.1 [5], modified – omission of the EXAMPLE and the 3 Notes to
entry]
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primary effect
intended change caused by a project activity in GHG emissions, removals, or storage
associated with a GHG source or sink
[SOURCE: The Greenhouse Gas Protocol for Project Accounting: 2005, subclause 2.4 ][6]
3.21
product
any goods or service
Note 1 to entry: This includes interconnected and/or interrelated goods or services.
[SOURCE: IEC 62430:2009, 3.14]
3.22
product category
group of technologically or functionally similar products where the environmental aspects can
reasonably be expected to be similar
[SOURCE: IEC 62430:2009, 3.15] [7]
3.23
reference function
set of performance characteristics (including a combination of conventional products or
human activities) having equivalent function with an assessed product
3.24
reference product
product whose related GHG emissions are assessed for a baseline scenario
3.25
secondary effect
unintended change caused by a project activity in GHG emissions, removals, or storage
associated with a GHG source or sink
[SOURCE: The Greenhouse Gas Protocol for Project Accounting:2005, subclause 2.4]
3.26
target product
product which enables a GHG reduction
Note 1 to entry: The target product is different from the assessed product when the target product is an
intermediate product (e.g. inverter driver circuit) to be integrated into the assessed product (e.g. an air conditioner)
and enable the assessed product to reduce GHG emissions.
3.27
uncertainty
parameter associated with the result of quantification which characterizes the dispersion of
the values that could be reasonably attributed to the quantified amount
Note 1 to entry: Uncertainty information typically specifies quantitative estimates of the likely dispersion of values
and a qualitative description of the likely causes of the dispersion.
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-2:2006, 2.30]

3.28
validation
systematic, independent and documented process for the evaluation of a GHG assertion in a
GHG project plan against agreed validation criteria
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-2:2006, 2.26, modified – omission of the two NOTES to entry]
3.29
verification
systematic, independent and documented process for the evaluation of a greenhouse gas
assertion against agreed validation criteria
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-2:2006, 2.28, modified – Omission of the NOTE to entry]
4 Principles
4.1 Provisions in existing standards
Existing standards describe “principles” as follows:
3.1 General
The application of principles is fundamental to ensure that GHG-related information is a
true and fair account. The principles are the basis for, and will guide the application of,
requirements in this part of ISO 14064.
3.2 Relevance
Select the GHG sources, GHG sinks, GHG reservoirs, data and methodologies appropriate
to the needs of the intended user.
3.3 Completeness
Include all relevant GHG emissions and removals. Include all relevant information to
support criteria and procedures.
3.4 Consistency
Enable meaningful comparisons in GHG-related information.
3.5 Accuracy
Reduce bias and uncertainties as far as is practical.
3.6 Transparency
Disclose sufficient and appropriate GHG-related information to allow intended users to
make decisions with reasonable confidence.
3.7 Conservativeness
Use conservative assumptions, values and procedures to ensure that GHG emission
reductions or removal enhancements are not over-estimated.
[Source: ISO 14064-2:2006]
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4.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance
Relevance, completeness, consistency, accuracy, transparency and conservativeness as
required in ISO 14064-2 are all applicable to this report.
NOTE 1 Principles provided in ISO TS 14067 are also useful.
NOTE 2 The practicability of reaching certain accuracy depends on the intended audience of each GHG reduction
study.
5 Comparative study on the existing relevant documents
Annex A summarizes the results of a comparative study on relevant documents which specify
the methodologies for GHG reduction including this report.
Focusing on GHG projects or project-based activities, ISO 14064-2 addresses generic
principles and requirements for quantifying and reporting project performance relative to a
baseline scenario. It provides the basis for GHG projects to be validated and verified.
GHG protocol for project accounting (hereinafter referred as GHG project protocol) provides
specific principles, concepts, and methods for quantifying and reporting GHG reductions
through projects. It presents not only requirements for quantifying and reporting GHG
reductions but also additional guidance for meeting those requirements.
Those two documents focus on GHG projects and are mainly intended to be applied to
verified credit (e.g. the CDM) projects. Therefore they include requirements specific to verified
credit which are not necessarily relevant to a GHG reduction study for internal decision
making.
ITU-T L.1410 specifies methodologies and practical guidance specific to ICT goods, networks
and services (GNS) for comparative analysis based on life cycle assessment (LCA) on a
target product system and a reference product system. It is composed of a framework and
guidance for LCA based methodology specified in ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 [8]. Although it
also addresses GHG reduction, its methodology is different from the former two documents –
it is more LCA oriented than project oriented.
This report provides guidance for quantifying GHG reduction through the development and
supply of EE products. Its methodology takes into account both GHG projects and LCA. But in
contrast with the former two documents, this report covers a generic guidance of
quantification methodologies of GHG reduction which are widely applied not only to verified
credits but also to estimation for internal decision making, etc.
NOTE This report also acknowledges the activity of ITU-T for development of recommendation L.1430 [9].
6 Quantification framework
6.1 General
This report provides guidance for quantifying GHG reduction through a “product-related GHG
project” from a baseline.
NOTE ISO 14064-2:2006 describes “product-related GHG projects” as follows:
GHG projects may also be performed as a result of product development, where the GHG emission reductions or
the GHG removal enhancements mainly occur in the use stage of the product life cycle (e.g. development of an
air-conditioning system with lower energy requirements for a given cooling function than the baseline product).
For product-related GHG projects, life cycle assessment (LCA) may be used to calculate GHG emission
reductions or GHG removal enhancements.
[Source: ISO 14064-2:2006, A.3.2.4 Product-related GHG projects]

To identify specific GHGs to be calculated, this report recommends considering relevance and
international framework/studies. For example, six gases are recognized in the international
framework, i.e. The Kyoto Protocol: CO , CH , N O, HFCs, PFCs and SF . For gases other
2 4 2 6
than CO , the CO equivalent (CO e) is obtained by multiplying each GHG emissions by the
2 2 2
global warming potential (GWP) of those gases.
It should be documented which version of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) Assessment Report was used for the GHG reduction study. The GHGs to be taken into
account should be reviewed periodically, with future international studies, etc. taken into due
consideration. For example, all the gases (more than six, e.g. NF ) specified in the latest
IPCC Assessment Report may be selected for GHG reduction study.
6.2 Basic steps of GHG reduction study
6.2.1 Provisions in existing standards
Existing standards describe “the steps” as follows:
Steps for accounting and reporting GHG reductions from a GHG project
– Define GHG assessment boundary
– Select Baseline Procedure
– Identify Baseline Candidates
– Estimate Baseline Emissions
– Monitor and Quantify GHG reductions
– Report GHG reductions
[…]
Baseline candidates are alternative technologies or practices, within a specified geographic
area and temporal range, that could provide the same product or service as a project
activity.
[Source: Summary of GHG Protocol for Project Accounting:2005 (page 27)]

6.2.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance
The objective of carrying out a GHG reduction study is to quantify the amount of GHG
reduction achieved by an EE product-related GHG project.
A workable and simple way to conduct GHG reduction study for an EE product-related GHG
project is summarized into the eleven steps described in Figure 1.
Although the steps follow a sequential order, GHG reduction study is not necessarily a strictly
linear process. Some iteration between the steps will usually be necessary.
Additional guidance for intermediate products is provided in selected steps where necessary.

– 16 – IEC TR 62726:2014 © IEC 2014
Step 1 – Defining the goal and scope

Step 2 – Defining the EE product-related GHG project
a) Choosing a target product
b) Choosing an assessed product

Step 3 – Determining the baseline scenario
– Choosing a reference product or function

Step 4 – Selecting relevant GHG SSRs
a) Identifying primary effects and significant secondary effects
b) Choosing the options to select relevant GHG sources, sinks or reservoirs
(SSRs)
c) Consideration on the volume of products

Step 5 – Trial estimation and decision on relevant GHG SSRs

Step 6 – Estimating baseline emissions by prescribed procedures
– Performance standard procedure
– Project specific procedure
Step 7 – Data collection and quality assessment

Step 8 – Estimating GHG reduction
– Estimation of GHG emission for reference products
– Estimation of GHG emission for the assessed products
– Estimation of GHG reduction enabled by the EE product-related GHG project

Step 9 – Documentation
Step 10 – Validation, verification and monitoring

Step 11 – Communication
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NOTE The dotted-line arrows indicate the possibility to come back from each step to a previous one.
Figure 1 – Basic steps of GHG reduction study
6.3 Defining the goal and scope
Existing documents provide no explicit clause dedicated to “goal and scope definition.”
This report recognizes the following typical goals and scopes of the GHG reduction study:

a) estimation of GHG reduction enabled by an EE product for internal decision making;
b) disclosure of GHG reduction study results to the public (e.g. a product claim on the web
page or a corporate social responsibility (CSR) report);
c) official certification and recognition of GHG reduction units (e.g. credits) for e.g. use in
meeting mandatory emission targets, voluntary programs;
d) others.
For goal and scope definition, this report recommends taking into account the items listed
above.
NOTE This report provides quantification guidance generally applicable to the items above. However, for item c),
quantification guidance provided by this report does not necessarily fully cover it. It might need special attention to
meet additional requirements as provided by existing relevant standards such as ISO 14064-2 or the GHG protocol
for project accounting on additionality, validation and/or verification, monitoring, etc.
The scope of the GHG reduction study should be determined taking the key relevant
considerations into account, for example:
• progress in design or technology;
• function and the feature;
• user, using/service condition and site infrastructure;
• the utility duration (normal duration of using/service time, lifetime);
• consumables, other supportive products and opportunity of maintenance;
• end of life scheme;
• assumed primary effects, i.e. specific changes in GHG emissions that an EE product-
related GHG project is designed to achieve.
6.4 Defining the EE product-related GHG project
6.4.1 Electrotechnical industry guidance
EE product-related projects may be defined for activities
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