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Tool Names
| Full Name | Abbreviated Name |
|---|---|
| Argonne National Laboratory Alternative Fuel Life-Cycle Environmental and Economic Transportation (AFLEET) Tool | AFLEET |
| Renergon Biogas Calculator | Biogas Calculator |
| Biogas Wastewater Assessment Technology Tool (BioWATT) | BioWATT |
| CARB Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program Benefit Calculator Tool | CARB AHSC |
| CARB EMFAC2021 | CARB EMFAC2021 |
| CARB OFFROAD2021 | CARB OFFROAD2021 |
| Caret-EV Planner (Caret-EV) | Caret-EV |
| USDA's Carbon Reduction Potential Evaluation tool (CaRPE) | CaRPE |
| City Inventory Reporting and Information System (CIRIS) Tool | CIRIS |
| CARB Clean Mobility Quantification Methodology | Clean Mobility Quantification Methodology |
| FHWA Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality CMAQ) Emissions Calculator Toolkit | CMAQ Emissions Calculator Toolkit |
| USDA COMET-Planner | COMET-Planner |
| NREL ComStock | ComStock |
| ORNL Cool Roof Calculator | Cool Roof Calculator |
| CO2Sight | CO2Sight Decarbonization Platform |
| ICF Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Planner | DER Planner |
| DOE System Advisor Model | DOE SAM |
| DOT Infrastructure Carbon Estimator (ICE) | DOT ICE |
| Google Environmental Insight Explorer (EIE) | EIE |
| CARB EMFAC | EMFAC |
| Energy Policy Simulator | Energy Policy Simulator |
| EPA AVoided Emissions and geneRation (AVERT) Tool | EPA AVERT |
| EPA Diesel Emissions Quantifier Tool (DEQ) | EPA DEQ |
| EPA Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) | EPA eGRID |
| EPA GHG Equivalencies Calculator | EPA GHG Equivalencies Calculator |
| EPA GCAM Long-term Interactive Multi-Pollutant Scenario Evaluator (GLIMPSE) | EPA GLIMPSE |
| EPA Green Chill Climate Impact Calculator | EPA Green Chill Climate Impact Calculator |
| EPA Landfill Gas Emissions Model (LandGEM) | EPA LandGEM |
| EPA Landfill Gas Energy Benefits Calculator | EPA LFG Energy Benefits Calculator |
| EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) Database | EPA LMOP Database |
| EPA MOtor Vehicle Emissions Simulator (MOVES) | EPA MOVES |
| EPA National Emissions Inventory | EPA NEI |
| EPA Simplified GHG Emissions Calculator | EPA Simplified GHG Emissions Calculator |
| EPA State Inventory Tool (SIT) | EPA SIT |
| EPA Solid Waste Emissions Estimation Tool (SWEET) | EPA SWEET |
| EPA Waste Reduction Model (WARM) | EPA WARM |
| EValuateCO Dashboard | EValuateCO |
| DOE Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Projection Tool (EVI-Pro) Lite | EVI-Pro Lite |
| FAA Aviation Environment Design Tool | FAA AEDT |
| Metropolitan Council’s GHG Strategy Planning Tool | GHG Strategy Planning Tool |
| Green Roofs’ Green Roof Energy Calculator | Green Roof Energy Calculator |
| Green Streets Calculator | Green Streets Calculator |
| DOE Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Technologies (GREET) model | GREET |
| Argonne National Laboratory’s Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions Calculator (HDVEC) | HDVEC |
| Mass Save Heating Comparison Calculator | Heating Comparison Calculator |
| ICLEI ClearPath | ICLEI ClearPath |
| ICLEI Land Emissions and Removal Navigator (LEARN) Tool | ICLEI LEARN |
| Integrated Planning Model (IPM) | IPM |
| USFS i-Tree | i-Tree |
| Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) | LEAP |
| DOE MEASUR | MEASUR |
| Texas DOT Mobile Source Emissions Reduction Strategies (MOSERS) | MOSERS |
| NYSERDA 2010 Finger Lakes GHG Inventory | NYSERDA 2010 Finger Lakes GHG Inventory |
| Google Project Sunroof | Project Sunroof |
| NREL PVWatts Calculator | PVWatts Calculator |
| NREL Renewable Energy Integration and Optimization (REopt) tool | REopt |
| Resilient Land Mapping Tool | Resilient Land Mapping Tool |
| NREL ResStock | ResStock |
| DOE State and Local Planning for Energy (SLOPE) platform | SLOPE |
| Massachusetts Technical Potential of Solar Mapping Tool | Technical Potential of Solar Mapping Tool |
| FTA Transit GHG Emissions Estimator | Transit GHG Emissions Estimator |
| Oregon DOT VisionEval Model | VisionEval |
| Oregon DEQ Waste Impact Calculator | Waste Impact Calculator |
| Good Company Carbon Calculator (G3C, private tool) | G3C |
| Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories | GPC |
| Transportation Analytical Forecasting Tool (TAFT) | TAFT |
| Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) GHG Emissions Inventory Tool | MAPC GHG Inventory Tool |
| Drawdown Georgia GHG Emissions Tracker | GHG Emissions Tracker |
| The Puget Sound Regional Emissions Analysis (PSREA) | PSREA |
| CARB 2000-2021 GHG Inventory | CARB GHG Inventory |
| CARB OFFROAD2021 Web Query Tool | CARB OFFROAD2021 |
| ICLEI Community Protocol | ICLEI Community Protocol |
| EPA CO-Benefits Risk Assessment Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool (COBRA) | EPA COBRA |
| EPA PATHWAYS Model | EPA PATHWAYS |
| EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator | EPA GHG Equivalencies Calculator |
| State of Alaska’s Emissions Inventory Tool | Alaska EIMT |
| EPA Carbon Footprint Calculator | EPA Carbon Footprint Calculator |
| EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data Explorer | EPA Data Explorer |
| USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Calculator | RUS GHG Calculator |
| GHG Protocol Emissions Tool | GPC |
| California Air Resources Board's Landfill Emissions Tool | CARB Landfill Gas Tool |
| U.S. Community Protocol for Accounting and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions | ICLEI Community Protocol |
| Local Government Operations Protocol for the Quantification and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories | LGOP |
| California Air Resources Board Tools Forest Reforestation and management (FRM) benefits calculator tool | CARB FRM |
| California Air Resources Board Tools Organics Programs (OP) Benefits Calculator | CARB OP |
| CARB Woodsmoke Reduction Program (WRP) Benefits Calculator Tool | CARB WRP |
| California Air Resources Board Weatherization of Low-Income Dwellings | CARB LIWP |
| Minnesota Solar Suitability Analysis tool | MN SSA Tool |
| NREL REopt Lite | Reopt Lite |
| Midwest Tribal Resources Association (MTERA) Emissions Reduction Tool | MTERA |
| Integrated Environmental Solutions - Virtual Environment (IESVE) Energy Model | IESVE Energy Model |
| Climate Positive Design's Pathfinder Tool | Pathfinder |
| EPA LFGcost-Web Model | EPA LFGcost-Web |
| EPA Landfill Gas Energy Benefits Calculator | EPA LGEB |
| EPA National Emissions Inventory | EPA NEI |
Notes for Select Measure Types
| Measure Type | Sector | Description or Note |
|---|---|---|
| Support development or expansion of community solar programs | Electricity | Community solar program participants typically purchase or are given a portion of a large, off-site solar system, which then results in a monthly electricity bill credit for their share of the solar system. |
| Facilitate community choice aggregation programs | Electricity | A government entity aggregates electricity demand to procure alternative energy supply contracts. |
| Increase the deployment of electric vehicles | Transportation | Applies to measures that either focus on LDVs alone or on LDVs in combination with another vehicle class. A separate measure type applies to MDV or HDV deployment. |
| Electrify off road vehicles or equipment | Transportation | Off-road vehicles includes construction vehicles, agricultural equipment, and yard/lawn equipment. |
| Electrify or increase efficiency of non-road transportation | Transportation | Non-road includes rail, airplanes, and boats. |
| Improve transportation systems management and operations | Transportation | Operate and maintain the existing transportation system as efficiently as possible. |
| Develop building benchmarking and performance standards | Buildings | Track a building’s energy use and performance. |
| Increase thermal biomass conversion | Waste / NWL | Convert organic material into biochar for beneficial uses. |
| Develop analytical and planning tools for materials management | Waste | Includes emerging concepts and analytical methods or tools that improve materials management and reduce GHG emissions. |
| Improve livestock management | Agriculture | Includes measures addressing emissions from enteric fermentation and/or mature |
Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|
| EV | Electric vehicle |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| HDV | Heavy-duty vehicle |
| HVAC | Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning |
| LDV | Light-duty vehicle |
| LED | Light emitting diode |
| LIDAC | Low-income disadvantaged community |
| MDV | Medium-duty vehicle |
| VMT | Vehicle miles traveled |
GHG Quantification Method Descriptions
| GHG Quantification Method | Description |
|---|---|
| Custom-built tool | Measure quantification relies on a robust custom tool developed by the grantee or a third-party. Examples include calculations that are modeled non-linearly. |
| Emission factor analysis | Measure-level emissions estimates are supported by references to the factors, activity levels, and the analytical steps used. Calculations generally rely on simple algebraic steps. |
| Estimates based on project data or comparable plans | Measure quantification uses data or assumptions based on a pilot project or example and does not rely on emission factors or tools. |
| Linear GHG reduction estimation | Measure emission estimates are based on a linear increase/decrease factor applied to existing emissions or activity data. |
| Unspecified model | The PCAP mentions a model used to quantify the measure, but no further details are given. |
| Unspecified | The measure is quantified but the PCAP does not provide any quantification information. |
| N/A | The measure was not quantified. |