BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

The objectives of the project are to:
• evaluate, compare, and contrast process models, impact assessment methods, and performance indicators used by water utilities in North America, Europe, South Africa and Australasia to evaluate their energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
• identify how these tools are/may be used to support management decisions at water utilities such as capital improvement planning, construction management, asset management, energy management, and operations
• discuss implications of differences and pinpoint gaps in currently used energy and GHG emission assessment methods and performance indicators, and
• investigate opportunities towards a harmonized assessment method and provide recommendations towards common definitions of performance indicators and good practices for energy and GHG emissions accounting for water utilities.