Custom Regions
When configuring custom factors in Envizi you may wish to create 2 or more factors that share the same data type, time period and region. This is quite common when capturing supplier or contract electricity emission factors for use in market-based reporting. To address this issue we need to create custom regions and assign these regions to both the location and the emission factor.
Create a new custom region
In the Admin menu, click on 'Custom Regions' under 'Configuration'.
There are 7 fields:
Field | Notes |
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Country | Defaults to the primary country as defined by your organization. |
State | Mandatory. Populates a list of states based on the country field. |
Name | Mandatory. If you manage more than 1 organization in Envizi, ensure that you do not use the same name across multiple organizations. |
Latitude | Optional. Note that entering values will trigger a dropdown to appear. Select the entered value from the dropdown as this is required to autopopulate the weather station list. |
Longitude | Optional. Same as latitude. |
Weather Station | Optional |
Time Zone | Optional |
Note for US regions
Note that for US states you must select an eGrid region in the state field instead of a Geographical state for electricity emissions to calculate correctly using eGrid factors.
Also note that Envizi has loaded zip codes and custom regions should only be required if you have 2 locations that exist in the same zip code and require different emission factors for the same data type and period.
Steps to use a custom region
Create custom region as per instructions above.
Edit locations - go to Manage | Locations | right-click and select Edit Location
Enter the new custom region and save.
Create or edit the custom factor - go to Admin | Configuration | Custom Factors and right-click to edit or click 'Create new...'
Enter the new custom region and save.