Session 4 QA/QC plan documentation: Italy Hand-on Training Workshop on National GHG Inventories Inventory Management and QA/QC 26-27-28 January 2016, Ankara, Turkey
UNFCCC and KP requirements According to the UNFCCC reporting guidelines ( 17), it is mandatory for each Party to elaborate a QA/QC plan and implement general inventory QC procedures. In addition, it is encouraged that category-specific QC procedures are implemented for key categories and for those individual categories in which significant methodological changes and/or data revisions have occurred. Also, it is encouraged that Parties implement QA procedures by conducting a basic expert peer review of their inventories.
QA/QC Ispra References System QA/QC Procedures Manual References DB QA/QC Plan
Main elements of QA/QC arrangements 1. an inventoryqa/qc procedures manual which describes QA/QC procedures and verification activities to be followed during the inventorycompilation and helps in the inventoryimprovement 2. a QA/QC plan which describes specific QA/QC procedures and different verification activities implementedthoroughly the current inventorycompilation, as part of the estimation process 3. a national reference database which includesthe inventoryspreadsheets, activity data and emission factors as well as methodologies, together with the respective data sources
Main elements documentation The objectives and the structure of QA/QC arrangements are briefly described in the NIR and, in more detail, in documents 1 and 2 Documents 1 and 2 are publicly available at ISPRA website: http://www.sinanet.isprambiente.it/it/sia-ispra/serie-storiche-emissioni Document 1 is available for 2006 and 2014 Document 2 is updated every year from 2006 to 2014 (2015 apparently not available)
QC Procedures Tier 1 Tier 2 Individual source categories Overall Inventory quality National Inventory Report quality Common Reporting Format quality Source - specificcategories Italian emission inventory specific sources: road transport and agriculture
Master tracking sheet for the inventory QC Procedures Tier 1 Sector name Ispra staff Due Date (date when first draft was due ) Delivery date (date of most recent draft) Expected modifications (Y/N - whether modifications to latest draft are expected) Current owner (who currently has the original spreadsheet or text) Comments (any other important information)
QC Procedures Tier 1 Individual source category T1-1 T1-2 T1-.. T1-.. T1-.. T1-.. T1-.. Item TIER 1 Individual source category:... Check completed Corrective action Date Name Errors (Y/N) Date Name STAGE 1 - Data gathering, input, and handling activities STAGE 2 - Data documentation STAGE 3 - Emissions and calculations Comments
QC Procedures Tier 1 Overall Inventory Quality T1-INV-A-1 T1-INV-A-2 Item TIER 1 Overall Inventory Quality and Cross-Source Categories Check completed Corrective action Date Name Errors (Y/N) Date Name Part A - Checking emission calculations across source categories Part B - Documentation Part C Completeness Part D - Maintaining master inventory file: spreadsheets and inventory document Comments
National Inventory Report Quality T-NIR-1 T-NIR-2 T-NIR-.. T-NIR-.. T-NIR-.. T-NIR-.. T-NIR-.. QC Procedures Inventory document quality Checklist for National Inventory Document Item Check completed Corrective action Comments Date Name Errors (Y/N) Date Name Stage 1 - Front section Stage 2 - Tables and Figures Stage 3 - Other issues concerning format
QC Procedures CRF quality CRF Quality Item T-CRF-1 T-CRF-2 T-CRF-.. T-CRF-.. T-CRF-.. T-CRF-.. T-CRF-.. Checklist for Common Reporting Format Tables Check completed Corrective action Date Name Errors (Y/N) Date Name Stage 1 - Data Checks Stage 2 - Formatting Checks Stage 3 - Other Checks Before Printing/Submitting Comments
QC Procedures Tier 2 Source-specificcategory procedures T2-A-1 T2-A-2 T2-A-.. T2-A-.. T2-A-.. T2-A-.. T2-A-.. T2-A-.. T2-A-.. T2-B-1 T2-B-2... T2-B-..... T2-B-..... T2-B-..... Item TIER 2 Individual source category:... Check completed Corrective action Date Name Errors (Y/N) Date Name Part A - Data gathering and selection STAGE 1 - Emission data STAGE 2 - Emission factor STAGE 3 - National level activity data STAGE 4 - Site specific activity data Part B: Secondary data and direct emission measurement STAGE 1 - Sample questions regarding the quality of input data STAGE 2 - Direct emission measurement Comments
QC Procedures Tier 2 Italian emission inventory specific sources checklists ROAD TRANSPORT (a) Item INPUT DATA CHECK THAT THE ELABORATIONS OF INPUT DATA FILES INCLUDE AT LEAST THE SOURCES SHOWN BELOW. In order to consider QA/QC activities and ReviewReports v Control which are the activities expected for this submission from the QA/QC report Check list Road Transport (NFR code: 1A3b) Check completed Corrective action Date Name Errors (Y/N) Date Name Comments v Control if any update or modification needs to be done from the methodological point of view v Control Review reports of the reporting year, if any improvement has been suggested Inorder to estimate the fleet and to estimate and to check mileage data (also on the basis of the fuel balance simulation process): v ACI - Dati e statistiche v AISCAT publications v ANCMA Statistics v Istat- Trasporto merci su strada v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti - Conto Nazionale delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti - Vehicles population data In order to estimate fuel consumption data: v MSE Bilancio Energetico Nazionale v MSE Bollettino Petrolifero Trimestrale v Unione Petrolifera - Statistics In order to verify and consult the methodology: v EMEP/EEA airpollutant emission inventory guidebook 2009 v IPCC Guidelines and Good Practice Guidance v Manuals and documentation about the software Inorder to consult and check other relevant information: v Expert Panel on Transport data and documentation Inorder to control time seriesand coordination activities with the inventory team v Coordinating with other staff members anunique collection of data and exchange of information v Control times series of statistics for consistency reasons
QC Procedures Tier 2 Italian emission inventory specific sources checklists ROAD TRANSPORT (b) Check list Road Transport (NFR code: 1A3b) Item SOFTWARE INPUT DATA For every year of the time series: v In the case that the inventory is updated using a new version of the software Copert: check that in the conversion process of the database, the same settings and options are maintained with respect to the previous version (in pa rticular the country specific fuel consumption factors insertedfor passenger cars andmopeds in Calculation Factors>Hot Emission Factors). v Test that in Country> Country Info, Beta paramete rs are calculated (at now, othe r values of this section are default values) v Test that in Country> Fuel Info, the fuel consumptions da ta and fuel specifications are corresponding to the selected year. v Test that the fleet is correctly configured ( in FleetConfiguration). Check completed Corrective action Date Name Errors (Y/N) Date Name Comments v Check that to eachvehicle category having Population >0, values>0 are associated regarding: v Mileage, Mean FleetMileage in Activity Data>Input Fleet Data (the test should be performed according the general rule that mileage is greater for new models than the elder ones and for diesel vehicles than the gasoline ones) v U, R, H Speedand U, R, H, Driving Share in Activity Data>Input Circulation Data v In ActivityData>Input Evaporation Data, default values are maintained except for mopeds, for which specific data were available RUN DETAILS Test for every year of the time series that in Run Details every calculation is performed and that every option is activated (every cell should be clear).
QC Procedures Tier 2 Italian emission inventory specific sources checklists ROAD TRANSPORT (c) Check list Road Transport (NFR code: 1A3b) Item Check completed Corrective action Date Name Errors (Y/N) Date Name Comments OUTPUT EMISSION DATA Test the whole estimated emissions time series: v Test the completeness by verifying that, according to the methodology reported in the EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook 2013, emissions are correctly calculated for every year (by Copert: in Emissions>Total Emissions or, better, in the excel export file that makes easy the control over several years), i. e. test that emissions values per vehicle category are greater than zero when the methodology contemplates it. If a missing emission value is found, then test that calculations factors are correctly set (activitydata should have been alreadytested) v Verify the coherence and consistency of the emissions time series (the comparison should be performed checking both the consistencybetween vehicles categories emissions with reference to every single year and between emissions values of several years). v Test the comparability of data with respect to previous submissions and, if available, with respect to other comparable independent emissions inventories.
QC Procedures Tier 2 Italian emission inventory specific sources checklists ROAD TRANSPORT (d) Check list Road Transport (NFR code: 1A3b) Item Check completed Corrective action Date Name Errors (Y/N) Date Name Comments Check that all data reported in the CRF (subsector 1.A.3.b) coincide with those reported in the latest updated files (checking also, before uploading estimates, the last version of the CRF Reporter) Check that all data reported in the NIR (subsector 1.A.3.b) coincide with those reported in the latest update files and all information reported are consistent with the methodology illustrated in the IPCC Guidelines and Good Practice Guidance and in the EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook Check that all data reported in the NFR tables (NFR subsector 1.A.3.b) coincide with those reported inthe latestupdated files Check that all data reported in the IIR (NFR subsector 1.A.3.b) coincide with those reported in the latest update files and all information reported are consistent with the methodology illustrated in the EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook and in the IPCC Guidelines and Good Practice Guidance CRF NIR NFR IIR
General QC procedures: documentation QC procedures are briefly described in the NIR and, in more detail, in document 1 Document 1 also includes two checklists: master tracking sheet forthe inventory overall inventory quality and cross-source categories
Sectoral QC procedures: documentation Tier 1 QC procedures applied to all sources are described in document 1, which also includes a checklist for individual source quality control Document 1 also presents Tier 2 QC procedures which can be used for specific key categories (currently, in the road transport and agriculture sectors), and the checklist used to: identify potential problems in estimates, emission factors and activity data track the quality of secondary data and direct measured emissions. Other specific QC checks (e.g. additional comparisons of emission estimates from industrial sectors with figures published in the Industrial environmental reports) are carried out annually and presented in the sectoral chapters of the NIR and, in more detail, in Document 2
QA Activities Presentation of the inventory to the Technical Committee on Emissions (CTE), coordinated by the Ministry for the Environment, the Land and the Sea. Use of plant-specific datasets including emissions and activity data available from EU Emissions Trading Scheme, European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E- PRTR) and other facility mandatory or voluntary reporting Inventory Reviews Technical working groups within the National Statistical System, Circoli di qualità, coordinated by the National Institute of Statistics QUALİTY ASSURANCE Establishment of national expert panels; participation in sector specific workshops Publication of data and information e.g. http://www.sinanet.ispra mbiente.it/it/siaispra/serie-storicheemissioni
Other sources of data Documentation collected by ISPRA in the framework of the different European Directives and Regulations (E-PRTR, Large Combustion plants and the Emissions Trading scheme) has been completely integrated in a uniqueinformative system This information is used to verify emissions and activity data reported for the same year under different reporting obligations and identify possible improvements in emission estimations
QA activities: expert reviews feedbacks An independent technical review of the 2013 submission was carried out by Aether Ltd T1-INV-A-1 T1-INV-A-2 Item TIER 1 Overall Inventory Quality and Cross-Source Categories Check completed Corrective action Date Name Errors (Y/N) Date Name Part A - Checking emission calculations across source categories Part B - Documentation Part C Completeness T1-INV-A-18 Check that, in the case of linked calculation spreadsheets, any new sources introduced to the compilation sheets have been fully added throughout thedatapathways (for example, it is essential that any calculations added to a spreadsheet estimating emissions from a source/sector are also included in the finalised formatted data block for pasting into thecrf tables) Part D - Maintaining master inventory file: spreadsheets and inventory document Comments
Expert reviews feedbacks and links to the improvements Table 1. Response to the UNFCCC review process recommendations Review report para Subject Recommendation Response Document the methods used to adjust the Additional information has been supplied in uncovered storage EF, including the NIR 2014 ( 6.3.2 Methane emissions 43 information on the share of (swine)). The collection of additional Manure covered/uncovered storage and the information on the share of covered/uncovered management emissions rate for covered storage systems. storage, the emissions rate for covered storage 4.B.8. Swine Review and revise the uncovered storage systems and the review of the percentage - CH 4 EF adjustment, as appropriate, to take into emission reduction are in progress, in consideration changes in waste collaboration with the CRPA and the ISTAT management through the time series. (National Institute of Statistics). 44 45 Agricultural soils - N 2 O Field burning of agricultural residues - CH 4, N 2 O Provide crop production type and appropriate parameters for all relevant crop production categories. Correct the identification of the methodology type in the NIR and in CRF table summary 3. Additional information has been supplied in the NIR ( 6.5.2 Methodological issues (see Crop residues (FCR)) and in the Annex 7, A7.3 Agricultural soils). The identification of the methodology has been corrected in the NIR and in CRF.
QA activities: documentation QA activities are summarized in the NIR Document 2 reports in detail the recommendations arising from the major four review processes (UNFCCC review, UNECE review, Aether independent review, Italy-Spain bilateral review), each one with the respective response by the inventory team and the improvement in the submission
Documentation and archiving Material and documents used for the inventory preparationarestored at ISPRA All information relating to the planning, preparation, and management of inventory activities are documented and archived A master documentation catalogue is generated for each inventory year and it is possible to track changes in dataand methodologiesovertime. After each reporting cycle, alldatabasefiles, spreadsheets and electronicdocuments are archived as read only files in a master computer and documentation and estimates can be consulted during the new year inventory compilation A databaseof references is also compiled every year to increase the transparency of the inventory The database consists of a number of records that references all documentation used during the inventory compilation, for each sector and submission year, the link to the electronically available documents and the place where they are stored as well as internal documentation on QA/QC procedures