Since 2002, NCASI has developed and maintained a suite of calculation tools that can be used to estimate greenhouse gas emissions and/or carbon associated with the manufacturing of forest products. Most of these tools are publicly available; however, some are available to NCASI Members only. Two of these tools–the GHG Calculation Tools for Pulp & Paper Mills and the GHG Calculation Tools for Wood Products Facilities–have been reviewed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and are available as tools associated with the WRI/WBCSD Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
Questions regarding these tools should be directed to Kirsten Vice.
The Forest Industry Carbon Assessment Tool™ (FICAT™) was developed by NCASI to help characterize the life cycle greenhouse gas impacts of the activities associated with mills or companies producing forest products.
Learn MoreThis tool estimates transportation emissions for multiple types of modes (truck, rail, ship, etc.) for upstream and in-use (combustion) emissions.
Learn MoreNCASI developed this tool to enable organizations to summarize climate projections for locations of interest in the conterminous United States.
Learn MoreThis tool estimates the majority of Scope 3 emissions for a forest products company by focusing on Scope 3 Categories that typically have the greatest potential effect in our industry.
Learn MoreNCASI completed development of a calculation tool for GHG emissions from wood product manufacturing facilities in 2004.
Learn MoreThe GHG calculation tool developed by NCASI consists of two parts. The first part is a report (PDF) that describes…
Learn MoreThis NCASI tool aggregates and synthesizes key features of carbon cost programs worldwide.
Learn MoreTo assist companies in developing carbon footprints of paper products, NCASI has developed the Footprint Estimator for Forest Products™ (FEFPro™).
Learn MoreThis Microsoft Excel®-based tool is designed to illustrate greenhouse gas (GHG) amounts reported by Canadian forest products facilities to the Federal GHG Emissions Reporting Program (GHGRP).
Learn MoreNCASI has developed a Tool to Calculate Carbon Stored in Forest Products to characterize the fate of biogenic carbon as products travel through the value chain.
Learn MoreThe Carbon On Line Estimator (COLE) is a Java-based program developed to enable examination of forest carbon characteristics of any area of the continental US.
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