By doconnor @ October 31, 2009 18:51:12
The latest version of GHGenius has now been posted to the website. The changes to the model are described in two new reports, one describing the addition of Algae and Jatropha as biodiesel feedstocks and the other report detailing the updates made to the data and structure of the model.
The model is available in the Download section of the website.
The reports are available on the Reports page.
By doconnor @ May 07, 2009 13:02:34
Version 3.15 of GHGenius has now been posted and is available for download.
There are two reports that accompany this version. One describes the default values for the "Provincial" versions of the model and the other describes the changes made to the model to add two biomethane pathways. One of the biomethane pathways utilizes purified landfill gas and the other involves the anaerobic digestion of manure and agricultural residues.
By doconnor @ February 12, 2009 22:48:25
The Office of Energy Efficiency of Natural Resources Canada is pleased to invite you to a selection of stand alone one-day users workshop on the GHGenius life cycle model . The workshops will be held on Thursday, March 5, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta; Friday, March 6, 2009 in Calgary, Alberta; and Thursday, March 12, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario. You will need to indicate which workshop you are interested in attending if you are interested in reserving a spot.
While the workshop is offered at no charge to participants, space is limited to a maximum of 40 people for each workshop. After the 40 spaces are filled you will be placed on a waiting list in case someone cancels. If demand is high we reserve the right to limit the number of people from any single organization. Please note that there will only be a few spaces available for the Calgary workshop as those that were registered for a postponed workshop from the fall are being given priority.
To reserve a space at the workshop please email Katie.Murphy@NRCan.gc.ca. Please be sure to include your:
name;
affiliation;
telephone number;
preferred email address; and
preferred date and location.
Ms. Murphy is in the office part time but will send you a confirmation as soon as possible.
While we intend to host future GHGenius Users Workshops, no other dates or locations are scheduled at this time.
By doconnor @ December 19, 2008 19:44:12
An update to model version 3.14 has been posted. The new version is 3.14a. It corrects a problem with the density of bitumen used in the calculations on sheet S and the calculation of the carbon content of Still gas on sheet E.
Don O'Connor
By doconnor @ August 18, 2008 20:01:59
Version 3.13 of the model has been posted along with the accompanying report. There are a number of enhancements in this version including expanded capacity for modelling oil sands, regional emission factors for N2O emissions, and enhanced land use calculations.
The model is available in the Download section and the report in the Reports section of the website.
By doconnor @ March 09, 2008 17:53:28
There will be a workshop on the GHGenius life cycle emissions model on Tuesday, April 29 in Winnipeg and another on Thursday May 1 in Regina. The presentations are organised by Natural Resources Canada, local partners (Winnipeg: The Centre for Sustainable Transportation at the University of Winnipeg, The Red River Valley Clean Cities Coalition of Winnipeg Chapter Inc., and The City of Winnipeg’s Fleet Management Agency, and Regina:The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment) and their consultant Don O'Connor of (S&T)2 Consultants Inc.
These workshops will be of interest to a wide variety of audiences. The morning session will focus on a higher level of understanding relative to lifecycle assessment of transportation fuels in general and also of the GHGenius model itself. The afternoon session will feature a more comprehensive look at the internal workings of the model, including a more detailed analysis of the input data and results.
To reserve a space at the workshop please email Katie Murphy katmurph@NRCan.gc.ca. Be sure to include your:
name,
affiliation,
telephone number
preferred email address, and
which workshop (Winnipeg or Regina) you would like to attend.
Both workshops are offered at no charge to participants, but space is limited to a maximum of 40 people.
By doconnor @ December 10, 2007 10:43:07
There will be a workshop on the GHGenius life cycle emissions model on Thursday, January 24 in Halifax. The presentations are organised by Natural Resources Canada and their consultant Don O'Connor of (S&T)2 Consultants Inc.
The workshop will be of interest to a wide variety of audiences. The morning session will focus on a higher level of understanding relative to lifecycle assessment of transportation fuels in general and also of the GHGenius model itself. The afternoon session will feature a more comprehensive look at the internal workings of the model, including a more detailed analysis of the input data and results.
To reserve a space at the workshop please email Jesse Fleming at Jesse.Fleming@NRCan.gc.ca. Be sure to include your name, affiliation, telephone number, and preferred email address.
The workshop is offered at no charge to participants, but space is limited to a maximum of 40 people.
By doconnor @ October 02, 2007 11:29:23
There will be a workshop on the GHGenius life cycle emissions model on Wednesday, November 14 in Ottawa and another on Friday November 16 in Montrteal. The presentations are organised by Natural Resources Canada and their consultant Don O'Connor of (S&T)2 Consultants Inc.
These workshops will be of interest to a wide variety of audiences. The morning session will focus on a higher level of understanding relative to lifecycle assessment of transportation fuels in general and also of the GHGenius model itself. The afternoon session will feature a more comprehensive look at the internal workings of the model, including a more detailed analysis of the input data and results.
To reserve a space at the workshop please email Sara Gagliano at sgaglian@NRCan.gc.ca. Be sure to include your name, affiliation, telephone number, preferred email address and which workshop you would like to attend.
Both workshops are offered at no charge to participants, but space is limited to a maximum of 40 people.
By doconnor @ July 11, 2007 10:57:49
There will be a workshop on the GHGenius life cycle emissions model on Thursday, August 9 in Toronto. The presentation is organised by Natural Resources Canada and their consultant Don O'Connor of (S&T)2 Consultants Inc.
This workshop will be of interest to a wide variety of audiences. The morning session will focus on a higher level of understanding relative to lifecycle assessment of transportation fuels in general and also of the GHGenius model itself. The afternoon session will feature a more comprehensive look at the internal workings of the model, including a more detailed analysis of the input data and results.
To reserve a space at the workshop please email Jesse Fleming at Jesse.Fleming@NRCan.gc.ca. Be sure to include your name, affiliation, telephone number and preferred email address. The deadline for registering is Friday, July 27, 2007.
By doconnor @ November 11, 2006 12:22:18
There will be a workshop on the GHGenius life cycle emissions model on Wednesday, December 13 in Vancouver. The presentation is organised by Natural Resources Canada and their consultant Don O'Connor of (S&T)2 Consultants Inc.
This workshop will be of interest to a wide variety of audiences. The morning session will focus on a higher level of understanding relative to lifecycle assessment of transportation fuels in general and also of the GHGenius model itself. The afternoon session will feature a more comprehensive look at the internal workings of the model, including a more detailed analysis of the input data and results.
To reserve a space at the workshop please email Jesse Fleming at Jesse.Fleming@NRCan.gc.ca. Be sure to include your name, affiliation, telephone number and preferred email address. The deadline for registering is Friday, December 1, 2006.
By doconnor @ September 14, 2006 18:24:00
A new version of GHGenius has been made available, along with an accompanying report.
The main addition to this version is a tool to run Monte Carlo simulations without the need of an external program. Please read the Monte Carlo report before using the new version to learn how to use this new tool.
By doconnor @ April 10, 2006 22:43:56
A new version of GHGenius is now available for downloading.
The primary new addition to the model has been the ability to model carbon capture and storage to the power generation, some of the alternative fuel production, the oil refining and the bitumen and syncrude oil production pathways.
A report concerning CCS is also now available for download.
Don O'Connor
By doconnor @ January 23, 2006 20:04:33
There will be a workshop on the GHGenius life cycle emissions model on Wednesday, March 1st in Calgary. The presentation is organised by Natural Resources Canada and their consultant Don O'Connor of (S&T)2 Consultants Inc.
This workshop will be of interest to a wide variety of audiences. The morning session will focus on a higher level of understanding relative to lifecycle assessment of transportation fuels in general and also of the GHGenius model itself. The afternoon session will feature a more comprehensive look at the internal workings of the model, including a more detailed analysis of the input data and results.
To reserve a space at the workshop please email Anita Boassaly at anitaboa@NRCan.gc.ca. Be sure to include your name, affiliation, telephone number and preferred email address. The deadline for registering has been extended to Thursday, February 2, 2006.
By doconnor @ January 11, 2006 18:22:35
Several small errors have been fixed in the Excel version of GHGenius released in September. The version that is currently available for downloading is 3.0c.
A new version should be available in February. It will have India added as a country, ethanol from sugar cane, heavy-duty gasoline vehicles, plug in hybrids, more flexibility for modelling other classes of HD trucks, updated information on materials, and a few other updates.
Don O'Connor
By doconnor @ September 28, 2005 23:05:05
The Excel version of GHGenius has now been posted in the Downloads section of the website.
This version of the model also uses metric units and has several new features including; lifecycle emission results presented per unit of fuel, a sensitivity tool to run the model multiple times through a user specified range of inputs, and the energy balance results presented for both total energy input and fossil energy input.
The manual that accompanies this version of the model is available in the Reports section of the website.
By doconnor @ May 26, 2005 14:59:58
The Ottawa GHGenius workshop is now full. There will likely be another workshop in the fall.
By doconnor @ May 18, 2005 20:16:55
An error has been identified in the wood to ethanol pathway resulting from the addition of the additional co-products in version 2.6 of the model. That has now been corrected and version 2.6a is now available for download.
By doconnor @ May 12, 2005 16:29:24
There will be a workshop on the GHGenius life cycle emissions model on Thursday, June 2nd in Ottawa. The presentation is organised by Natural Resources Canada and their consultant Don O'Connor of (S&T)2 Consultants Inc.
This workshop will be of interest to a wide variety of audiences. The morning session will focus on a higher level of understanding relative to lifecycle assessment of transportation fuels in general and also of the GHGenius model itself. The afternoon session will feature a more comprehensive look at the internal workings of the model, including a more detailed analysis of the input data and results.
Attendance at the workshop will be limited. If you are interested kindly RSVP to AnnaMary Simmonds via email(annamary.simmonds@nrcan.gc.ca) or telephone (613-992-9254) no later than 5:00PM EST on Wednesday May 25th, 2005.
By doconnor @ May 10, 2005 15:45:19
The newest version of GHGenius has been posted. This is version 2.6 and it includes new biodiesel pathways and updates to the ethanol pathways. New data on light duty vehicle emissions and on fertilizer production is included in the model. The approach to calculating the cost effectiveness calculations has been slightly modified.
By doconnor @ April 27, 2005 23:28:13
Two new reports have been posted to the site. The first is an update of the GHG cost effectiveness calculations. The report describes an updated procedure along with updated costs for many of the fuels and vehicles. Results are presented along with some sensitivity analysis.
The second report is an update of the ethanol production pathways. New co-products have been added for all pathways and all of the significant input data is reviewed and discussed. Results and sensitivity of the results to the input variables are discussed.
The new version of GHGenius (V2.6) will be posted shortly.
By doconnor @ January 29, 2005 16:20:37
A new report of the GHG emissions for five biodiesel production pathways has now been posted to the website.
This is an update to the 2002 report.
Don O'Connor
By doconnor @ January 29, 2005 16:18:26
A report on the updated exhaust emissions calculated by GHGenius has now been posted to the reports section. This report used data from MOBILE6.2C to create new equations for GHGenius.
This is part of the updating work for the new 2.6 version of GHGenius that will be available late in March 2005.
Don O'Connor
By doconnor @ November 29, 2004 10:18:40
Two new reports are available for downloading. These are the Phase 1 reports on ethanol and biodiesel for the NRCan project entitled "Economic, Financial, Social Analysis and Public Policy for Biofuels".
Phase 2 of this work will consider the GHG emissions of these fuels.
Don O'Connor
By doconnor @ November 29, 2004 10:15:13
A new fuel pathway has been added to GHGenius, the production of biodiesel from marine based oils. The report covers a generic process and a specific unique process that uses ethanol rather than methanol in the process.
A number of updates to the model are underway and the revised model with this pathway and the other updates will be made available early in 2005. Some of the updates include a review of the input data for biodiesel production, updating the light duty vehicle emissions using Mobile6.2C, a data review for ethanol production and additional co-products, a review of the cost-effectiveness calculations.
Don O'Connor
By doconnor @ October 07, 2004 14:57:12
The presentation used for the GHGenius workshop at the CTFCA Annual Meeting in Regina has now been posted on the Reports page. The presentation will be removed at the end of the month.
Don O'Connor
By doconnor @ September 19, 2004 13:33:52
Version 2.5F of GHGenius is now available for download to registered members of the site. Sorry for the long delay in making this available.
Don O'Connor
By doconnor @ April 28, 2004 14:07:01
Versions 2.5F of the GHGenius model is now available to download. To access them you will need to register (for free) to the forums. You can read short lists of version updates on the download page.
By doconnor @ April 25, 2004 13:57:06
The site is nearing fully functional. Not much more than the models needs to go online now. Just putting it up in case google crawls the page any time soon.