Climate calculation in plan before deciding on significant environmental impact (K1)

Physical planning begins with the development of a plan before deciding on significant environmental impacts. At this stage, the County Administrative Board determines whether the investment or reinvestment measure is deemed to lead to significant environmental impact or not.

An initial financial update should be made. A new climate calculation, K1, will be made with regard to the new substrate. The result from the climate calculation must be reported in chapter four of SEB, if SEB is established, and forms part of the consultation basis for decisions on significant environmental impact. Climate calculations must be made even if a SEB has not been established as it forms the basis for climate requirements on infrastructure

Climate calculation in plan for choice of alternative (k2)

After consultation, a plan for the selection of alternatives is drawn up showing different location, stretching, standard and design alternatives. The plan shall include the information needed for an overall assessment of the contributions of the studied alternatives to the environmental quality objectives. Here, the climate calculation K2 is an important basis for assessing contributions to the goal of limited climate impact.

A second financial update is done through uncertainty analysis. Climate calculation K2 shall be made with regard to the new financial basis for the various alternatives. At this stage, the climate calculator can be a tool for analyzing how different choices and solutions affect the climate performance of the investment or reinvestment measure.

The result from the climate calculation must be reported in chapter four of SEB, if an SEB is established, and forms part of the plan for the choice of alternatives. Climate calculations must be made even if an SEB has not been established as it forms the basis for climate requirements on infrastructure.

Climate calculation in plan for review (k3)

In the plan for review, a third quality assurance of the plant cost calculation takes place. A new climate calculation, K3, will be made with regard to the new financial basis. The result from the climate calculation shall be reported in chapter four of SEB, if SEB has been established, and forms part of the review document prior to determination.

Climate calculations must be made even if an SEB has not been established as it forms the basis for climate requirements on infrastructure. In the event that comments from the review are received that entail a revision of the total cost, a new climate calculation shall also be made with regard to the revisions carried out.

Climate calculation in determination document (k3)

The determination document establishes the conditions for the implementation of the investment or reinvestment measure and the total cost based on the audit document. By being included in SEB, the climate calculation is part of the basis for the determination document.

Climate calculation in construction (k4)

In conjunction with updating the construction cost calculation in the construction document, a new climate calculation, K4, is made in case the construction costs have changed. K4 is made in conjunction with the preparation of tender documentation for contracting.

Climate Declaration (KD)

At the end of a project, an after-calculation in the form of a climate declaration must be prepared that reports the actual outcome of the investment or reinvestment measure. The climate declaration is partly a result of the investment or reinvestment measure’s climate performance and partly a basis that contributes with experience feedback to identify the most effective solutions and to update templates and calibrate the climate calculation model.

The climate declaration must be carried out with the model Climate Calculation and specific input data for used amounts of material and energy resources shall be used. If specific emission factors are used, they must be verifiable with third party audited environmental product declarations type III (EPD) according to European standard EN 15804 or equivalent.