The “Energy Performance and Carbon Emissions Assessment and Monitoring Tool” (ECAM) offers unique capabilities for assessing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy consumption of water and sanitation systems. Gain greater insights by identifying areas to reduce GHG emissions, increase energy savings and improve overall efficiencies to reduce costs.
Resource Type: Assessment tool
WaCCliM – Water and Wastewater Companies for Climate Mitigation (Project Video)
Water and wastewater companies are typically energy intensive. This indicates excellent opportunities for improving energy efficiency and greatly reducing greenhouse gas emissions through more energy-efficient systems, as well as recovering energy, nutrients and other materials from wastewater.
The ‘Water and Wastewater Companies for Climate Mitigation’ (WaCCliM) project shows how the urban water sector can reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions while preparing for climate change. WaCCliM engages with the international water and climate community, with national governments and with water and wastewater utilities as well as their associations in Jordan, Mexico and Peru. Together with its national and local partners, WaCCliM is improving the carbon balance of utilities in these countries and beyond. At the same time, the project aims to ensure that utilities increase their climate resilience, reduce their operational costs, and maintain, improve and adapt their services.
Training courses for climate-related risks and opportunities
The training courses here can help you acquire the tools, skills, and knowledge you need to manage your climate-related risks and opportunities:
Linking Flood and Drought Data to Water Safety Planning: Part 5
In order to assist with flood and drought prediction the Flood and Drought portal (http://www.flooddroughtmonitor.com) was developed as an output of the Flood and Drought Management Tools (FDMT) project. This blog series (5 parts) provides guidelines for interpreting climate information for application in water safety planning.
Linking Flood and Drought Data to Water Safety Planning: Part 4
In order to assist with flood and drought prediction the Flood and Drought portal (http://www.flooddroughtmonitor.com) was developed as an output of the Flood and Drought Management Tools (FDMT) project. This blog series (5 parts) provides guidelines for interpreting climate information for application in water safety planning.
Linking Flood and Drought Data to Water Safety Planning: Part 3
In order to assist with flood and drought prediction the Flood and Drought portal (http://www.flooddroughtmonitor.com) was developed as an output of the Flood and Drought Management Tools (FDMT) project. This blog series (5 parts) provides guidelines for interpreting climate information for application in water safety planning.
Linking Flood and Drought Data to Water Safety Planning: Part 2
In order to assist with flood and drought prediction the Flood and Drought portal (http://www.flooddroughtmonitor.com) was developed as an output of the Flood and Drought Management Tools (FDMT) project. This blog series (5 parts) provides guidelines for interpreting climate information for application in water safety planning.
Linking Flood and Drought Data to Water Safety Planning: Part 1
In order to assist with flood and drought prediction the Flood and Drought portal (http://www.flooddroughtmonitor.com) was developed as an output of the Flood and Drought Management Tools (FDMT) project. This blog series (5 parts) provides guidelines for interpreting climate information for application in water safety planning.
Decarbonisation of water utilities- Tool for energy and carbon emission assessment (webinar on demand)
Learning Objectives of the Webinar:
After the session the participants:
1. Understand drivers and justification for decarbonising by utilities
2. Can explain the purpose and the basic applications of the ECAM tool and its relevance for utilities.
3. Are inspired to initiate steps to realize CO2 low water utilities and look for solutions to overcome costs related issues
4. Are aware of the big picture impact of mitigation and the importance of creating an enabling environment
Flood and Drought management tools
The Flood and Drought Management Tools project provides a methodology with online tools to facilitate the inclusion of information on floods and droughts, and future scenarios into Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) planning and Transboundary Diagnostic Analyses (TDA) and Strategic Action Plans (SAP), and Water Safety Planning (WSP). These approaches are used to support planning from the transboundary basin to local (water utility) level