Work Item
ASTM WK90489
New Practice for GHG Credit Standards
1. Scope
Normative science-based practices regarding automations of monitoring-reporting-verification (MRV) to quantify greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions and sequestration activities, typically expressed in units of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e).
Keywords
greenhouse gas; carbon; credit; standard; MRV; remote-sensing; sensors; carbon dioxide; CO2e; N2O; CH4; methane; nitrogen oxide; fluorocarbons
Rationale
ISO standards for so-called "offset certificates" require extensive in-person audits and, usually, extensive use of sensors, making them very difficult to account for the full scope of GHG emissions nationwide. We've done extensive stakeholder engagement across industrial sectors of agriculture, buildings, consumer products, energy, transportation, including with federal labs and researchers at Department of Energy, US Department of Agricultural, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and others, establishing the need and interest in a scalable standard to drive emissions reductions and in keeping with the Federal Government's target of carbon net-zero by 2050.
The title and scope are in draft form and are under development within this ASTM Committee.
Work Item Status
Date Initiated: 04-25-2024
Technical Contact: Shawn Hutchinson