JP7442898B2 - Information processing system, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program.

Estimating the amount of carbon dioxide emissions has been carried out (see Patent Document 1).

JP2022-091900A

It takes time and effort to register the data necessary to calculate emissions into the system.

The present invention has been made in view of this background, and an object of the present invention is to enable easy input of data necessary for calculating greenhouse gas emissions.

The main invention of the present invention for solving the above problems is an information processing system, which includes an emission factor storage section that stores an emission factor for calculating the amount of greenhouse gas emissions; an activity amount reception unit that receives an activity amount of an activity; a tag setting unit that sets a tag for the activity amount; an apportionment processing unit that apportionably divides the activity amount for each of the set tags; and an emission amount calculation unit that calculates the emission amount for each tag by multiplying the emission amount by the emission coefficient.

Other problems disclosed in the present application and methods for solving the problems will be made clear by the section of the embodiments of the invention and the drawings.

According to the present invention, data necessary for calculating greenhouse gas emissions can be easily input.

1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an emissions management system according to the present embodiment. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a management server 2. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a software configuration of a management server 2. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the management server 2. FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the management server 2 according to the second embodiment.

<System overview>
An emissions management system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The emissions management system of this embodiment attempts to manage greenhouse gas emissions by emission entities such as companies. The emissions management system of this embodiment accepts input of the activity amount of the emitter or another emitter located upstream or downstream in the supply chain of the emitter, and calculates the amount of emissions by multiplying this by an emission coefficient. In the emissions management system of this embodiment, a plurality of tags are set for the amount of activity, and the amount of activity is apportioned for each tag. The tag can be, for example, information indicating a division of an organization related to a greenhouse gas emitter (such as a company) or an activity base.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an emissions management system according to this embodiment. The emissions management system of this embodiment is configured to include a management server 2. The management server 2 is communicably connected to the user terminal 1 via a communication network. The communication network is, for example, the Internet, and is constructed using a public telephone line network, a mobile phone line network, a wireless communication channel, Ethernet (registered trademark), and the like.

The user terminal 1 is a computer operated by a user of a company or the like that is the main emitter. The user terminal 1 can be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, or the like. A user can access the management server 2 using the user terminal 1 and calculate the amount of emissions.

The management server 2 is a computer that calculates and manages emissions. The management server 2 may be a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing.

<Management server>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the management server 2. As shown in FIG. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and other configurations may be used. The management server 2 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a storage device 203, a communication interface 204, an input device 205, and an output device 206. The storage device 203 stores various data and programs, and is, for example, a hard disk drive, solid state drive, flash memory, or the like. The communication interface 204 is an interface for connecting to a communication network, and includes, for example, an adapter for connecting to Ethernet (registered trademark), a modem for connecting to a public telephone line, a wireless communication device for performing wireless communication, These include USB (Universal Serial Bus) connectors and RS232C connectors for serial communication. The input device 205 is, for example, a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, button, microphone, or the like for inputting data. The output device 206 outputs data, such as a display, printer, or speaker. Note that each functional unit of the management server 2, which will be described later, is realized by the CPU 201 reading a program stored in the storage device 203 into the memory 202 and executing it, and each storage unit of the management server 2 is implemented by the memory 202 and the storage device 203. It is realized as part of the storage area provided by.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the software configuration of the management server 2. As shown in FIG. The management server 2 includes an emission coefficient storage section 231 , an apportionment information storage section 232 , an activity amount storage section 233 , an emission amount storage section 234 , an activity amount reception section 211 , a tag setting section 212 , and an apportionment processing section 213 , an emission amount calculation section 214 , and an output section 215 .

<Storage section>
The emission factor storage unit 231 stores emission factors for calculating greenhouse gas emissions. The emission factor storage unit 231 can store an emission factor in association with information that specifies an activity (for example, it can be a type of activity such as electricity, gas, product A, etc.).

Information identifying an activity may be of any format as long as it is information for identifying the type of activity. For example, when an ID (type ID) that uniquely identifies the type of activity is set in data input to the management server 2 (hereinafter referred to as import data), the type ID can be used as type identification information. can. Further, information including the type of import data and conditions for the values of items included in the import data can also be used as the type specifying information. For example, if the imported data is financial accounting data, specify the information specifying "financial accounting data" and the condition that the "account item" is "travel expenses" and the summary includes "taxi" by type. It can be information. Further, as type identification information, a function that inputs import data and outputs the type can also be set.

Emission factors can be primary data (collected by the emitter themselves, obtained from direct measurements, or from calculations based on direct measurements at the first source) or secondary data. It may be data (data other than primary data, for example, data standardized (statistically processed) from the emissions of multiple companies that provide the same type of product).

The emission factor storage unit 231 can store emissions in association with types of activities. The emission factor storage unit 231 can store the type of activity, the scope of the activity, and the emission factor in association with each other. The emission factor storage unit 231 can store activity types, activity scopes, activity categories, and emission factors in association with each other. Note that the scope and category of the activity are assumed to be the scope and category of the GHG protocol. Moreover, the category may be omitted.

The apportionment information storage unit 232 stores information for apportioning the amount of activity (hereinafter referred to as apportionment information). The apportionment information can include information specifying the activity, a tag, and an apportionment ratio for apportioning the amount of activity related to the activity with respect to the tag.

The activity amount storage unit 233 stores information regarding the amount of activity (hereinafter referred to as activity amount information). The activity amount information includes information that specifies the activity, information that specifies when the activity was performed (time information), and the amount of activity. Furthermore, the activity amount information can include a tag for classifying the activity. Multiple tags can be set for activity amount information.

The emissions storage unit 234 stores the calculated greenhouse gas emissions. The emissions storage unit 234 can store a company ID that identifies a source of emissions, information that identifies when an activity was performed (time information), a scope, a category, and an amount of emissions in association with each other. . The time information can be set to any period, such as year, year, year/month, year/month/day, date/time range, etc., for example.

<Functional part>
The activity amount reception unit 211 receives activity amounts of activities that emit greenhouse gases. The activity amount reception unit 231 can receive the amount of activity from the user terminal 1, for example. The amount of activity includes, for example, the number of products produced (units), the number of products purchased (units), the weight x distance transported by logistics (ton-kilometers), the amount of fuel consumed (liters), and the amount of money (yen). In this embodiment, it is assumed that the activity amount reception unit 211 receives import data from the user terminal 1. The import data can be, for example, data exported from an ERP system (export data) or data obtained by converting the export data. The import data can be, for example, CSV data, JSON data, or XML data. For example, in CSV data, it is assumed that it is known what type of data the numbered item is, and the type of activity can be specified based on the type identification information based on what value is included in the numbered item of the CSV data. I can do it. Furthermore, in JSON data, XML data, etc., the type of item of the set data may be tagged or set as an attribute. The activity amount reception unit 211 can create activity amount information including the received activity amount and register it in the activity amount storage unit 233.

The tag setting unit 212 sets a tag for the amount of activity. Note that the tag can indicate the department of the organization that is responsible for emitting greenhouse gases. Furthermore, the tag can also indicate the base of greenhouse gas emissions.

The tag setting unit 212 can accept tags from the user terminal 1. For example, the tag setting unit 212 can accept one or more tags together with information that identifies an activity. The tag setting unit 212 can receive, for example, information specifying an activity, time information, and one or more tags. Note that the activity amount reception unit 211 may receive the tag together with the activity amount. For example, tags can be included in the imported data.

The tag setting unit 212 can set the received tag to the corresponding activity amount information. Note that a tag storage unit may be provided that stores information that specifies an activity and tags in association with each other.

The apportionment processing unit 213 divides the activity amount for each set tag and calculates the activity amount for each tag (hereinafter referred to as tag activity amount). For example, when multiple tags are set for one activity (for example, when one piece of activity amount information includes multiple tags), the apportionment processing unit 213 divides the amount of activity by the number of tags. The amount of tag activity can be calculated. In this embodiment, a proportional division ratio is set for each tag, and the proportional division processing unit 213 can calculate the tag activity amount by proportionally dividing the activity amount according to the proportional division ratio. The apportionment processing unit 213 can, for example, read the apportionment ratio for each tag corresponding to the received activity from the apportionment information storage unit 232, and calculate the tag activity amount by apportioning the activity amount based on the read out apportionment ratio.

The emission amount calculation unit 214 calculates the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by multiplying the amount of activity by the emission coefficient. Further, the emission amount calculation unit 214 can calculate the emission amount for each tag (hereinafter referred to as tag emission amount) by multiplying the proportioned activity amount (tag activity amount) by an emission coefficient.

The output unit 235 outputs the discharge amount. The output unit 235 may output the tag discharge amount along with the tag.

The output unit 235 can also output the amount of activity. The output unit 235 may output the tag activity amount together with the tag.

<Operation>
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the management server 2.

The management server 2 receives the input of the amount of activity (S301), and accepts the setting of one or more tags for the received amount of activity (S302). The management server 2 calculates the tag activity amount by proportionally dividing the activity amount for which multiple tags are set (S303). As described above, the amount of activity may be divided by the number of tags, or the proportion ratio corresponding to the activity may be read from the proportion information storage unit 232, and the amount of activity may be proportioned according to the read proportion ratio. . Note that if only one tag is set, the amount of activity can be used as the amount of tag activity. The management server 2 calculates the emission amount for each tag by multiplying the proportioned activity amount by the corresponding emission coefficient (S304).

As described above, according to the information processing system of this embodiment, it is possible to calculate the amount of activity for each department or site by apportioning the amount of activity for each department or site. Therefore, even if the amount of activity spans departments or locations, it is possible to input it together with the tag, making input easier.

<Second embodiment>
In the above-described embodiment, the amount of activity is divided proportionally for each tag, but in the second embodiment, the amount of discharge is divided proportionally for each tag.

In the second embodiment, the information processing system includes an emission factor storage unit that stores an emission coefficient for calculating greenhouse gas emissions, and an activity data reception unit that receives the activity data of activities that emit the greenhouse gases. an emission amount calculation unit that calculates the emission amount by multiplying the activity amount by the emission coefficient; an apportionment processing unit that apportions the emission amount for each tag with respect to the emission amount; and an output section that outputs the amount.

The emission calculation unit 214 can calculate the emission amount by multiplying the amount of activity by the emission coefficient.

The tag setting unit 212 can set a tag not for the amount of activity but for the amount of discharge.

The apportionment processing unit 213 apportions the discharge amount for each tag.

Further, in the second embodiment, the apportionment processing unit can accept the settings of the apportionment ratio for each tag, and apportion the discharge amount based on the apportionment ratio.

Further, in the second embodiment, the information processing system may include an apportionment information storage unit that stores an apportionment ratio in association with information specifying the amount of emissions and the tag; in this case, the apportionment processing unit: The apportionment ratio for each tag corresponding to the calculated discharge amount can be read from the apportionment information storage section, and the discharge amount can be apportioned based on the read apportionment ratio.

In the second embodiment, the apportionment information stored by the apportionment information storage unit 232 includes information that specifies the amount of discharge, a tag, and the apportionment ratio, rather than information that specifies the amount of activity.

The apportionment processing unit 213 can read out the amount of discharge and the proportionate ratio corresponding to the tag from the apportionment information storage unit 232, and can apportion the amount of discharge based on the read draft ratio.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the management server 2 according to the second embodiment.

The management server 2 receives input of the amount of activity (S321), and calculates the amount of emissions by multiplying the amount of activity by the corresponding emission coefficient (S322). The management server 2 receives the tag to be set as the discharge amount (S323), and calculates the discharge amount for each tag by proportionally dividing the discharge amount for the discharge amount for which a plurality of tags are set (S324). Note that if only one tag is set, the calculated discharge amount can be used as the tag discharge amount.

As described above, according to the information processing system of the second embodiment, by tagging the amount of emissions and apportioning the amount of emissions for each tag, it is possible to calculate the amount of emissions for each department or base. .

Although the present embodiment has been described above, the above embodiment is for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and is not for construing the present invention in a limited manner. The present invention may be modified and improved without departing from the spirit thereof, and the present invention also includes equivalents thereof.

<Disclosure>
Note that the present disclosure also includes the following configurations.
[Item 1]
an emission factor storage unit that stores an emission factor for calculating greenhouse gas emissions;
an activity data reception unit that receives the activity data of activities that emit greenhouse gases;
a tag setting unit that sets a tag for the amount of activity;
an apportionment processing unit that apportionably divides the activity amount for each of the set tags;
an emission amount calculation unit that calculates the emission amount for each tag by multiplying the proportioned activity amount by the emission coefficient;
An information processing system comprising:
[Item 2]
The apportionment processing unit accepts a setting of an apportionment ratio for each tag, and apportions the activity amount according to the apportionment ratio;
The information processing system according to item 1, characterized by:
[Item 3]
comprising an apportionment information storage unit that stores an apportionment ratio in association with information identifying the activity and the tag;
The apportionment processing unit reads the apportionment ratio for each of the tags corresponding to the received activity from the apportionment information storage unit, and apportions the activity amount according to the readout apportionment ratio;
The information processing system according to item 1, characterized by:
[Item 4]
The tag indicates a department of the organization that is the main source of greenhouse gas emissions;
The information processing system according to any one of items 1 to 3, characterized by:
[Item 5]
The tag indicates a base related to the main body emitting the greenhouse gas;
The information processing system according to any one of items 1 to 3, characterized by:
[Item 6]
storing an emission factor for calculating greenhouse gas emissions;
a step of receiving the activity amount of the activity emitting greenhouse gas;
setting a tag for the amount of activity;
Proportionally dividing the activity amount for each of the set tags;
calculating the emission amount for each tag by multiplying the proportioned activity amount by the emission coefficient;
An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer.
[Item 7]
storing an emission factor for calculating greenhouse gas emissions;
a step of receiving the activity amount of the activity emitting greenhouse gas;
setting a tag for the amount of activity;
Proportionally dividing the activity amount for each of the set tags;
calculating the emission amount for each tag by multiplying the proportioned activity amount by the emission coefficient;
A program that causes a computer to execute

1 User terminal 2 Management server

Claims (6)

an emission factor storage unit that stores an emission factor for calculating greenhouse gas emissions;
an activity data reception unit that receives the activity data of activities that emit greenhouse gases;
a tag setting unit that sets a tag for the amount of activity;
an apportionment information storage unit that stores an apportionment ratio in association with information identifying the activity and the tag;
an apportionment processing unit that apportionably divides the activity amount based on the apportionment ratio for each of the tags corresponding to the activity read from the apportionment information storage unit ;
an emission amount calculation unit that calculates the emission amount for each tag by multiplying the proportioned activity amount by the emission coefficient;
An information processing system comprising: The apportionment processing unit accepts a setting of an apportionment ratio for each tag, and apportions the activity amount according to the apportionment ratio;
The information processing system according to claim 1, characterized by: the tag indicates an organization that emits the greenhouse gas;
The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2 , characterized by: The tag indicates a base related to the main body emitting the greenhouse gas;
The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2 , characterized by: storing an emission factor for calculating greenhouse gas emissions;
a step of receiving the activity amount of the activity emitting greenhouse gas;
setting a tag for the amount of activity;
storing a proportion ratio in a proportion information storage unit in association with information identifying the activity and the tag;
apportioning the amount of activity according to the apportionment ratio for each of the tags corresponding to the activity read from the apportionment information storage unit ;
calculating the emission amount for each tag by multiplying the proportioned activity amount by the emission coefficient;
An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. storing an emission factor for calculating greenhouse gas emissions;
a step of receiving the activity amount of the activity emitting greenhouse gas;
setting a tag for the amount of activity;
storing a proportion ratio in a proportion information storage unit in association with information identifying the activity and the tag;
apportioning the amount of activity according to the apportionment ratio for each of the tags corresponding to the activity read from the apportionment information storage unit ;
calculating the emission amount for each tag by multiplying the proportioned activity amount by the emission coefficient;
A program that causes a computer to execute

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