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Entering Electrical Consumption Data for Off-Site Servers

Use the Off-Site Servers tab to enter electrical consumption data for your servers located in data centers.

To calculate emissions for Off-Site Servers, the application uses the emission factor from the Energy Grid subregions table to convert the energy values entered for off-site servers use into CO ₂ equivalent.

To enter data for off-site servers:

1. Select Carbon Footprint - Track / Enter Building Footprint Data .
2. From the Building Footprints panel, select the building and calculation year for which you are entering consumption data.
3. Select the Indirect Emissions (Scope 3) tab.
4. Select the Off-Site Servers tab.
5. In the Off-Site Computer Servers Footprints panel, click Add New.
6. In the Off-Site Computer Servers Source panel, enter the following required information:

   Description: Enter a description of the off-site server location.

   Electricity Consumption of Off-Site Servers: Enter the amount of electricity used in a year by this off-site server location.

   Electricity Consumption Units: Enter the units used to measure the electricity consumption.

7. Click Save.

   The application calculates greenhouse gas emissions for this source, and displays the emissions in the upper Footprints panel.