Amount of energy potentially generated over the lifetime of products sold by the organization during the reporting period.
Organizations should footnote the energy type(s) and all assumptions used to determine the energy capacity.
This metric is intended to capture the total product-lifetime energy that could be generated by products that the organization sold during the reporting period. It most applies to products that will be operated or used by a client of the organization (as opposed to the organization itself). Organizations should report Energy Capacity of Product (PD2713) for each relevant energy-generating product and disaggregate Units/Volume Sold: Total (PI1263) by product.
When multiplying the energy capacity of each product sold by Units/Volume Sold: Total (PI1263), organizations should, under Units/Volume Sold: Total (PI1263), use the absolute number of product units sold rather than the volume of energy delivered by the product.
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revisions to definition and usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
New metric. Energy Capacity of Products Sold (PD1504) was developed via the IRIS Taxonomy Group.
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