KR20150014564A - Method and system for exchanging certified emission reduction - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a carbon emission trading method and system. The present invention relates to a system and method for collecting greenhouse gas emissions of an arbitrary user having a limited GHG emission quota for a predetermined unit time period by performing a transaction mediation server for providing a carbon emission trading service to a plurality of user terminals via a network Accumulating; Estimating an estimated total emission amount at the end of the unit period based on the accumulated greenhouse gas emissions within the unit period; Notifying the user of an expected amount of the emission when the estimated total emission amount exceeds the quota amount and notifying the user of the estimated remaining amount when the estimated total emission amount is less than the quota amount; And mediating a transaction of the anticipated required amount or the anticipated remaining amount. According to the present invention, it is possible to activate the carbon emission trading.

Description

[0001] METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGING CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTION [0002]

The present invention relates to a carbon emission trading method and system, and more particularly, to a carbon emission trading method and system for analyzing a carbon emission status or a trend of each carbon emission subject and estimating the expected emission amount, And a method and system for trading carbon credits.

Carbon credits mean that companies that have not reduced greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide (CO2) within a given period of time have enough room for emissions or buy money from businesses contributing to the environment, such as creating forests. Parties to the Kyoto Protocol should reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 5% from 1990 levels by 2012, but countries and companies that can not implement them should purchase carbon credits from outside. In other words, if the Kyoto Protocol becomes effective and the amount of greenhouse gas that can be emitted by each country is allocated, the enterprise will be regulated to a certain standard. At this time, companies with high carbon dioxide emissions should reduce their own emissions through technological development such as energy saving, or purchase them from a company that owns emission allowance because of low emission.

According to this trend, it is expected that the maximum amount of greenhouse gas that can be emitted within a certain period of time is given not only to large enterprises but also to small and medium enterprises, households, and individuals in the near future. Accordingly, efforts should be made to discharge greenhouse gas within the range of the respective carbon emission rights.

However, unforeseen circumstances may arise where it is difficult to emit greenhouse gases only within the scope of rights given to individuals, households, businesses, or nations, so that the necessary carbon credits can be exchanged freely.

In particular, efforts should be made to secure carbon credits in advance if emissions are predicted before a given period has elapsed. On the other hand, if carbon credits are expected to remain in a given period of time, there is a need to ensure that the carbon credits can be earned by selling the remainder, since the carbon credits are not only subject to independent trading but also have monetary value.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a carbon emission trading method and system for predicting a total amount of greenhouse gas emissions of a greenhouse gas emission subject in advance and enabling a carbon emission right to be traded in advance.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a carbon emission trading method and system for informing a greenhouse gas emission entity of an expected amount or an expected amount in advance to reduce a greenhouse gas emission amount.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a system and method for enabling the trading of carbon credits prior to the expiration of a unit term by providing in advance a range of carbon credits that are expected to be tradeable.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a carbon emission rights trading method, which is performed by a transaction mediating server that provides a carbon emission trading service to a plurality of user terminals via a network, Collecting and accumulating greenhouse gas emissions of any user with a limited greenhouse gas emission quota for a given unit of time; Estimating an estimated total emission amount at the end of the unit period based on the accumulated greenhouse gas emissions within the unit period; Notifying the user of an expected amount of the emission when the estimated total emission amount exceeds the quota amount and notifying the user of the estimated remaining amount when the estimated total emission amount is less than the quota amount; And mediating a transaction of the anticipated required amount or the anticipated remaining amount.

The transaction mediating server comprises a transaction mediating server for providing a carbon emission trading service to a plurality of user terminals via a network according to the second aspect of the present invention, An emission collector for collecting greenhouse gas emissions of any user having a limited greenhouse gas emission quota; A discharge amount management unit for accumulating the greenhouse gas emission amount collected by the emission amount collection unit with respect to the user; Estimating an estimated total emission amount at the end of the unit period based on the accumulated greenhouse gas emission amount in the emission amount management unit and notifying the user of the estimated required amount when the estimated total emission amount exceeds the allocation amount, A transaction inducement unit for notifying the user of the estimated remaining amount when the amount is less than the quota; And a transaction mediating unit for mediating the transaction of the predicted required amount or the predicted remaining amount notified to the user by the transaction inducing unit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention having the above configuration, it is possible to provide a carbon emission trading method and system for predicting total greenhouse gas emission amount of a greenhouse gas emission subject in advance and enabling the carbon emission right to be traded in advance.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to inform the greenhouse gas emission subject in advance of the estimated remaining amount or the estimated required amount, thereby reducing the greenhouse gas emission amount.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, by providing a range of carbon emission rights that are expected to be possible to trade, the carbon emission rights can be traded before the unit period elapses.

1 is a block diagram of a carbon emission trading system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a carbon emission trading system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a carbon credits trading method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary view of a screen provided to a user according to a carbon emission trading method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a carbon emission trading system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a carbon emission trading system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of user terminals 100 exchange data with a transaction mediating server 200 through a network N in a carbon emission rights trading system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Here, the network N may be a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value added network (VAN), a personal area network (PAN) a mobile radio communication network or a satellite communication network.

The user terminal 100 may be implemented as a computer, a portable terminal, or a television set, which can be connected to a remote server through the network N or connected to other terminals and servers. Here, the computer includes, for example, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and the like, each of which is equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), and the portable terminal may be a wireless communication device , Personal Communication System (PCS), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) Handheld based wireless communication devices such as W-CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) -2000, W-CDMA (W-CDMA), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet) terminals, can do. In addition, the television may include an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), an Internet television (TV), a terrestrial TV, a cable TV, and the like.

The 'user' who is connected to the transaction mediation server 200 through the user terminal 100 and is provided with the service is a user who is legally allowed to perform the service in accordance with the predefined greenhouse gas emission subject, for example, And is a unit subject determined to have a predetermined range of carbon credits.

Meanwhile, the transaction mediating server 200 may be implemented as a normal server that receives a connection from the user terminal 100. The transaction mediating server 200 is a web server capable of providing a web service with a web browser installed in the user terminal 100 or a server interworking with a separate application program installed in the user terminal 100, And provides the emission trading intermediary service to the user terminal 100. It is needless to say that the present invention can be implemented by a group of server systems including a web server, a load balancing server, and a database server.

Further, the carbon emission trading system may include a emission collection server 300. The emission collection server 300 collects information on the emission amount of each emission subject by detecting the activity of each emission subject throughout the field of emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon. For example, the emission collection server 300 may communicate with an OBD (On Board Diagnostics) device installed in each vehicle to collect the gas emission amount information of each vehicle. In addition, gas emission amount information may be collected on the basis of the electricity amount of each emission subject, the amount of water payment, and the like. For example, it is possible to collect information on electricity consumption and water consumption of each emission entity from an organization that supplies and manages resources accompanied by greenhouse gas emissions such as Korea Waterworks Corporation and Korea Electric Power Corporation. In addition, Or collecting information on emissions from agencies or companies that manage activities involving the use of resources accompanied by greenhouse gas emissions.

The transaction mediating server 200 may collect information on the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from the emission collection server 300 as described above.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the transaction mediation server 200 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The transaction mediating server 200 includes an emission amount collecting unit 210. The emission amount collecting unit 210 communicates with the emission amount collecting server 300 to collect information on a user's greenhouse gas emission amount, which is the subject of each greenhouse gas emission. Of course, the emission amount collection unit 210 may be a subject that collects information directly without going through the emission amount collection server 300.

When the emission amount collecting unit 210 collects the greenhouse gas emission amount of each user, the emission amount managing unit 220 accumulates the collected information in a user account corresponding to each user. The emission management unit 220 may register the time at which the emission amount information is collected together with the cause of the emission of the greenhouse gas in each user account. For example, if a company A generates a total of 300 kg of greenhouse gases by vehicle operation on August 20, 2012, the emission management unit 220, together with the emission amount of 300 kg, As of August 20, and as the cause of the emission, 'vehicle operation' can be recorded in the user account of company A. The total amount of emissions of the company A can be calculated by cumulatively accumulating the emission amount information recorded in this manner.

Accordingly, the emission amount management unit 220 cumulatively records the greenhouse gas emission amount of each user. At this time, the emission information may be separately managed for each unit period set for regulating GHG emissions in each country such as a unit period, for example, one month or one year. For example, if the carbon emission rights are regulated on a monthly basis, that is, the maximum carbon emission amount that allows the user to emit on a monthly basis is determined, the emission control unit 220, separately from the July emission amount, Only cumulated emissions will be cumulatively managed.

The transaction mediating server 200 is provided with a transaction inducing unit 230. The transaction inducement unit 230 analyzes the current cumulative emission amount of each user or the emission trend from the beginning of the unit period to the present to predict the total amount of emissions accumulated until the end of the unit period.

For example, if the average daily carbon footprint for a company A in August is 1 ton, the expected total emissions at the end of August 31 may be 31 tonnes. That is, the transaction inducement unit 230 estimates the average value of the daily emissions to be collected and estimates the total amount of the end of the unit period by applying the unit period.

Or if daily emissions trends rise or fall from the start of the unit period to the present, the estimated total emissions may be calculated to reflect this trend. Various statistical calculation methods can be used for this.

It is also possible to use the trend of emissions per unit period to estimate the total amount of emissions. For example, if you estimate emissions in August, you can refer to emissions in July, which is a different unit period. At this time, seasonal factors to which each unit period belongs may be given as weights to estimate the estimated total amount of emissions. Furthermore, the user may be given different weights according to seasonal factors for the respective industries.

In this manner, the transaction inducement unit 230 first calculates the estimated total amount of emissions of each user in the unit period, and derives the carbon emission rights transaction between the users based on the result.

The transaction inducement unit 230 induces the purchaser to purchase the carbon credits for the expected amount if the estimated total amount of emissions exceeds the range of the carbon credits of the user for the unit period of the user concerned and determines that the estimated total amount of the carbon credits , It leads to the sale of carbon credits to the estimated remaining amount.

And a transaction mediating unit 240 are provided. The transaction mediating unit 240 mediates a transaction so that each user can trade an estimated required amount with an expected remaining amount. The transaction mediating unit 240 may allow the user to directly trade the carbon emission rights among users, or may purchase the estimated remaining amount of each user as a virtual intermediary in advance according to the user's selection, It can also play a role. At this time, when the users directly trade with 1: 1, the price at which the carbon credits are traded may be determined by the users themselves or may be determined on the basis of predetermined trading prices. Also, if a virtual intermediary pre-empts the seller's carbon credits and the deal is brokered by the buyers selling the desired amount of carbon credits, they may be set at a predetermined transaction price. At this time, the trading price may be determined autonomously in the market depending on supply and demand.

Hereinafter, a carbon emission trading method using the carbon emission trading system including the above-described transaction mediation server 200 will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the carbon emission trading method according to the embodiment of the present invention starts from the step S100 of collecting the emission amount information. As described above, the emission information can be collected from an automatic measuring apparatus such as an OBD installed in a vehicle through a wired or wireless network, or collected from other institutions.

And the respective collected emissions are recorded and accumulated in the user account of the corresponding emission entity (S200).

At this time, based on the cumulative amount of emissions accumulated from the initial time point of the unit period to the present, an estimated total amount of emission of each user at the present time is estimated (S300). In estimating the estimated total emission amount, it is possible to refer not only to the cumulative amount of emissions so far, but also to the past emission amount of each other user.

Then, it is determined whether the estimated total emission amount exceeds the range of carbon emission rights assigned to the user (S400).

If the estimated total amount of emissions is predicted to exceed the user's carbon allowance, the user may be notified of the estimated required amount at the present time (S500). This can be a way of letting the user know the expected amount of money, while at the same time informing the amount information necessary for purchasing the expected amount of money, thereby preventing the user from making carbon emissions. For example, a periodic Push message may be used to guide the user to the expected amount. Also, the user may be registered in the carbon emission right purchaser list according to the user's selection (S600). This may be necessary, for example, when users mediate to trade carbon credits 1: 1. For example, if a user with a 1 ton estimate is registered in the list of buyers, a user with a 1 ton estimate of the remaining amount can confirm it and sell his carbon credits.

Of course, carbon credits may be traded after the unit period has passed.

If it is determined in step S400 that the estimated total discharge amount of the user exceeds the allocation amount, the user is notified of the estimated remaining amount (S700). When informing the expected amount of residuals, the user can be informed of the carbon credits transaction at the current point of time, and the sales can be induced.

If the user is notified of the estimated remaining amount, the user is inquired as to whether or not the estimated remaining amount is sold, and the user is requested to sell the registered remaining amount. In this case, other users wishing to purchase carbon credits can check the list of sellers and try to make a purchase.

However, this is only one example, and if a virtual intermediary purchases all of the sellers' carbon credits and sells them to other buyers, then in S500 and S700, To make a purchase or sale immediately if the user desires to purchase an anticipated required amount or anticipated remaining amount.

Accordingly, the transaction for the expected amount of the user or the estimated remaining amount is mediated (S900). A user who purchases the carbon credits permits the user to access the transaction mediating server 200 to pay for the carbon credits to be purchased, and the user who sells the carbon credits receives the payment.

At this time, the users can trade carbon emission rights at a more advantageous timing because they can know the estimated remaining amount or the expected amount in advance based on the estimated total amount of emissions within the unit period. For example, the trading value of carbon credits can change continuously depending on market conditions, such as the exchange rate, and users can trade carbon credits in advance, so that they can select a timing that is favorable to them.

In addition, carbon-emissions-rich entities can purchase the required amount in advance and perform activities related to greenhouse gas emissions stably. The carbon-emissions-less entity can pre-sell the emissions given to it, Carbon emissions can be minimized.

4, the user terminal 100 may receive data from the transaction mediating server 200. The user terminal 100 may receive the data from the transaction mediating server 200 , The GHG emissions accumulated from the beginning of the unit period to the present point in time can be displayed in comparison with the total quota, the expected total estimated amount of emissions can be displayed, and the expected residual amount can be displayed together.

If the estimated remaining amount is more than a certain amount, a message to induce the sales of carbon credits equal to the estimated remaining amount may be displayed together, and the transaction information may be provided so that the user can decide whether to sell the product.

Of course, if the projected total emission exceeds the quota, it can indicate the expected amount, and can display the amount required to purchase it, together with a message to drive the purchase of the projected amount of carbon credits.

In addition, recent transactions may provide a volatility trend or may be accompanied by a message to refrain from greenhouse gas emissions.

Further, the user can apply a change in the quota as a result of purchasing or selling the carbon credits to the user, and provide a push alarm when the accumulated amount of emissions to date is close to the quota.

Thereby helping to manage individual carbon credits for individuals, households, and corporate entities, as well as helping them to trade carbon credits and help them form a deal.

The carbon credits trading method according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 3 can also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including a computer-executable instruction such as a program module executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

100: user terminal 200: transaction mediation server
210: emission amount collection unit 220: emission amount management unit
230: Transaction inducement unit 240: Transaction intermediation unit
300: Emission collection server

Claims (7)

The transaction is performed by a transaction mediation server that provides a carbon emission trading service to a plurality of user terminals via a network,
Collecting and accumulating greenhouse gas emissions of any user with a limited greenhouse gas emission quota for a predetermined unit of time;
Estimating an estimated total emission amount at the end of the unit period based on the accumulated greenhouse gas emissions within the unit period;
Notifying the user of an expected amount of the emission when the estimated total emission amount exceeds the quota amount and notifying the user of the estimated remaining amount when the estimated total emission amount is less than the quota amount; And
And mediating a transaction of the expected amount or the expected remaining amount. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the collecting and accumulating comprises:
And receiving and collecting the greenhouse gas emission amount information wirelessly from the diagnostic device installed in the user's vehicle. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The step of mediating the transaction comprises:
Querying the user whether to trade the expected amount or the expected amount of remaining money;
Increasing or decreasing the quota by the expected amount or the estimated remaining amount when the user responds to the expected amount or the estimated remaining amount in the querying step; And
And settlement of an amount corresponding to the estimated required amount or the expected remaining amount. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the notifying step comprises:
And presenting the user with information on current carbon trading rights. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The transaction method comprises:
Further comprising the step of alerting the user if the accumulated greenhouse gas emission amount within the unit period has a difference less than a predetermined amount as compared with the quota. 1. A carbon emission trading system comprising a transaction mediation server for providing a carbon emission trading service to a plurality of user terminals via a network,
The transaction mediating server comprises:
An emission collector for collecting greenhouse gas emissions of any user having a limited greenhouse gas emission quota for a predetermined unit period;
A discharge amount management unit for accumulating the greenhouse gas emission amount collected by the emission amount collection unit with respect to the user;
Estimating an estimated total emission amount at the end of the unit period based on the accumulated greenhouse gas emission amount in the emission amount management unit and notifying the user of the estimated required amount when the estimated total emission amount exceeds the allocation amount, A transaction inducement unit for notifying the user of the estimated remaining amount when the amount is less than the quota; And
And a transaction mediating unit for mediating a transaction of the predicted required amount or the predicted remaining amount notified to the user by the transaction inducement unit. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the emission-
And receives the greenhouse gas emission amount information wirelessly from the diagnostic device installed in the user's vehicle.

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